Lord Errol

🇿🇦🇮🇷 IRAN and the ANC: The IDEOLOGY PARALLEL - LIBERATION MOVEMENTS or POWER MACHINES? Dr. Iraj Abedian, an Iranian-born economist, recently warned that Iran is no longer a legitimate state but a regime obsessed with survival. It has spent trillions over two decades not to uplift its people, but to protect itself from collapse - through nuclear deterrence and foreign proxy wars. youtu.be/dG2A201_wDE He called Iran the "engine of instability." Now ask yourself: Does any of this sound familiar? Shift your focus to South Africa, and ask: Does the @MYANC - a 'liberation movement' - follow a similar path? 🤔 Consider the ideological overlaps: 🔻 Iran clings to an anti-West, anti-imperialist doctrine to justify authoritarian control. 🔻 The ANC leans on anti-colonial and racial narratives to justify incompetence and avoid accountability. 🔻 Iran uses the trauma of its revolution and external threats to maintain internal loyalty. 🔻 The ANC uses the legacy of apartheid to suppress dissent, silence critics, and sustain political dominance. 🔻 Iran's regime is no longer about the people's progress, but about regime preservation. 🔻 The ANC no longer champions the poor - it governs to survive elections, keep control of state institutions, and maintain elite networks. 🔻 Iran's leadership frames any opposition as treasonous, unpatriotic, or Western-influenced. 🔻 In SA, critics of the ANC are branded racists, reactionaries, or enemies of transformation. In both countries, we see: ➡️ Liberation credentials used as permanent political capital. ➡️ Struggle mythology weaponised to avoid reform. ➡️ People's suffering downplayed while elites entrench themselves. It raises deeper questions: 1. Has the ANC become what it once fought against - an unaccountable ruling elite disconnected from the people? 2. Has revolutionary ideology, in both Iran and SA, hardened into a state religion that punishes dissent and rewards loyalty, not merit? 3. Do 'liberation movements', once in power, inevitably mutate into systems of control, not freedom? This isn't about comparing religions or cultures - it's about what happens when power becomes the endgame. 🇮🇷 In Iran, ideology overran the republic. 🇿🇦 In South Africa, ideology is eroding the democracy. Is it a coincidence that both regimes align geopolitically? Or do shared ideological roots drive this affinity? When governance becomes theatre, and ideology replaces results, who suffers? Answer: The people. Always the people. So we must ask: ❓ Is this the natural decay of liberation movements in power too long? ❓ Or is it a strategic design to stay in control, no matter the cost to the country? These are the uncomfortable questions we HAVE TO ASK, because someone has to!!