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And lasers! The first laserjet!
And lasers! The first laserjet!
You should also remember to put this in context. This picture was almost certainly taken in a city. The urban population in Iran at that time was educated, secular(ish), liberal, and pretty cosmopolitan. The rural population, however, was mostly none of those things. Religious fundamentalism was always a thing and the hijab was common.
The CIA-backed coup and the Shah’s evil government sowed the seeds for the Islamic revolution but those seeds had some seriously fertile soil in which to grow.
That’s true but saying the CIA and/or the USA as a whole “backed” the Islamic revolution is an outright lie. They backed an evil, sadistic, despotic government and that led to the revolution. They no more wanted the current regime than they wanted the previous one.
I bought one just before the end. No ragrets. There are definitely some software quirks (the rear cross traffic alert always points the wrong direction) but overall I like it.
Wow, a whole $1 million. They’ll notice that for like seven seconds.
Cbat?