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Nepal descends into chaos as protests turn deadly, citizens take control of country (tass.com)
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The current government was led by the Communist Party of Nepal. Protests claim to be about Nepal trying to limit access to Western social media. Sounds like a Western operation to me.

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[–] 8 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

Yeah...i'm not entirely convinced by this line of argumentation either.

I mean he brings up some interesting points in that post but i'm not sure it's enough to support his conclusion.

Normally his analysis is very good but maybe there is a bit of personal emotional bias at play in this particular case...

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  • [–] 8 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Of course, these two things can both be true, but the US-backed color revolutionaries are louder due to their funding. Nepal's geography sort of dooms it to being a shithole unless China pours a ton of money into it, which they haven't gotten around to yet.

    Thus, this is just like the Hong Kong protests, where some of the protesters were legitimately pissed over high living costs, which was not really a problem caused by the Chinese, but rather the native Hong Kong government. And then the U.S.-backed color revolutionaries stirred it up into way bigger shit by just conducting tons of domestic terrorism.

    Once the Nepal-China railway is finished tunneling through the Himalayas, Nepali lives will get better. Let's just hope that this color revolution doesn't ruin that opportunity forever.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 year ago

    Don't forget that most people don't update themselves on Nepal. Most analysis so far has been a run-down of the news headlines and quite a bit of caution. As people investigate in the coming days, we'll be getting more useful analysis.

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