Real progress doesn't require government sanction

Gotta give props to Iranian protesters who are now, consistently, defying government bans on demonstrations critical of the government.

Thousands march in Iran opposition protests

Note to Americans and other liberal democratic citizens who take their freedoms for granted:

This is what progress really looks like. And it doesn't require jack shit from the government. This kind of courage is what it looks like when people value their freedom and the world it makes possible.

The truth is that we're just all kinda spoiled. Not really the same as progress, at all.