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maxsolomon

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7. There are 90 million Iranians. Tehran has a subway system.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:31 AM

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Absent their theocracy and fanatical conservative fundamentalists, Iranians are pretty much exactly like us.

And we have fanatical conservative fundamentalists, too.

Trump is tied with Putin for worst person on Earth.

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