@inthehands (Like, one thing that bothers me about this entire situation is assuming it's some sort of capital cash grab or Western imperial mustache-twirling *alone,* because while those ARE major, serious factors - the other one *is* a local far-right theocratic fascism problem - and obviously addressing that is a whole hornet's nest because of how antisemitic and Islamophobic bigots have flooded the zone of talking about it - it NEEDS to be considered)