Because the protests are widespread, Jiang says the IRGC paradoxically becomes more powerful: it is viewed as the regime's most loyal and least contested instrument of survival.
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Regime survival
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Piers argues Iran's threshold for victory is low because simple regime survival with autonomy is enough for Tehran to claim success, while American-Israeli victory would require a much more demanding transformation of Iran.
He argues that when regimes can no longer relieve social tension through mass war, they turn instead toward AI surveillance states to monitor and contain their own populations.
Jiang says the Zelensky government cannot survive peace because the same corruption, propaganda, and war expectations that sustained the regime would turn into regime-threatening liabilities the moment the war is openly acknowledged as lost.
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"And as we take decisive action to stop the threat posed by the terrorist regime in Iran with Operation Epic Fury. Is that a..."
"If the regime survives with its autonomy, Iran will claim victory. Victory for the United States and Israel is a lot more complicated. Many..."
"Right. So, I think that in the future, global conflict will be less and less likely. And the reason why is nuclear weapons, right?..."
"it seemed like every single regime in Europe was about to be overthrown by the emerging bourgeoisie aligned with the proletariat and the peasant..."
"They're asking for like $1.4 trillion in order to build data centers throughout America. Why would anyone give OpenAI any money? Well, it's because..."
"So Ukraine is lost. The war is lost. The problem is that if Ukraine is lost, if NATO admits to losing this war, then..."
"Because the protests are so widespread, the Revolutionary Guard Corps ironically has become more powerful because they are seen as the most loyal to..."
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