A lot of comments talking about the Iranian regime. The videos I've seen say nothing positive about the Iranian regime, all they do is rightfully criticize the US regime that carried out an assault out on Iran, which as expected has led to nothing but more suffering for the Iranians, without improving their lives. That the Iranian regime killed thousands of protestors says nothing about both the legitimacy and the effects of the attack on Iran, and believing otherwise is caused by being raised on US propaganda.
If you truly care about the Iranian people, you'd be agreeing with these videos, because the attack has only made their lives worse. And this was completely expected, look at how the last two times of the US attacking a country in the Middle East went.
One of my friends in Iran who was previously critical of the government is now highly supportive of them. I wonder how many other Iranians have become supporters of the government during this war.
While civilian casualties are unavoidable in any conflict, the idea here is that if the regime falls, the face of the Middle East will completely change. Just look at Iran pre-1979 and imagine what it would be today had the theocracy not mercilessly oppressed the population for half a century. Perhaps this creator should use AI to generate a video of the IRGC killing an estimated 30,000 of their own people[0].
There is a certain leap between "civilian casualties are unavoidable" and "a civilization Is going to be destroyed and sent back to the stone age through war crimes"
Trump's comments are quite obviously saber-rattling. Until now at least, the U.S. hasn't executed 30,000+ Iranians in a short period of time, and countless more over the past five decades.
This is a pointless complaint if the person who had ended up in charge is worse. There's no point in imagining what could have been. The world is dealing with what exist now.
The only thing any of that has to do with the US is that the US backed that theocracy! We cannot unilaterally violate all international law and sovereignty without Congress and our allies… that’s obvious though so what are you talking about?
Has anyone figured out what AI tool the "Mr. Explosive" team is using to make these? I find the quality of the LEGO animation to be really good. I have made stop-motion LEGO videos in the past, and this is impressive.
Anyone against the Epstein industrial complex must be swiftly dealt with. We need utmost support for the government and their allies regardless of what people think.
All of the lyrics that reference it are talking about the country, the government and its president. If them being pictured as making a financial trade with the US president is an "anti-semitic trope", it becomes impossible to satirize these real-world events. Is there a different real trope that I missed?
I know, I know, this is not the platform. But however I dislike the war (which sounds across-the-board unpopular except with Republican senators) having love for a regime that massacres protestors by the thousands is cruel and perverse.
Criticizing the US's actions against Iran is in no way condoning the things that the regime has done to it's own citizens. Especially since those actions are contributing directly to the Iranian people's hardship.
I'm not saying that you, personally, are being deliberately obtuse and unnuanced about this (and I'm not even saying that there aren't people who are sympathizing with the Iranian regime) but there are absolutely people being deliberately obtuse and unnuanced about it.
I 'love' this sort of posh framing. Is there a war you like for a change? Thousands of civilians are dying on whims of an old mentally sick man, with nobody having balls to stop him anyhow. He can claim he is setting up a genocide of entire nation to whole world and... nothing? I know, one of the less bloody senseless wars US waged, ending up defeated again, but still. Everybody's US taxes are helping financing this.
Nothing substantial achieved, at least not positive for US. Israel is toying with you like with a donkey and carrot on stick. Is that not insulting to your own pride and self-worth? You lost all partners globally, everybody hates dealing with US and rolls their eyes on another daily set of whims of your oligarchs.
China is damn happy, russia is very happy so there is certainly that. And Iran, they will keep doing their thing, regardless of what you do and cia has to accept there isnt much they can change about that. Iran would be stupid to not throw everything into getting nuclear bomb for themselves. russians would be stupid to not help them there at this point.
It’s really bizarre to me that, even before the war, the mainstream western media ignored the 30k protesters getting massacred in January. They have been using kid gloves with the Iranian regime for some time, like this article exemplifies.
Something's been bothering me, and it's how little control our leadership has over what comes across their screens.
1 - We've read the reputable reporting on the troll farms.
2 - We haven't seen reporting that the problem is fixed.
3 - We know our politicians are on social media.
Presumably, every single day, American politicians see at least one post from someone pretending to be their constituent. How are they avoiding conscious, if not subconscious, influence?
The article sounds like the author is visibly upset why these videos are being shared, which are mere “propaganda” to them. “Slop”, “factually inaccurate”, “Iran, the most repressive country for press freedom.”
“We spoke” is doing a more than necessary work here. Maybe just ask a few things and wrote what we had decided to write. My problem isn’t with those claims, which are true, but setting a narrative where a single country is exploiting social media for propaganda while clearly ignoring the crimes of much worse actors here.
It's quite clear in view of recent events that the mullahs aren't interested in negotiating for the good of their people. It is obvious to anyone that if Iran put all the resources they poured into secret nuclear facilities and missiles into economic development, infrastructure, and education, Iran would be in a completely different place today. Sadly, the regime's primary objective is self-preservation, and the only language it understands is violence.
