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The next time someone tells you the youth aren’t engaged enough in politics, just point them to Nepal.

According to multiple reports, the youth of the South Asian nation managed to oust the existing government following an attempted ban of major social media platforms and took to Discord to hold an impromptu convention to elect an interim prime minister.

The organizing appears to have worked. On Friday, the military accepted the recommendation of the protest group and named Karki the interim prime minister. Karki, who accepted the role, is expected to pick a new cabinet and eventually hold elections. According to the Times, that is expected to happen within the next six months or so.

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[–] hector@lemmy.today 118 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Smaller countries are easier to get new governments in. The bigger it is the harder it is to oust a leader, let alone get better leadership in after.

I think these south asians are on to something with their methods of protesting here, idk if I can say this on here but targeting the homes of lawmakers garnered by corrupt means, and government buildings, seems to be a good strategy.

Sri lanka, indonesia, and nepal all did this recently and I think I am missing some even.

[–] OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world 50 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hello from the Philippines. I'm hoping we are about to here

[–] hector@lemmy.today 10 points 1 day ago (2 children)

How is it going with Marcos? Are they corrupt?

[–] OpenHammer6677@lemmy.world 23 points 23 hours ago

Oh yes. Being the son of this guy

[–] PalmTreeIsBestTree@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

Always have been

[–] bestagon@lemmy.world 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

So the US should balkanize before they get better leadership

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 13 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Unironically yes. We should still have a regional compact or something but clearly things are not working. People have wildly different visions of how the country should be run and this stupid power struggle isn’t helping anyone.

[–] stickly@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

Sounds like a good idea until you have a soup of 50 sovereign states who still don't agree but are now completely wide open to international power plays and local violence. The people only have "different visions" because the rich are best served by having us divided. Caving to that pressure only makes us more vulnerable to their neo-feudal ambitions.

[–] DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago

See European Union + NATO. Kept russia from invading. And sovereignty is still maintained.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

That’s what the regional defense compact is for. It’s worked well enough in the past and to this day.

Regardless of the source of those differences they are real and the left has no plan to convert people. It’s time to let go and let the red states become slag heaps of that’s what they want to be.

[–] Mutant@piefed.social 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Indonesia is not exactly small

[–] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 16 hours ago

Indeed, and Indonesia did not change their government.

[–] gmtom@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

We tried protesting politicians houses in the UK a couple years ago. And even though the PM and his family wasn't there, and all they did was hang up a banner, the narrative was about how they were intimidating him with violent threats against his family and was widely condemed.

[–] Sequence5666@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

Bangladesh, Pakistan. Even Thailand. India would be devastating but it seems on the horizon

[–] xnx@slrpnk.net 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Which methods are you referring to?

[–] hector@lemmy.today 2 points 20 hours ago

Burning down and looting houses of corrupt politicians, also government buildings.