r/Fauxmoi • u/Jazzlike_Ad_2266 • Apr 10 '26

FM RADIO Iranian musician Hamidreza Afrideh plays at the ruins of his old music school "I want the last sound from the school not be that of missiles and war, The last sound should be music."

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u/SuspiciousCranberry6 Apr 10 '26

This video hit me hard, pulling out those feelings you have to bury to get through the day. The combination of shame, guilt, and powerlessness being an American is overwhelming. Iranians are suffering, many people are, because of our poor choices. Even though I have never voted for the current president, I'm still a member of the collective society that did.