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Reza Aslan | PBD Podcast | Ep. 222

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Do You Think Iran Has Money?

Iran has no, no, Iran has money. It's not like Iran doesn't have money. 45 years of sanctions has made the people poor and the government rich. And that's because the government has a monopoly on the black market. So I'm saying actually let's invest in the free market. Let's give the people your naive to think money goes to them. That'd be that naive. The more we strengthen their government, the less power we give them. We're going to keep saying America's the evil empire. No, it's not about American empire. It's about an existential threat to the world.

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