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Democracy dies in darkness (europe.pub)
submitted 1 week ago by geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] swissjack@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Isn’t this what happened in Iran when the US installed the Shah as monarch?

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

My meme is referencing the recent Israeli backed propaganda campaign to overthrow the Iranian government and reinstall the Shah.

[–] Dialectical_Idealist@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

great name btw OP

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 23 points 1 week ago

Hey, sometimes they like to overthrow a beloved monarchy and install a dictatorship, just to spice things up every so often

[–] Mrkawfee@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Side order of "establish my proxy in the region as Imperial hegemon"

[–] JustJack23@slrpnk.net 13 points 1 week ago

On the pretence of WMD