• ilmagico@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    They’re using what little leverage they have, and for once, without bombing or killing people. Surprisingly rational. Still a shitty regime, especially the way they treat their own citizens, but anyways…

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      3 days ago

      Do Americans think themselves better for how they treat their own citizens? Because they lock up more of their own than even North Korea.

      • AmidFuror@fedia.io
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        3 days ago

        25 people were executed in the US last year. At least 975 people were executed in Iran.

        The US population is about 3.7 times that of Iran.

        Maybe the death penalty is a good deterrent after all. If your point is the Iranians are more liberal with how they deal with crime, I don’t think that’s valid.

      • ObtuseDoorFrame@lemm.ee
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        3 days ago

        Two things can be true at once. Telling an American they aren’t allowed to criticize any government in existence because their own is also bad is asinine.