For the uninitiated: Western propaganda about Iranian women all forcibly wearing headscarves is exaggerated into oblivion.

It is so blatantly fake that it’s debunked by a few seconds on Youtube:

Go to any random point in this video, which after the intro is one continuous long shot: https://youtu.be/HpCMThYr8WU?t=212

Or any other video on this channel. Or search the words “Iran walk” on youtube and go to some other channel and you can see a woman without headscarf every 20 seconds in busy areas.

  • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPM
    3·
    2 months ago

    I included the comments above it in the screenshot because I reconsidered a link not being very handy. Ad-revenue is substantial for someone in Iran where the views can give them a lot more value.

    • Lumidaub@feddit.org
      11·
      2 months ago

      So if I’m interpreting this correctly, you’re saying the ad revenue may be small compared to what we in the so-called “Western” world would consider worthwhile, but for someone in Iran it may be a whole lot?

      • geneva_convenience@lemmy.mlOPM
        2·
        2 months ago

        I’m saying that the channel has a financial incentive to make the videos just like how the Tokyo and New York channels do. Probably more even because the ad revenue has relatively more value in Iran.

        • Lumidaub@feddit.org
          2·
          2 months ago

          Yes, that’s what I gathered, alright. I was coming from a perspective of privilege in assuming the person making these videos would be in a comparable financial situation as I am where this kind of revenue wouldn’t be worthwhile. But yes, I suppose people in Iran would cherish that amount more than even me (and I can’t work and receive disability benefits). Cleared that up, nice.