cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46797842
May 2, 2026
The creative team behind many of the viral sensations featuring Lego characters and storytelling critical of the war launched by US-Israeli forces against Iran two months ago, posted a new video on Saturday that seeks to forge solidarity between everyday Iranians and Americans suffering from the conflict, and who desperately want to see the fighting brought to an end.
“The Iranian AI Lego team has another video out,” said Trita Parsi, executive vice president at the Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a DC think tank focused on US foreign policy. “The music, lyrics, and imagery are all designed to appeal to disillusioned Americans.”
It is not, actually. The group behind this is mostly a collective of around 9-10 Iran-based, Gen Z creators operating independent of the IRGC and/or official government of Iran. Their group/org name is “Explosive Media”.
Lumping everyone in Iran as somehow part of “the regime” is kinda a shitty thing to do.
That, and Trump’s ACA/Medicaid cuts are estimated to cause upwards of more than 50,000 premature deaths in the US, so you’re also objectively wrong if going by numbers, alone.
In Trump’s first term, U.S.-led coalition forces killed more than 29,000 non-combatants in Iraq and Syria.
But sure, the government fighting a CIA-backed, armed rebellion is worse than the government that–checks notes–drops tomahawk missiles on other countries’ elementary schools.
The fact that they’re whitelisted to use the internet alone implies they’re in cahoots with the government
About that…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cjd8jrd1vnyo
If you’re ok having your domestic fascist regime being you’re “customer” you can’t really push back when people call your product propaganda for the fascist regime…
“But they offer me monies!” Isn’t a good enough excuse to work for fascists with criticism for it.
FTA:
So… What’s your point? What were the nature of the projects? Your linked article doesn’t say.
Btw, are you an American? Do you pay taxes to the American fascist regime (or one of its coalition partners)? Yes? Then you directly fund the melting of school children overseas. Do you drive a gas-fueled vehicle? Yeah? Welp, 0.9¢ per gallon of that goes straight to frying little brown boys and girls in Gaza.
If that’s not more concerning to you than feigning moral supremacy over some dudes making Lego videos then perhaps your vision is a bit tinted by a different kind of supremacy.
What I said it was…
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Yeah bro, it sucks…
See that? A citizen saying their government is a bunch of fascists.
What country are you from?
How do you feel about your current government?
Usually when asking it’s politie to offer up the same info pre-emptively.
I answered anyways, but if you don’t reciprocate it kind of makes it look like you got something to hide
They were rhetorical questions. You weren’t supposed to answer them.
You have terrible reading comprehension.
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Does that mean I don’t get an answer?
Imagine believing the Zionist pro-genocide BBC international news coverage in 2026…
Man, I really thought the “everyone I don’t like is a zionist” phase…
The guy who wrote that article also just made a documentary:
https://liontv.com/our-shows/palestine-action-the-truth-behind-the-ban-dispatches
Calling out the UK government for banning Palestine Action…
This may surprise you, the vast majority of “westerners” hate the governments of Israel, Iran, and likely their own domestic governments.
Criticizing one place does not equallyean someone is “on the other side”.
In fact, in a lot of conflicts, both governments are assholes.
Does that make sense?