Oh, come on, y'all know there are just bad guys and good guys, right?

I mean that's what TV tells you every day of the week.

And when it's not enough, politicians at the highest level do the same thing.

How dare you make things complicated!

/s

There is a technical argument for it. Iran has been savagely bullied by the States for many years and the rest of the world is largely playing along because ... well better Iran than them. So in that sense, Iran is a pariah.

But it is grossly unfair, anyone who enthusiastically supports as-implemented US Middle Eastern policy is worse than irredeemable. If Bitcoin pushes back against that policy then I'll shelve what doubts I have about crypto because it would be helping in one of the world's real problems.

Pariah means outcast, which is an accurate description of Iran's current situation in global affairs.

edit: werd

The Iran of today is a pariah state. The leader of the Iranian Basij volunteer force, made the declaration that “Wiping Israel off the map is not up for negotiation.” and this has become the de facto policy of its leadership. The central question here is why does Iran need nuclear arms capability at all? If they backed off on their aggressiveness, who would be a threat to them? Iraq was in the 80s, but now certainly not the Israelis or Arabs. Iran has massive hydrocarbon resources to finance any level of wealth desired. They don’t need economic aid, but they choose to behave as a pariah in their neighborhood, and are sanctioned by most of the rest of the world. So yes calling them a 'pariah state' is 100% absolutely accurate and helpful because I think it’s just a matter of time before their relatively young population wakes up realizes it and throws the bums out. As their maniacal leadership keeps squirming to get around the sanctions; they keep screwing their population, which is highly educated, and realize they are suffering for the sins of the theocratic leadership. I really think the best outcome for this is an internal uprising, before the Israelis - and their new Arab friends - decide to take care of the problem.

'Extended meaning "social outcast" is attested by 1819.' ... I think we can agree that Iran fits that description, no matter your take on the events of 1979 and thereafter

Or he references stuff like 'you get hanged on a carcrain for certain things'

Many, if not most, of threats to the Western countries are directly or indirectly consequences of US foreign policy.

I don't think anyone disagrees that pariah states and criminals use the internet, but I don't see that touted as a good thing particularly often either... presumably because there are actual use cases for using the internet outside of these 2, and hence the use by pariah states and criminals is seen as an acceptable drawback of the technology.