On Jul 4, 2009, at 9:44 PM, Chris Doss wrote:
> In a theocracy, homo economicus does not rule.
Iran is not a pure theocracy. It's an odd hybrid of democracy and theocracy. So Homo economicus is hardly silent.
And the theocrats have support of the merchant bourgeoisie, too. It's not all a bunch of bearded lunatics channeling God.