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14 Killed in anti-government protests in Nepal

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560 points whatsupdog | 4 comments | 08 Sep 25 11:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.736s | source
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lionturtle ◴[08 Sep 25 11:52 UTC] No.45167176[source]▶
It was absolutely not just social media ban, it was mostly youth protesting against the corrupt government and unfairness, social media ban was one element that was against the freedom of speech, but it was right around the time where everyone was documenting the rich politicians, their business connections and their families that have been living lavishly and just inheriting the election seats from generation to generation and spinning beurocracy to their sides.

I was there a few hours ago. It was a class struggle, but it was bound to be spun up as "kids don't get facebook and throw tantrum".

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factorialboy ◴[08 Sep 25 12:58 UTC] No.45167698[source]▶
Classic color revolution — China and India will be watching intently.
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throwawayq3423 ◴[08 Sep 25 17:23 UTC] No.45171058[source]▶
Classic removal of agency from real revolutions to avoid thinking critically about the real problems a country has, and instead blame a foreign boogeyman.

A favorite tactic of authoritarian regimes and the tankies that love them.

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1. don_esteban ◴[08 Sep 25 21:27 UTC] No.45174233[source]▶
Yeah, it is similar to dismissing any information that contradicts the official narrative as 'conspiracy theory', without actually going the length to do actual real fact checking.

On the other hand, if a foreign country really wanted to destabilize you, can they do anything better than to exploit real grievances of the local population?

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2. Nasrudith ◴[09 Sep 25 02:47 UTC] No.45176817[source]▶
Knocking you over with military force technically destabilizes things far more than just existing grievances which may have gone off without their intervention at all. Perhaps more destabilization than they even want things to be.
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3. throwawayq3423 ◴[09 Sep 25 04:33 UTC] No.45177434[source]▶
> can they do anything better than to exploit real grievances of the local population?

Nope. The myth of parachuting into a country and overthrowing a government is just that.

4. throwawayq3423 ◴[09 Sep 25 04:40 UTC] No.45177477[source]▶
> Knocking you over with military force technically destabilizes things far more

There are just as many examples of national identity being forged in war than there are it being removed.

For example, Russian-speaking Ukrainians in eastern Ukraine had no affinity for Kyiv and didn't think of themselves as Ukrainian before Russia invaded. Now they do.