Iran

[changling21]

Excellent video .. five/five

[sspersian]

west only thinks about destruction of our countries in order to fix theire own economy based on our national resourses.we r simple that we trust them.i think the only solution is to become strong like before and ttack them on theire land and finish this parasites of humanity,western once and for ever.

[Rockerboy2007]

love your way of talking :P

[heribert37]

nice vid buddhagem. i wish iran will be free one day so i can move back forever :)

[HowTheWorldWorks]

It didn't start in '53 either. Most Arab Countries, (I know Iran is not Arab), didn't have the knowledge or technology for extracting oil.

So, American companies brought their technology to Arab Countries, and Iran, used American labor and technology to teach these people how to get the oil.

The deal was that they would freely trade the oil with us, in exchange for our technology.

Many of these countries, then decided after America used its technology to Nationalize the oil.

[buddhagem]

Your ignorance of world history is astounding. Of course Iranian history didn't begin in 1953 but it's a much more salient point to begin to understand Iran of today. Mosedeqq never stopped trading oil with us or the British. Do you even know what it means to nationalize something? You really are foolish. What did you think the Iranians were trying to hoard all their oil? They didn't want to trade it? That's cute. You're ignorance is astounding. Please educate yourself. Pretty please.

[Cefuroxx]

Dear HTWW,

thanks for having my comment deleted you ass licking, power serving, capitalist commissar fucktard

[HowTheWorldWorks]

I cannot delete you comments on other people's channel genius.

[Cefuroxx]

Youtube does it for you because you are a tool of their advertising system, fuck you, fascist prick

[HowTheWorldWorks]

Maybe you should be wearing a tin foil hat.

[Cefuroxx]

you have about 5 sayings other than "abject nonsense" to deal with your detractors, and the tinfoil hat garbage just happens to be one of them, why do you love serving the interests of power so much?

[HowTheWorldWorks]

They are specific to the comments, when you claim that YouTube is deleting your comments on other people's channels because I'm a Partner, that is when you should be wearing a tin foil hat.

[Cefuroxx]

youtube has been known to censor comments, maybe its you who needs to be under the tinfoil, and why do you love to suck up to power so much? Really?

[Cefuroxx]

I love HowTheWorldWorks, he gives news from the aspergian point of view and doesn´t afraid of anything.

[Cefuroxx]

did it work?

[citizenkong]

And we are still playing games to control the oil.

[13198305]

this game will end soon

[citizenkong]

it is a tragic game.

[Irtidad]

Also, I don't mean to sound pedantic here, but I'd like to comment on your pronunciation of "Iran." Now, after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, I noticed that more and more people started to pronounce that country's name as "I rack" instead of "ee-rock," even in the mainstream media where pronunciations are standardized. I don't know if this is intentional, or if it has any meaning, but I get the feeling that it's an attempt to disrespect the country and its people and language and culture.

[Irtidad]

And obviously, since the English transliteration of Iran is quite similar to that of Iraq, a mirrored pronunciation of it as "I ran" rather than "ee-ron" gives me the suspicion that there may be similar unconscious motives. Obviously I'm not asking you to use perfect Arabic or Farsi pronunciation, since that'd be difficult and a bit pretentious. And I wouldn't even bother with this if I haven't talked with Arabs about it—normally I don't like trying to regulating people's language use.

[theracemixer]

i never pronounce "Iran." as Americans do. i personally have a wide range of pronunciation. i speak 7 language

[theracemixer]

as for your last comment i hope you are not going to compare the ruling system from back then to present day.

[theracemixer]

in other word for its time it was a democracy. BTW funny you ask i do speak Arabic

[Irtidad]

0_o ana ata3allam, ba7ki shway faqat

[theracemixer]

no i can speak and read already.

[Irtidad]

No, such a comparison is by definition anachronistic and runs the risk of oversimplification and false impression.

[Irtidad]

I was referring to Buddhagem's pronunciation (especially since I can't tell what pronunciation you use from the text). 7 languages is impressive. You really do fit your username! :P

[theracemixer]

YT is fucking up again i keep receiving the wrong reply.

[buddhagem]

Irtidad: My understanding is it is pronounced "e-ron" and that's how I generally try to say it. I'm guessing I missed the mark at times i this video by your comment but I can assure you it wasn't intentional.

[Irtidad]

Oh by no means was I asserting that it's intentional or conscious; nor was I even chastising you for it, simply speculating on some unconscious motives that may be floating around in the culture and bubbling up in language.

