Thinking about this quote from Persepolis creator Marjane Satrapi again.

February 28, 2026 - 17:18 UTC

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Brilliant
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Her book is at the forefront of my mind right now
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Marjane has always been the Goat
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Oh I like this!

Right up the same lane as "you are not your party"
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I wouldn't say it's a bad book. It was my "inexperienced baby" first step into learning anything about Iranian society. But it misses on western action and abuse that Iran has suffered for decades. It suffers the Maus issue: decent works that are instrumentalized for an American agenda.
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Maybe she forgot about this?
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Recently (like a couple of years ago) she was offered the possibility to get knighted for her art in France.

She publicly refused saying essentially "I can't ignore France's hypocrisy regarding Iran, the country I was born in and that forged the other half of my identity"
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Thanks for this. And thank you Marjane!
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Reading this, hits everytime the same.
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It was not Iran who attacked. EUA is worse. Much worse. Learn that,
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The full 2005 interview it's from is well worth a read btw. Sadly just as relevant today as it was 20+ years ago—moreso, in fact. www.salon.com/2005/04/24/satrapi_2/

"There are many things I wish for my country . . . But if the USA attacked my country, no matter what, I would be against the US."
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The majority of Iran is praising America, just this morning I saw an elderly woman saying that America has given Iran a martyr. I guess she feels like a MAGA member if trump was assassinated, she said they will "tear apart limb by limb" those responsible for their religious leader's death. MAGA Cult
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What’s Traitor trump doing about this?
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She wasn't wrong.
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The point of democracy is supposed to be that it pursues the will of the people. When the leadership begins to pursue its own agenda, based on retaining power, democracy calls for it to be replaced.
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#solidarity
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Excellent way to put it.
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And what of all those hundreds of protesters that were brutally murdered for speaking their minds about an ACTUAL radical and extremist government? What about the Iranian citizens that even now cannot say certain things to the outside world out of fear of endangering themselves and their loved ones?
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you should read Persepolis if you want to know her feelings on that.
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I think about this moment portrayed in Persepolis every time a new crime against humanity is committed by Israel or the US. It makes me remember this isn't some vague, inscrutable conflict that would happen no matter what, so who cares! Its real and I weep for my brothers and sisters who are killed
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You... are missing the point of her quote quite literally. Iran has CONTINUALLY committed cimes against humanity. The gov spent the last month + slaughtering 10s of thousands of Iranians for protesting. ALL of these leaders are horrific. All of the PEOPLE just want to live & not be bombed
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Beautiful quote.
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I remember interviewing her in the late 00s, and she talked about feeling compelled, even as someone exiled by the regime, to fight for her people and country if another country were to attack it.
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the film is free on youtube currently!!!
I loved this and the comics so much, often always still thinking of the story🫶😭

youtu.be/HRTzV9m5YP0?si=a7yBzAmS0mNLFRKW
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Recently watched Persepolis again in light of recent events, this quote will stick with me forever and so should other people
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damn...
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Maybe if she was writing this when she was like six years old I guess
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More accurate now than it was pre-2016
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This is the same between billionaires and the rest of the population as well
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Persepolis is still a wonderful book.
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Marjane, parfaite sur le sujet
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She’s spot on.
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Is it also true for Israelis that oppose Netanyahu's government?
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You mean the 20% of european settlers who oppose the genocide, colonialism and brutalization of palestinians? geopoliticaleconomy.com/2025/05/30/poll-israelis-expel-palestinians-gaza-genocide/
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Do you oppose it?
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Persepolis is superb!
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No War but #ClassWar
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That’s an extremely good point
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This comic, along with “From Baghdad, With Love,” were formative reads during my high school years
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thank you for sharing i love this
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I was just thinking about her books. Also just so everyone knows, you can currently watch Persepolis for free on YouTube.
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Thanks!
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"The average worker in one country has more in common with a worker on the opposite side of the world than they do with the bourgeoisie in their own country."

Karl marx
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This is too true. Oof.
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It’s a good quote
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Currently reading. Bought Persepolis before this all started. There's so much that Americans don't know or care to know about a people they claim to hate.
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Lung cancer...
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Beautiful. Thanks for sharing
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I'm going to save this photo to show anyone who ever says that smoking isn't cool.
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Smoking isn't cool, she is.
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Considering just being AROUND smokers makes me choke, yea, no, it's not cool.
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She is not wrong, but sadly, this is something humans will never learn.
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Oh humans have learned it. The lesson we keep failing: stop electing reckless narcissists.
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