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Why Iranian Protests Keep Failing (According to an Iranian)

Iran’s protests flare up, the internet fills with “this is it,” and then… silence. In this episode of Bro History, we watch and react to a sharp (and frankly blackpilling) breakdown from Sharghzadeh — an Iranian diaspora creator — on why Iranian protest movements repeatedly fail, ...  Show more

Why Venezuela Collapsed

Venezuela’s collapse didn’t start with sanctions — and it didn’t start with Hugo Chávez either. In this clip from our Bro History series on Venezuela, we break down how decades of oil dependence, political exclusion, corruption, and institutional fragility created a system that w ...  Show more

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