Caresmatism: a Useful Image in Politics!? (Populism!)

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Throughout history, influential politicians have often been seen as shapers of destiny and architects of society. However, some may believe that, behind their visible authority, they function more like puppets controlled by unseen forces than as independent leaders. This view suggests that true power lies elsewhere, with politicians serving as public faces for deeper, more ingrained interests.

Certainly, some independent individuals with strong personalities have risen to the top to realise their ideas, such as Napoleon and Hitler. However, the modern political landscape is shaped by complex networks of corporations, lobbyists, and special interest groups that wield significant economic and informational influence. These groups often set policy priorities and legislative agendas. Politicians, even charismatic ones, depend on them for campaign funding, media support, and advice. In return, their decisions may be subtly or overtly influenced to benefit those maintaining the political machinery.

You may have come across this (real!) depiction of Iran’s new leader of the Islamic regime!

Furthermore, bureaucracies, party apparatuses, and global institutions further diminish individual agency, ensuring that politicians follow established paths rather than forge new ones. Dissenters risk marginalisation, while conformists are rewarded with stability and progress.
In conclusion, although influential politicians seem to possess significant power, their actions and decisions are often dictated by external forces; they frequently serve as puppets on the public stage—animated not by their own will, but by the hands that pull their strings. If we examine their behaviour and interpret their language through their speech, we can easily read between the lines: they speak clearly and directly when they are prepared for what they need to say, but when caught unawares by a new, unexpected topic, they start babbling and repeating themselves.

In my view, the world aims to dissolve the individual into the crowd, with personality fading away under the “New World Order” to facilitate control.

As you might know, yesterday marked the arrival of the Spring Equinox and the Persian New Year. I feel a twilight sensation between grief and bliss. However, I could just be hopeful that the coming year will be filled with peace, freedom, and justice.

I hope that next year, flowers will blossom instead of bullets, bombs, or executions. 💖🌹

Let Us Comprehend!

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Whatever you shot me, it left no scar; it sprouted!

Many events are happening worldwide, but most are disheartening: millions of refugees, wars, hunger, uncertainty, and executions. However, I want to focus on the last one and have to, again, urge the world to put an end to it. It appears there is a systematic plan to eliminate the young—those full of hopes, dreams, and potential. They represent the future of Iran, brimming with creativity and energy, and they are at risk of being destroyed.

via Euronews

I don’t want to hurt my friends, but it appears that a brutal regime in the Middle East aims to massacre the youth and destroy the wealth of ancient and precious folk and their country!

Iran-hair, via Ruth Millington: ‘For my brave Iranian sisters’ by r0yart @_r0yart

The Islamic Regime searches for them on purpose to get them, jail them, and execute them. Prisons, including special facilities for political prisoners, are present in the political history of many countries. In Iran, one such prison is known as Evin. It should have been demolished after the fall of the Shah; however, the mullahs found it to be much more advantageous for their purposes.

Woman-Life-Freedom- via Amnesty International

I have often mentioned that global superpowers benefit from having a chaotic regime or a wild dog in that region, like the Mullah Regime. They maintain control over those countries through fear, hoping that the West will take action against this threat. But how long should it go until no common sense remains there? And then, Westerpower engages another favourite doll to work with?!

Azadeh’ [Ah-Z-ah-d eh] (Persian: آزاده) ‘Meaning: She who is Free’ by Luna @lunaleonis

I believe you are as muddled as I am; what can we do?
I just shout to the world: Stop this terrifying terror against humanity and our outstanding youth!

We might only keep praying for the lives of those who want their right to live, which is their inalienable right. The right to live in freedom!

‘Cut it out’ by Marco Melgrati @Melgratillustr

Last week, I came across this song by Joan Baez and found it so pertinent to the topic because she always sang for the people who fought for their rights. #Woman_Life_Freedom!💖✊🙏

“There But For Fortune”

Joan Baez

Show me the prison, show me the jail
Show me the prisoner whose life has gone stale
And I’ll show you a young (wo)man
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune, go you or I…

Show me the alley, show me the train
Show me the hobo who sleeps out in the rain
And I’ll show you a young (wo)man
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune, go you or I, mm, mm

Show me the whiskey, stains on the floor
Show me the drunkard as he stumbles out the door
And I’ll show you a young (wo)man
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune go you or I…

Show me the country where the bombs had to fall
Show me the ruins of the buildings, once so tall
And I’ll show you a young land
With so many reasons why
And there but for fortune go you and I, you and I.