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The Power of the People: Iranian Solidarity in Crisis
In the darkest moments of crisis, ordinary citizens can become the central infrastructure of national resilience.
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Episode 5
About this episode
When the sky no longer feels safe and fear moves from one household to another, ordinary citizens can become an extraordinary source of resilience. Inspired by the ideas in The Narrow Corridor by Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, this episode asks what truly holds a nation together in moments of danger.
The experience of Iranian society during successive wars shows that resilience is not produced by institutions alone. It also emerges from citizens who organize, care for one another and continue to believe that something shared is worth defending.
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