[gratex]

Americans have didn't sounding pronunciations of their own coutnry name dependent on their dialects. you are reading far too much into it. Do you say Par-iss or Par-ee?

[Irtidad]

"you are reading far too much into it." possible, i never stated that I have conviction on this matter.

The difference with the 'Paris' example is that the name 'Paris' has a fixed standard pronunciation in English, with basically no divergence whatsoever. The names 'Iraq' and 'Iran' also have standard pronunciations in English, but they have non-standard ones as well that are spoken colloquially. I've just observed that these non-standard variants used to be more taboo than they are now.

[theracemixer]

buddhagem i don;t mean to burst your bubble but this video is not 100% correct reason.

1) Democracy in Iran did not began in the 1970 but much much much early at least 3000 BC. if you look at the Babylonian Empire president day Iran they had things like human right way back then. before U.S of A

[Irtidad]

I don't think the video claims that post-revolutionary Iran is democratic... Moreover, it makes no claims as to when Iran first had democracy, it only states that Mosadeq was democratically elected.

And as for human rights way back in ancient Iran, I believe you might be referring to the Cyrus cylinder, which the Shah anachronistically referred to as "the first human rights charter in human history," and was created in 539 BCE.

[theracemixer]

like all dictators the shah of iran used the Cyrus cylinder and other law to elevate him to a kingdom however he had nothing to do with ancient history of Babylon not by blood or vote. the shah was a son of a general.

[Irtidad]

Yes of course. But the cylinder itself was also propaganda issued by a dictator—Cyrus the Great, justifying his rule to the Babylonians (even using religious justifications) after he invaded and overthrew the Babylonian empire.

[buddhagem]

Hey bro. Don't worry about my bubble. But let me make it clear that I never claimed that Democracy began in Iran in 1950; my point was merely that Iranian history didn't begin in 1979, which is what most News pundits assume and most Americans are ignorant of the very long history before that. I mention 1953 simply because modern Iran is a direct product of US meddling then and now.

[Irtidad]

Foreign investors dread nationalization of third-world companies. In fact, there even is such a thing often called "OPEC insurance," a form of insurance against nationalization. What happened in the 1950s in the Middle East was a wave of anti-imperialist movements and even revolutions, to finally get rid of the centuries-old remnants of British and French imperialism. The US generally sided with Britain and France (mostly the former) in attempting to maintain these remnants.

[Irtidad]

It's legal for governments to nationalize foreign companies, so long as they provide some form of compensation. But even still, nationalization is dreaded by investors. As such, you often find illegal actions taken by the imperialist powers against leaders who nationalize a foreign-controlled company. One example is the overthrow of Mosadeq, another is the absolutely silly secret plan by Britain and France in 1956 to take for themselves the Suez canal after Nasser nationalized its company.

[Irtidad]

The difference, of course, is that the overthrow of Mosadeq was successful, while the attempt to take the Suez and thereby cut Nasser down to size totally backfired, and Nasser became a political god in the Arab world, an aura that would remain until he failed miserably in the war with Israel in 1967.

[Irtidad]

Nowadays, when lefty-ish Iranian students protest against their repressive theocratic government (if they are able to, that is), they typically display pictures of Mosadeq, NOT icons of the Shah. Young people in Iran are starting to become more disillusioned with their government, they want a third way—neither Western imperialism nor theocratic oppression. Sadly, I don't think it's really enough to bubble over and get things to really change.

[coffeeintheface]

I think the 1953 overthrow of Mossadegh is all one needs to know to see how much America supports democracy. *sarcasm*

[tainoaz]

We loathe Burqas, They loathe Bikinis

They Stone people and Behead people they don't like'

We have the highest incarceration rate in the world. It helps when you have one hypocritical Substance Use/Abuse Policies anywhere.

If you have a beef with a neighbor the police tell you to stay away from them and mind your own business.

All these people want is what any human being wants... Dignity and Respect.

We will never respect them till they have 'The Bomb' Never!

[tainoaz]

Spreading Democracy through War is like

Spreading Virginity through Rape.

We (USA) are the biggest gangsters in the world.

We have competition for sure!

No one can argue that we will try to get 'you' to do whats good for U.S., Err, I mean (You) but

If you don't 'get it' we will make you 'Get IT'!

Either Or it's Your choice!

[AnarchistCommunity]

I hate the idea of democracy. I dont like the thought of anyone being singled out just because they think differently or wish to work differently then the majority of the people around them. I think options and the option to create options should be avaliable to everyone and should not be dismissed because the majority says other wise.