When Ideology Devours a Nation

A few days ago, I filmed a video with my mother. I asked her:
“Do you think war can help free a country?”
It was a simple question — but it didn’t have a simple answer.

Iran is no longer just facing a political problem.
We are not only dealing with a brutal regime — we are facing an ideology.
An ideology that, for 47 years, has not only controlled a country, but has shaped minds.

When it was said that “war is a blessing,” it wasn’t just a sentence.
It was a mindset.

In this mindset, war is not a tragedy — it is a tool.
A tool for survival, for control, and for continuation.

That is why, when Khorramshahr was liberated, the war could have ended.
But it didn’t.

And this is one of the most important moments to understand this system.
Because from that point on, it was no longer just about Iran.

But what kept this system alive was not only war.
It was something deeper: the infiltration of thought.

No ideology survives by force alone.
It must enter everyday life.
It must be repeated.
It must become normal —
until it is no longer even seen.

And today, we can see it.

Sometimes, we speak more about enemies than about Iran itself:
America.
Israel.

Not as analysis,
but as a fixed mental framework —
a framework that has shaped the way we think.
The ideology of this system.

This is not accidental.

47 years of repetition.
47 years of fear.
47 years of shaping public perception.

And maybe the hardest part is this:
this ideology is no longer only in power —
it has entered society.

It lives in words, in reactions, in fears.

That is why, when today some people repeat slogans that ultimately serve this system,
the question is not whether they are good or bad.

The real question is:
where does this thinking come from?

History has seen this before.

There was a time in Europe
when religion crossed its boundaries,
entered political power,
and controlled people’s lives.

Until society was forced to redraw a line.

Faith belongs in its place.

This may be the real issue in Iran today.

Not the rejection of personal belief —
but the separation of ideology
from a system that uses it
for control and expansion.

And we return to the original question:

Can war free a country?

This is no longer a question —
it is a reality.

A system that has survived for 47 years
through repression,
violence,
and control over minds,

will not change
through dialogue,
through time,
or through illusions of reform.

The truth is simple:

When power is built on force,
it only collapses
through a shift in that same balance of power.