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Nepal Prime Minister Resigns. Parliament / Ministires set on Fire.

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Post by njsubedi »

Amidst protests by Gen-Z against yesterday's inhumane killing of 19 student protesters, the country's capital is on fire.

The prime minister of Nepal has resigned, and fleed on an army helicopter - probably abroad. Many other ministers have been evacuated. The parliament building, ministries, and all of the top political parties have been burnt down.

Submitted this because yesterday evening there was a post and many of you were concerned for Nepal.

Coverage: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/nepal-pm-oli-quits-as-anti-corruption-protests-spiral-his-aide-says/ar-AA1Mb480

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#2

Post by adyashakti »

i visited Nepal several times over the last decade. the country was a mess. of course it’s a developing nation, but i’m talking about the culture. Chinese influence is growing, and with it the atheistic materialist Communist view. Nepal’s deep Buddhist and Vedic culture is being devastated, state intelligence and surveillance is pervasive, even in the villages. not a fun place to visit anymore. the corruption culture runs deep, and the people are fed up; something like this crisis was inevitable.

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#3

Post by devoutsalsa »

adyashakti wrote: post #2

i visited Nepal several times over the last decade. the country was a mess. of course it’s a developing nation, but i’m talking about the culture. Chinese influence is growing, and with it the atheistic materialist Communist view. Nepal’s deep Buddhist and Vedic culture is being devastated, state intelligence and surveillance is pervasive, even in the villages. not a fun place to visit anymore. the corruption culture…

The trekking is great though!

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#5

Post by factorialboy »

adyashakti wrote: post #2

i visited Nepal several times over the last decade. the country was a mess. of course it’s a developing nation, but i’m talking about the culture. Chinese influence is growing, and with it the atheistic materialist Communist view. Nepal’s deep Buddhist and Vedic culture is being devastated, state intelligence and surveillance is pervasive, even in the villages. not a fun place to visit anymore. the corruption culture…

To be fair, the evangelical Christians — mostly from the United States — have played as important a role in destroying Nepal traditions as the Chinese.

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#7

Post by FirmwareBurner »

pjc50 wrote: post #4

Reminded of Euromaidan; murdering demonstrators is often the final trigger for overwhelming numbers of the public to turn against the government. Compare Serbia, where peaceful protests have been ongoing for some months - also against corruption.

What are peaceful protests achieving in Serbia?

Chudjak said he's not doing anything what the protestors want.

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#8

Post by newyankee »

factorialboy wrote: post #5
adyashakti wrote: post #2

i visited Nepal several times over the last decade. the country was a mess. of course it’s a developing nation, but i’m talking about the culture. Chinese influence is growing, and with it the atheistic materialist Communist view. Nepal’s deep Buddhist and Vedic culture is being devastated, state intelligence and surveillance is pervasive, even in the villages. not a fun place to visit anymore. the corruption culture…

To be fair, the evangelical Christians — mostly from the United States — have played as important a role in destroying Nepal traditions as the Chinese.

Evangelical Christians have penetrated most tribal societies in South Asia though as this is like multiple generations since they made transformations in many places

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#9

Post by contrarian1234 »

Given the toxic effect of social media in the region (Myanmar comes to mind), trying to force social media companies to have legal presence in the country seemed sensible.

When the choice is a stream of inane fake news and viral sensationalist ragebait, or only government approved news.. I'm not entirely sure which is better?

I'm guessing probably the latter. At least you know it's bullshit and your neighbors aren't trying to murder some minorities or shooting up ivermectin or whatever

Hope Nepal comes out of this alright and more people don't get hurt. A collapse of the government (even a bad one) usually leads to nothing good.

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#10

Post by MangoToupe »

contrarian1234 wrote: post #9

Given the toxic effect of social media in the region (Myanmar comes to mind), trying to force social media companies to have legal presence in the country seemed sensible. When the choice is a stream of inane fake news and viral sensationalist ragebait, or only government approved news.. I'm not entirely sure which is better? I'm guessing probably the latter. At least you know it's bullshit and your neighbors aren't…

Social media seems like a distraction in this case from blatant corruption
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