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  • He failed to legitimize the government that has been ruling the country since 1979…?

    The monarchy system of the Shah lasted 2500 years. Not sure what the point it.

    You don’t have to support theocracy to recognize the absurdity of claiming that a government that’s been in charge for 50 years, and is recognized around the world, is somehow illegitimate.

    It is illegitimate as a democracy and government that represents its own people. People are protesting the fakeness of the election by not voting.












  • That’s just punishing people at the top of the working class. Doctors, lawyers, etc.

    Nope. First of all taxes are not “punishment”. Right wing propagandists use that word because they never get common sense feedback from ordinary people who immediately notice how ridiculous that word sounds. 2nd, nobody is pushing for a 91% top rank on doctors and lawyers. It is what we need for billionaire elites. And actually I think that the top rate of 75% we had before Reagan would be fine.

    The truly rich would be fine. They don’t pay income tax, they live off of capital gains.

    Income taxes consists of taxes on earned income and unearned income (e.g. capital gains). Billionaires do not earn their income so yes most of their income is “unearned income”. When we set the rate for billionaires we need not distinguish between earned income and unearned income.