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What are good 20th century examples of places that went from high personal freedom/liberal to low personal freedom/illiberal? Iran in 1979 is the main one I can think of. Others?
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The Pahlavis had those too, just that they banned the hijab and chador instead of requiring it be worn. Persepolis had an excellent observation on how the Pahlavis and the theocrats did the exact same things, with only some changes of details
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