by Mac Slavo, SHTF Plan:

I want you to close your eyes and imagine (don’t really close them because you won’t be able to read what comes next) people with a very rich heritage.

These people are proud of their history because for 200 years, they were the greatest empire of the ancient world while ruling over much of Asia. Their revered king, Cyrus II of Persia, was considered a visionary and leader of epic proportions.

After 200 years of rule, they collapsed like all other empires, but the glory of the past echoes for eternity like a basketball player that tells stories of his career even when he’s 80 years old.

Great changes came after the Achaemenid Empire, the strongest Persian dynasty in the ancient world, but the Iranians, a tribe that originated in today’s India and migrated to today’s Iran, are obsessed with the past and their so-called rightful place in the league of nations where they think they ought to be considered as being in the top tier.