The issue isn’t the amount of spending; they could spend nothing and would still get bombed because they are antagonistic to the US and its allies/vassals.
They are a theocratic regime which is not supported by 80% of its population. Being gay is punishable by death. They employ surveillance from China to ensure hijabs are worn by women at all times. They ban access to the internet. Chants of "Death to America" are their government's routine greeting for 50 years. They place military equipment in schools and hospitals deliberately, viewing US compassion as a weakness. They recruit child soldiers and have them publicly stationed at military targets.
There is definitely "antagonism," but to act as if the Iranian people would not bomb their own government if they could... it's a bit much.
Eh, it's also clear that nations without nuclear arms exist at the whims of great powers, particularly now. "behave and we'll let you have some prosperity unless you need defense in which case good luck" isn't exactly a strong argument.
And the people in power in Iran actively are not in favor of the good of their people, a large proportion of which want nothing to do with their religious fundamentalism.
How do you convince oppressive zealots to play nice for peace when their whole existence rests on having enemies? "death to America!" being the popular chant at political rallies.
> It is obvious to anyone that if Iran put all the resources they poured into secret nuclear facilities and missiles into economic development, infrastructure, and education, Iran would be in a completely different place today
The worst part is that, in their most famous video linked above, they are not even telling blatant lies for once. The author was practically handed material for that video on a silver platter. That is quite disturbing.
A lot of comments talking about the Iranian regime. The videos I've seen say nothing positive about the Iranian regime, all they do is rightfully criticize the US regime that carried out an assault out on Iran, which as expected has led to nothing but more suffering for the Iranians, without improving their lives. That the Iranian regime killed thousands of protestors says nothing about both the legitimacy and the effects of the attack on Iran, and believing otherwise is caused by being raised on US propaganda.
If you truly care about the Iranian people, you'd be agreeing with these videos, because the attack has only made their lives worse. And this was completely expected, look at how the last two times of the US attacking a country in the Middle East went.
One of my friends in Iran who was previously critical of the government is now highly supportive of them. I wonder how many other Iranians have become supporters of the government during this war.
Are we watching the same videos? They clearly try to showcase the Iranian regime as some defender of justice.
While civilian casualties are unavoidable in any conflict, the idea here is that if the regime falls, the face of the Middle East will completely change. Just look at Iran pre-1979 and imagine what it would be today had the theocracy not mercilessly oppressed the population for half a century. Perhaps this creator should use AI to generate a video of the IRGC killing an estimated 30,000 of their own people[0].
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_massacres
There is a certain leap between "civilian casualties are unavoidable" and "a civilization Is going to be destroyed and sent back to the stone age through war crimes"
Trump's comments are quite obviously saber-rattling. Until now at least, the U.S. hasn't executed 30,000+ Iranians in a short period of time, and countless more over the past five decades.
This is a pointless complaint if the person who had ended up in charge is worse. There's no point in imagining what could have been. The world is dealing with what exist now.
One might wonder what helped the theocracy take over the pre-1979 Iran.
One need not wonder. Your first guess is correct!
The only thing any of that has to do with the US is that the US backed that theocracy! We cannot unilaterally violate all international law and sovereignty without Congress and our allies… that’s obvious though so what are you talking about?
Has anyone figured out what AI tool the "Mr. Explosive" team is using to make these? I find the quality of the LEGO animation to be really good. I have made stop-motion LEGO videos in the past, and this is impressive.
Thanks for any insight.
They didn't include the latest and best one, a terrific rap video that got the producer banned from YouTube.
A press website posted this archive copy:
https://youtu.be/5G9DNx7xIIc?si=XxIep3pySW7ZS8zb
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5G9DNx7xIIc share link wouldn't load
Why did he get banned?
“Violent content” according to their twitter account.
https://x.com/ExplosiveMediaa/status/2042388973729763746
Anyone against the Epstein industrial complex must be swiftly dealt with. We need utmost support for the government and their allies regardless of what people think.
If this is satire it's excelent one.
IDK what YT's standards are for banning things, but like 5 seconds in, they let loose with some pretty anti-semitic tropes.
All of the lyrics that reference it are talking about the country, the government and its president. If them being pictured as making a financial trade with the US president is an "anti-semitic trope", it becomes impossible to satirize these real-world events. Is there a different real trope that I missed?
Day after day, reality seems less and less real… when I was a kid I didn’t think war would include LEGO style psyops videos…
I know, I know, this is not the platform. But however I dislike the war (which sounds across-the-board unpopular except with Republican senators) having love for a regime that massacres protestors by the thousands is cruel and perverse.
If you are American, we are also ruled by a regime that kills thousands of innocents in the name of whatever our president feels like
Criticizing the US's actions against Iran is in no way condoning the things that the regime has done to it's own citizens. Especially since those actions are contributing directly to the Iranian people's hardship.
