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14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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560 points whatsupdog | 1 comments | 08 Sep 25 11:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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perihelions ◴[08 Sep 25 11:48 UTC] No.45167153[source]▶
Hard-earned freedoms are wasted on societies who don't have memories of what it took to earn them. Freedom is a ratchet: slides easily and frictionlessly one way, and offers immense resistance in the other.

This is all so disheartening.

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cedws ◴[08 Sep 25 12:08 UTC] No.45167299[source]▶
I’m not aware of a single nation where the ratchet is loosening. It appears freedom is being eroded everywhere. The most disheartening thing is that nothing works to stop it. There are countries where millions of people have protested, but in time the protests always fizzle or are stamped out, and things continue on the same trajectory.
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komali2 ◴[08 Sep 25 12:32 UTC] No.45167482[source]▶
We recently had a record-sized protest in Taiwan and major political movements as a result. The recall movement was also unprecedented, though it ostensibly failed. However the KMT has failed in its coupe so there's still a positive outcome.

It's why I'm here - it's one of the only countries on earth for which I'm politically optimistic.

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1. simgt ◴[08 Sep 25 13:04 UTC] No.45167753{3}[source]▶
Lucky you! Taiwan is such a great place, I hope it will thrive in spite of its bullies.