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It's mind boggling to me that lemmygrad is the only place I've yet seen anyone show some sort of respect for a world leader dying in a violent accident. Everywhere in the media and online all I'm seeing is people glad he's dead. As if he's ever done anything to any of us to deserve that.

I didn't want to put on my tinfoil hat and go all conspiracy theory on this but I was thinking the same

Vučić could go honestly ASAP... They also faked ''assassination'' attempts on him multiple times in media over the years to the point where it became a meme, examples include: alleged plan to snipe him where they put a cut photo of him visiting weapon exhibition, other one to allegedly blow him up with a rocket launcher, grenade launcher, mine etc etc.

You know scratch-that, just oof the entire Balkan political scene, this is 9th circle of hell.

Helicopter crashed into a mountain in basically zero visibility fog. Chuck Shumer said that the is suspected no foul play. Sounds to be just an accident. If I remember, this is what brought down Kobes helicopter too

State media hasn't implied anything. I'm sure they'll investigate. But helicopters crashing in terrible weather conditions isn't unusual. I'd put my money on accident unless some compelling evidence is forthcoming.

It's plausible that this was perpetrated by a foreign entity or even an internal struggle for power, and that the Iranian state knows. It is plausible that the state would still not make this information public. The state and its allies (Syria) has a history of concealing information on this scale, because publicizing this information may make the state look weak, or have the people demanding a military response, which may be unnecessary escalation.

Kobe was a multi-millionaire though who avoided paying taxes with dubious charities and shoe donation write offs

I doubt it will, beyond sparking anger depending on the results of the investigation; AFAICT most people in Iran are anti-imperialist, and Khamenei is still there (although I'm not well informed on the extent of his political power)

they likely don't understand the concept of critical support and/or have a prejudice against Iran based on Western bourgeois media

like any capitalist country outside of the imperial core, Iran has plenty of internal contradictions, but it's still one of the main bulwarks against imperialism in the region

Very weird to celebrate

I'm no fan of current Iranian governance, or even Hamas. I understand why they exist, but I wouldn't choose to live under their governments. That doesn't mean I want their leaders dying since I can see their importance to resisting US imperialism.

I would say this is like disagreeing with how China has developed since their revolution. Am I a huge fan of all of it? Of course not. That doesn't mean I would celebrate Xi dying or China dissolving it's communist party. Not to compare them to Iran too much, obviously very different things, but western "leftists" (they're liberals really most of the time) see them as "bad guys" with zero nuance or perspective. Important perspective such as no matter how authoritarian Iran is or brutal to its citizens (and i have no doubt that many stories have core truths to them. The stories we read about life there) will ever compare to the brutality the US empire has unleashed on places like Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Iraq, Iran (hmm), entirety of South America, Mexico, etc. basically the entire globe. So, are they bad in some ways? Undoubtedly. But the bigger bad, that they resist, is the US military and empire. And this can't be forgotten. You don't have to praise Iran's government in order to see that it is the lesser evil compared to the US and also it only exists because of the US and now Israeli interference in the region.

I have no sympathy for fellow "communists" and "leftists" who break ranks on the anti-imperialist front, personally. I could understand some satisfaction if they'd personally suffered under the present government- but even then, celebrating is a step too far and would make them compradors.