Iran: The Revolution the Media Cannot Process
Here is the recording of our latest session. History is rarely written by the victors. It is written by the observers who decide which victories fit their preferred narrative. When a revolution fails to validate the worldview of the chattering class, it is simply edited out of the broadcast. In our latest session, the group conducted a forensic analysis of the media blackout regarding the uprising in Iran. The consensus was stark. We are witnessing a geopolitical earthquake comparable to the fall of the Berlin Wall, yet the West is watching golf. The silence from major networks is not a product of ignorance. It is a product of cognitive dissonance. The room identified the core malfunction. The Iranian protestors are failing to follow the approved script. They are not chanting anti-imperialist slogans or burning American flags. They are calling for the return of a constitutional monarchy. They are signaling friendship with Israel. They are explicitly rejecting the values of the Islamic Revolution. For a Western media apparatus trained to view the world through the lens of "oppressed versus oppressor," this is a glitch in the matrix. A pro-American, nationalist revolution is unintelligible to them. Consequently, they pretend it is not happening. One member, a physician, noted that the apathy is not limited to the West. Regional actors like Qatar are equally muted, but for different reasons. A secular, Western-aligned Iran destroys the balance of power in the Middle East. Al Jazeera’s silence is a strategic necessity for the survival of the current Islamist order. There was brief friction when the discussion turned to the future economy of a free Iran. A suggestion was made to dismantle oil infrastructure in favor of green energy. The collective response was swift and merciless. The group argued that imposing Western environmental anxieties on a recovering nation is a form of sabotage. Liberty requires economic sovereignty, and sovereignty runs on energy. The session concluded with a grim realization. The West is not reporting on this revolution because they cannot co-opt it. The Iranian people are dismantling the very ideologies that Western universities spend billions to uphold.