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This Half-Iranian Twitter User Gives A Powerful Lesson To Those Americans Who Don’t Know Their Own History

Sixty five years ago, history took a different turn when Iran’s first democratically elected government was toppled during a coup. It is believed that these events, which took place in 1953, set Iran on a course towards dictatorship.However, not enough people are familiar with the role the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) played in organizing the coup, thus ruining relations with Iran and beginning to destabilize the middle east. The documents proving CIA’s involvement were released only in 2013, and with so many Americans talking about erasing history, one Twitter user decided to create a thread to inform people about the events that took place in Iran half a decade ago, to teach them of the facts that were hidden. Scroll below to read this powerful thread below!

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This half-Iranian took to Twitter to explain that there’s more than meets the eye when it comes to historical truth

This Half-Iranian Twitter User Gives A Powerful Lesson To Those Americans Who Don't Know Their Own History

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To illustrate this idea, they use the important part of Iran’s history

This Half-Iranian Twitter User Gives A Powerful Lesson To Those Americans Who Don't Know Their Own History

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Misterscooter 6 years ago

Over the last 60+ years, the CIA, in trying to protect "democracy" from "communism," consistently propped up brutal dictators in countries where we wanted more say in how things went. The U.S. is now reaping much of what it sowed.

21points

Nomadus Aureus 6 years ago

I'd dare say that us Europeans face a more real impact from it, if you will. The US (and its allies, let us not forget about British meddling either) mucking up the Middle East and many of the African countries resulted in the "migration crisis". Sometimes I wonder if Washington isn't silently working on overwhelming European infrastructure as well. I mean we haven't had this problem (or at least on this scale) before the EU started thinking about weening itself off US oil and exploring the idea of an alternative to NATO.

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Suzi Gauthier 6 years ago

Not to mention, large corporations were terrified of communism & socialism and fully supported much of this interference. Most U.S. citizens today can't even define either one - they just know they've been taught to hate it.

3points

Aish Siva 6 years ago

Yup...Karma is an ironical a*s and is kicking the US in the butt.

0points

Parmeisan 6 years ago

This scares me for more than one reason. I was just talking to a friend last night about the polarization of the news. There are two sides to every story - these days, "them" and "us". We think they are dumb for believing all the lies they read, meanwhile they believe the same about us. Every time I hear a story that sounds difficult to credit, I find opposing articles about it and do my best to gauge which source is the more reputable. But how do I know that I am not participating in confirmation bias? These sources seem reliable because they seem to have a history of telling the truth. But maybe what I assume is the truth is only what matches my own perspective - the echo chamber of friends and family that I've spent my life inside. How can we know? So it is terrifying to hear that 80% of the news sources in Iran were controlled by a foreign power. How can we believe anything we read? On the internet; in print? Does any of us really know anything?

13points

Shari H 6 years ago

You're doing it as right as you can. You review opposing sources, you question your perspective, and you already know that the "truth" is determined by the opinion that holds the most sway. Do not take what you read at face value, and don't just believe what makes you feel comfortable.

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