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[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 139 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

For anyone out of the loop (from the AP / quoted in the article) :

Why are people protesting in Nepal?

The demonstrations—called the protest of Gen Z—began after the government blocked platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube, saying the companies had failed to register and submit to government oversight.

But they spiraled to reflect broader discontent about a lack of opportunities and corruption.

In particular, many young people are angry that the children of political leaders—so-called Nepo Kids—seem to enjoy luxury lifestyles and numerous advantages while most youth struggle to find work.

[–] Noerttipertti@sopuli.xyz 176 points 17 hours ago

Cops firing live rounds at kids, killing almost 20 and injuring about 100 might have something to do with them snapping as well...

[–] GreenShimada@lemmy.world 93 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

Typical Newsweek, I've seen several people who have worked in Nepal say that corruption was spiraling out of control and people have been livid about it for months. The protests were already ramping up, which is why social media platforms were cut off, so videos about the corruption and investigations and means to plan protests were cut off. The "they didn't register in time" excuse is for the government to save face internationally.

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[–] mc900ftJesus@lemy.lol 11 points 17 hours ago

Nepali Nepos?

[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 124 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) (1 children)

This is not about social media bans, it's against the corrupt government. It's being reframed. If you think about it, if the only problem was social media ban, they'd just all get vpns. They're not stupid. They're trying to frame it as silly kids, (because they're all gen z and Gen alpha, in their school uniforms, so as to be less likely to be shot) who can't live without social media. But it's not, it's protesting deep government corruption. If word gets out that it's a protest against government corruption, other people facing similar oppression, may become emboldened, so it's being buried.

[–] ssladam@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago

Yep. Running the standard playbook. They wouldn't do it, if it wasn't so effective. Today they'd be calling the Boston Tea Party a bunch of anti-caffeine health nuts.

[–] mc900ftJesus@lemy.lol 82 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

These protestors understand how change works. Good on ‘em.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 23 points 17 hours ago

🤨

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My mind immediately went there.

[–] SomethingBurger@jlai.lu 15 points 15 hours ago

Hoping France learns their methods in time for tomorrow's protest 🙏

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 1 points 17 hours ago (6 children)

Immolation is too much, but in general yes.

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 38 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It's objectively a horrible thing to do to anyone, for any reason, and inhuman and condemnable.

That all said, if you're reading this and you're married to someone advocating or supporting the execution of students and teens via assault rifles in the street, and a lot of people are angry about it, you should probably fucking leave.

I don't know anything about the ex-wife or her involvement with anything, but I know the Nepalese ruling class have been flaunting their wealth and the videos going around showing kids getting shot in the head and slumping over as blood pours out of their bodies and their friends crying and trying to pull their limp bodies out of the line of fire, have been circulating and it made MY blood boil and I'm on the other side of the world.

I think maybe our "ruling class" in all nations need a wake-up call that they are our servants, not our masters.

[–] Pistcow@lemmy.world 13 points 14 hours ago

I think immolation is a good idea for the "ruling class" as the working class is struggling and dying daily.

The occupy Wallstreet really changed things for us, right?

[–] dubyakay@lemmy.ca 10 points 11 hours ago

It's not ex-wife. It's wife of ex-PM. As in the former first lady of Nepal, I guess, just as an analogy to US's titles.

[–] Bbbbbbbbbbb@lemmy.world 19 points 17 hours ago

Well, maybe not. I know plenty that immolation wouldnt be punishment enough

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 15 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

What isn't too much, but also creates the necessary drastic changes?

Billionaires won't let you vote away their power, mind you.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 13 points 16 hours ago (5 children)

I mean, if she's committed crimes bad enough to warrant death I'm not gonna object to the killing itself, but still there would've been better execution methods than burning her alive. Hanging or firing squad, for example. Reveling in brutality is generally not something you want in a resistance movement.

What isn't too much, but also creates the necessary drastic changes?

You know, kill or imprison those responsible for the people's suffering, take or burn their stuff, etc. I'm in no way against violent revolution; I just believe even the worst people should get a relatively humane death when possible. Whether the billionaires and their lackies are killed or not really has no bearing on the end result; it's the actual seizure of power (or threat thereof) that gets things done.

[–] Coyote_sly@lemmy.world 10 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I don't know, I have a damn hard time stopping to show this much consideration for those who have repeatedly proved they would never bother to do the same for me or mine.

