I guess. But the framing here is not “clever, innovative IRGC” so much as oppressive regime fucking over it’s people to retain control.

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traceroute66 6 hours ago | parent [-]

> But the framing here is not “clever, innovative IRGC”

I am not seeking to frame anything here. Nor am I interested in getting involved in the broader areas on discussion on the subject.

The first few words of my original post made it clear "Looking at it from an alternative angle". An alternative way of wording that would be "devil's advocate".

I am just supplying a perfectly reasonable alternative perspective, I am not asking anyone to agree or disagree with it, I am just making a "food for thought" statement.

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jncfhnb 5 hours ago | parent [-]

I don’t see any alternative angle though. Nobody thinks the IRGC is doing this for fun.

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overfeed 3 hours ago | parent [-]

> I don’t see any alternative angle though

I see it, and hadn't fully considered it. Turning off the Internet has more utility than just suppressing the populaces ability to communicate, it also blackholes that compromised mail server used to track the movement of political leaders, any online drop-boxes/Telegram/Whatsapp channels used by cultivated informants/spies are now out of order.

	▲	ElectricalUnion an hour ago \| parent \| next [-]
		From my point of view, they can't even "just turn on the Internet", even if they wanted. We know from the Ukraine side that "keeping the internet on" requires a whole bunch of personal sacrifice, and a lot of "reasonably recent" electronic equipment and infrastructure that Iran can't simply buy or repair right now.
	▲	jncfhnb 3 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Ehhh I suppose but I think that’s a weak point. The purpose of shutting down the internet is undeniably to prevent the people from coordinating rebellion and the help control the narrative of the war.