Jaber Borran

Tag: responsibility

  • Autocracies Thrive on Indifference: A Personal Reflection

    Autocracies thrive on indifference not fear. And autocrats benefit more from those who don’t care than those who are scared. I know this first hand. It’s true that I was only 6 at the time of the revolution in Iran that ultimately toppled the Pahlavi regime and handed the reins of power to the Islamic…

  • Not Just a Right, But Also a Responsibility

    To those friends of mine who did not listen to their wiser friends and voted for a lunatic communist Marxist in 2024: I kept telling you that voting is not just a right, but also a responsibility, but you laughed at me and told me things like: “what else? now I am responsible for what…

  • Your Body, My Choice

    If you feel angry by just reading the title of this post, you are not alone. Millions of women in America are now feeling angry by seeing the misogynistic posts with this title all over the social media, posted by self-proclaimed “alpha” males who feel empowered by the results of the recent presidential election. Their…