Got burned alive for being a sadistic corrupt fascist living in luxury while the people starved? Sucks to suck, maybe the next one will think twice.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 11 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

What really gets me is we only seem to ever have this hand wringing when it's a rich person that meets a gruesome end.

Imagine if this person had instead been an ordinary person that did something horrible. Imagine there's a child molester or a serial killer barricaded in their home, the police outside. They fire a flash bang inside, this causes the house to catch fire, and the monster ends up being burned alive. Would people be here lamenting this fact? No, they wouldnt. It is only when the rich and powerful meet gruesome ends that we start moralizing about vigilante justice. When a monster that isn't rich meets a gruesome end through extrajudicial violence, no one bats an eye.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 11 hours ago

Oh I'm not at all upset about her meeting a gruesome end; it's the part about deliberately inflicting that gruesome end that I'm complaining about. In your example it'd be an unintended consequence of something desirable (catching the serial killer), which is a whole different story. If the story was instead "corrupt PMs die inside parliament after protesters burn it down" it'd have been a lot more acceptable.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 1 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Shoot them, THEN hang the wealthy for all the other bastards to see.

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[–] AlexLost@lemmy.world 12 points 17 hours ago

Change comes from great struggle, usually quite bloody. The powers that be don't want the change and try to stop it at every turn, hence why force is necessary. The people are the power, the Lord's lead at the whim of the populace. Unhappy people makes for a bad time for those at the top. A tale as old as time itself.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago

What's the over-under on this horrible woman doing the same to street urchins for fun?

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[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 22 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

it's not her house, right?

[–] return2ozma@lemmy.world 12 points 15 hours ago

That's Parliament

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 22 points 12 hours ago (6 children)

See this, you “No Kings” parade do-nothing virtue signalers?

This is “action.”

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 14 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

Bear in mind that the riot in Nepal only started after the peaceful student protests was shot at by the police first. The No Kings protest hasn't been tried to be violently quelled to warrant a public riot, yet.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 9 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Are you sure this is the position you want to take?

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

You’re right, this is a half-measure. But I’ll be banned for speaking my mind, so we’ll stick with this.

[–] lka1988@sh.itjust.works 6 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Some of us can't do anything because we've got people depending on us to provide. Believe me, if there was ever a time where I could be more active, it would be right fucking now. But unfortunately, that kind of protest is the most I can do at the moment.

Put your money where your mouth is, go out and find those who are able to do more, and stop vilifying those who can't afford to.

[–] WizardofFrobozz@lemmy.ca 4 points 6 hours ago

Right. Nobody in history who ever fought a righteous cause had a family or anything to lose. They were all just Disney characters whose victory was guaranteed because they were the good guys.

[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

I highly doubt the fascist tRUMP and his like-minded cronies give a shit about people waving signs once every few months or so.
Or any form of peaceful protests.
They are probably laughing their voluminous man tits off about it.

You'll need to either get violent.
Or shutdown certain systems, such as roads, on a countrywide scale for extended periods of time before they even think about giving a shit.

[–] KatakiY@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago

Go do action then lmfao

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[–] carlossurf@lemmy.ca 11 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Russia and china do it better, they control social media behind the scenes, if you ban it its too obvious

[–] vga@sopuli.xyz 7 points 9 hours ago

That probably requires the kind of resources Nepal doesn't have

[–] faizalr@fedia.io 11 points 14 hours ago

That is brutal.

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 9 points 16 hours ago

They didn't mention this at the Gen Z meetup last week...

[–] NOT_RICK@lemmy.world 9 points 18 hours ago
[–] Nougat@fedia.io 7 points 17 hours ago

Hey Thumbnail Dude: Trigger discipline.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 5 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

So some wise and just leader will take over now and fix everything... right?

[–] Alteon@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Maybe. The next leader hopefully understands that people are watching and waiting with torches apparently. Might make them think twice about engaging in corruption.

[–] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 7 points 12 hours ago

Historically speaking, that will just make the next leader give many powers to the military in order to "bring peace" so whatever happened to the last one doesn't happen to him.

[–] ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net 1 points 7 hours ago

If those people are able to organize peaceful elections now and the military will not get involved it will be truly amazing achievement and an inspiration for the rest of the world.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 2 points 9 hours ago

There's a whole protest campaign/revolution going on, so this is far from over one way or the other.

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