While economic hardship was a trigger for the current uprising, the protests are fundamentally driven by a broader demand for systemic political change and the end of the Islamic Republic.

“Did they even come out to protest against the president or the economic minister? Did they talk about high taxes lack of jobs? No. None of those things were mentioned. Those things are the final trigger but they're just part of the overall package.”

Tim Dillon asserts that the country is heading towards an economic downturn that resembles a Great Depression.

“the economy that's the thing they always bring up to like the economy we're heading towards Great Depression all true by the way all true”

Britain in the mid-1970s was experiencing an economic environment that was significantly worse than the modern era.

“The economy is utterly moribund. But what's inflation now? 3% or something? What's inflation then? 25%?”

The European Union has experienced recurring crises that have weakened its economy and governance over time, a phenomenon characterized as hysteresis.

“essentially, you know, the heads of state got around and they said, "Okay, we're going to tax the the Dutch and the German proletarian and give the money to the Italian, the Greek oligarchs in order to pacify everyone and in order to not, you know, not allow the Italian state and the Greek state to ”

Government stimulus and bailout funding should be strictly conditional, requiring businesses to align with long-term goals like decarbonization and the rejection of tax havens.

“these bailouts or different types of assistance can really be structured in such a way to have conditions attached that look more at the long term”