Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
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Re: Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
#2I think it's worth noting why this is happening. The country has been giving out degrees and jobs to people who instead of working and studying hard, to descendants of veterans in the country's war against pakistan, and this level of nepotism has been going on since the 70s which as you can easily imagine is not great for those who see the value in getting these "basic livelihood for hard work" things. So when people started protesting recently, because for anyone with half a brain this is completely wrong, the people without half a brain who benefit from this completely fucked system responded by killing and raping students and now there's no internet.
This is definitely how you drain a country of all its competent people very fast by the way.
Re: Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
#3I think it's worth noting why this is happening. The country has been giving out degrees and jobs to people who instead of working and studying hard, to descendants of veterans in the country's war against pakistan, and this level of nepotism has been going on since the 70s which as you can easily imagine is not great for those who see the value in getting these "basic livelihood for hard work" things. So when people…
People who run a country into the ground are happy to maintain the status quo as long as they're getting their share? Who knew!?
Re: Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
#4I think it's worth noting why this is happening. The country has been giving out degrees and jobs to people who instead of working and studying hard, to descendants of veterans in the country's war against pakistan, and this level of nepotism has been going on since the 70s which as you can easily imagine is not great for those who see the value in getting these "basic livelihood for hard work" things. So when people…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh_Chhatra_League
The ruling party seems to be allied with a student paramilitary to help act as their enforcers.
"Chhatra League distributes dormitory seats at Chittagong University instead of authorities. Only those who join Chhatra League after being enrolled, get the chance to stay in the residential halls."
Re: Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
#5There is also a widespread cellular outage. It's very, very difficult (near impossible) to reach anyone in the country right now.
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Re: Bangladesh imposes curfew after dozens killed in anti-government protests
#7I think it's worth noting why this is happening. The country has been giving out degrees and jobs to people who instead of working and studying hard, to descendants of veterans in the country's war against pakistan, and this level of nepotism has been going on since the 70s which as you can easily imagine is not great for those who see the value in getting these "basic livelihood for hard work" things. So when people…
People who run a country into the ground are happy to maintain the status quo as long as they're getting their share? Who knew!?
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#8I think it's worth noting why this is happening. The country has been giving out degrees and jobs to people who instead of working and studying hard, to descendants of veterans in the country's war against pakistan, and this level of nepotism has been going on since the 70s which as you can easily imagine is not great for those who see the value in getting these "basic livelihood for hard work" things. So when people…
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#10I think it's worth noting why this is happening. The country has been giving out degrees and jobs to people who instead of working and studying hard, to descendants of veterans in the country's war against pakistan, and this level of nepotism has been going on since the 70s which as you can easily imagine is not great for those who see the value in getting these "basic livelihood for hard work" things. So when people…
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