I'm not saying that you, personally, are being deliberately obtuse and unnuanced about this (and I'm not even saying that there aren't people who are sympathizing with the Iranian regime) but there are absolutely people being deliberately obtuse and unnuanced about it.
I don't think most people have love for the Iranian government. We hate war and bullies
I 'love' this sort of posh framing. Is there a war you like for a change? Thousands of civilians are dying on whims of an old mentally sick man, with nobody having balls to stop him anyhow. He can claim he is setting up a genocide of entire nation to whole world and... nothing? I know, one of the less bloody senseless wars US waged, ending up defeated again, but still. Everybody's US taxes are helping financing this.
Nothing substantial achieved, at least not positive for US. Israel is toying with you like with a donkey and carrot on stick. Is that not insulting to your own pride and self-worth? You lost all partners globally, everybody hates dealing with US and rolls their eyes on another daily set of whims of your oligarchs.
China is damn happy, russia is very happy so there is certainly that. And Iran, they will keep doing their thing, regardless of what you do and cia has to accept there isnt much they can change about that. Iran would be stupid to not throw everything into getting nuclear bomb for themselves. russians would be stupid to not help them there at this point.
It’s really bizarre to me that, even before the war, the mainstream western media ignored the 30k protesters getting massacred in January. They have been using kid gloves with the Iranian regime for some time, like this article exemplifies.
The protests and killings were extremely widely reported at the time.
How much control does China have on what comes across your screen do you think? I suspect it is not none.
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Something's been bothering me, and it's how little control our leadership has over what comes across their screens.
1 - We've read the reputable reporting on the troll farms.
2 - We haven't seen reporting that the problem is fixed.
3 - We know our politicians are on social media.
Presumably, every single day, American politicians see at least one post from someone pretending to be their constituent. How are they avoiding conscious, if not subconscious, influence?
The article sounds like the author is visibly upset why these videos are being shared, which are mere “propaganda” to them. “Slop”, “factually inaccurate”, “Iran, the most repressive country for press freedom.”
“We spoke” is doing a more than necessary work here. Maybe just ask a few things and wrote what we had decided to write. My problem isn’t with those claims, which are true, but setting a narrative where a single country is exploiting social media for propaganda while clearly ignoring the crimes of much worse actors here.
It's quite clear in view of recent events that the mullahs aren't interested in negotiating for the good of their people. It is obvious to anyone that if Iran put all the resources they poured into secret nuclear facilities and missiles into economic development, infrastructure, and education, Iran would be in a completely different place today. Sadly, the regime's primary objective is self-preservation, and the only language it understands is violence.
Iran spends about 2% of its GDP on defense, not that much compared to most countries in the world.
https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/MS.MIL.XPND.GD.ZS?locat...
The issue isn’t the amount of spending; they could spend nothing and would still get bombed because they are antagonistic to the US and its allies/vassals.
statistics == lies
"antagonistic"
They are a theocratic regime which is not supported by 80% of its population. Being gay is punishable by death. They employ surveillance from China to ensure hijabs are worn by women at all times. They ban access to the internet. Chants of "Death to America" are their government's routine greeting for 50 years. They place military equipment in schools and hospitals deliberately, viewing US compassion as a weakness. They recruit child soldiers and have them publicly stationed at military targets.
There is definitely "antagonism," but to act as if the Iranian people would not bomb their own government if they could... it's a bit much.
This comment is completely ignorant of at least the past 80+ years of Middle East history.
Eh, it's also clear that nations without nuclear arms exist at the whims of great powers, particularly now. "behave and we'll let you have some prosperity unless you need defense in which case good luck" isn't exactly a strong argument.
And the people in power in Iran actively are not in favor of the good of their people, a large proportion of which want nothing to do with their religious fundamentalism.
How do you convince oppressive zealots to play nice for peace when their whole existence rests on having enemies? "death to America!" being the popular chant at political rallies.
> It is obvious to anyone that if Iran put all the resources they poured into secret nuclear facilities and missiles into economic development, infrastructure, and education, Iran would be in a completely different place today
Funny, I was just thinking that about the US.
> Funny, I was just thinking that about the US.
I don't know how anyone in good faith can compare Iran's economy to the U.S.
They can't. And yet, it's true that the US would be a different place if it spent more money on education and less on missiles.
> Iran put all the resources they poured into secret nuclear facilities and missiles
Iran has agreed to open them for inspection several times.
> into economic development, infrastructure, and education
They're embargoed to a point where they can't do this.
> Iran would be in a completely different place today.
Iran's currency is backed by the crown jewels the Shah left behind.
Most likely motivational media for their new child recruits: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/04/iran-recruitm...
Previously:
The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47661065
Non-paywalled link: https://archive.is/Rocgc
The worst part is that, in their most famous video linked above, they are not even telling blatant lies for once. The author was practically handed material for that video on a silver platter. That is quite disturbing.