I’m an Iranian American developer. The US is bombing my parents’ country. Before the bombs, sanctions already cut Iranian developers off. Gilens and Page found US citizens have “near-zero” impact on their own government's policy decisions. If Americans can’t control their government, why punish 90 million Iranians for theirs? Sanctions are the Versailles playbook: they destroy the middle class, the only group that ever drove reform from within. Call 844-228-6422 and tell Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
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I’m an Iranian American developer. The US is bombing my parents’ country. Before the bombs, sanctions already cut Iranian developers off. Gilens and Page found US citizens have “near-zero” impact on their own government's policy decisions. If Americans can’t control their government, why punish 90 million Iranians for theirs? Sanctions are the Versailles playbook: they destroy the middle class, the only group that ever drove reform from within. Call 844-228-6422 and tell Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.