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14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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560 points whatsupdog | 2 comments | 08 Sep 25 11:24 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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netsharc ◴[08 Sep 25 11:39 UTC] No.45167080[source]▶
So where's the donkey and where's the cart.

It reads like: citizens have been protesting the government using social media, government desperate to curb dissent bans social media, dissent is now on the streets..

Or maybe it's as straightforward as the media has been reporting.

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MangoToupe ◴[08 Sep 25 11:48 UTC] No.45167146[source]▶
It also seems reasonable that companies have to follow local laws to operate there. Corporations superseding states seems just as dystopian as state repression of dissent. Granted, there is either confusion or misrepresentation as Mastodon is also banned.

The reporting seems pretty meagre; even strictly with these events, how are so many dying from batons and rubber bullets? Sure these can kill, but fourteen people?

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marcosdumay ◴[08 Sep 25 17:23 UTC] No.45171050[source]▶
> It also seems reasonable that companies have to follow local laws to operate there.

Yes. That's as reasonable as the people there protesting their own government.

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1. MangoToupe ◴[08 Sep 25 17:33 UTC] No.45171201[source]▶
Did you read the next sentence?
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2. marcosdumay ◴[08 Sep 25 17:50 UTC] No.45171459[source]▶
I'm not disagreeing.

Corporations closing down there and moving away is completely reasonable. People protesting is completely reasonable.

The government forcing the corporations out is as reasonable as the people there say it is... so not at all.