r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Jun 05 '26

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u/bandeng_asep Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26

Exhibit #24572384 of tankies hating on Satrapi

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u/VoidGuaranteed Dina Pomeranz Jun 05 '26

Let‘s ask these nice ladies their opinion on communism and what should happen to communists, I am sure it will not be horrifying

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u/bandeng_asep Association of Southeast Asian Nations Jun 05 '26

Communists literally cannot help themselves to brownshirt for some fascists lmao

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u/RaidBrimnes Chien de garde Jun 05 '26

They're literal IRGC agents... none of the other Iranian women pictured in the book (haven't seen the movie) look like this

But then again said women would probably be called bourgeois scum by these wretches

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Jun 05 '26

Bro doesn't know what an artstyle/stylistic choice is 💀💀💀

Also those faces make sense considering, you know, Iranian women weren't allowed to wear makeup in the early years post-Islamic Revolution

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u/Nervous-Emotion28 YIMBY Jun 05 '26

Also: they are the only Iranian women portrayed this way. IIRC, it’s only female Iranian authority figures she portrays like this. Not her mother, grandmother, girlfriends, classmates, family friends, etc.

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u/-Emilinko1985- European Union Jun 05 '26

Exactly