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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: 0.211s | 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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1. dennis_jeeves2 ◴[08 Sep 25 17:04 UTC] No.45170789[source]▶
> The most disheartening thing is that nothing works to stop it.

Armed citizenry? I do not see any other way. Power always corrupts.