Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoWhat happened in Bangladesh? Is the change in government good or bad?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1message-squareWhat happened in Bangladesh? Is the change in government good or bad?Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareMagjee [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoIt’s not good though And when it lead to mass protests they could have relented and said it would be corrected, instead of fighting with a bunch of students worried about their futures
minus-squareinfuziSporg [e/em/eir]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoStudent protests happen all the time. Why did Bangladesh experience a full government capitulation, whereas Indonesia a couple years ago did not? There are external factors that play a huge role here.
minus-squareMagjee [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 month agoStudents had tried doing small tasks like organizing traffic a few years ago, they were cracked down on and it worked in Bangledesh The fear was that they would go from volunteering to correct the flow of traffic to organizing for something political This time the students were successful I’m not saying there are no external forces at play, but the domestic desires appear to have been the major force here Sadly now, there are numerous groups attempting to manage the chaos and come out on top, while the poor and weak suffer
It’s not good though
And when it lead to mass protests they could have relented and said it would be corrected, instead of fighting with a bunch of students worried about their futures
Student protests happen all the time.
Why did Bangladesh experience a full government capitulation, whereas Indonesia a couple years ago did not?
There are external factors that play a huge role here.
Students had tried doing small tasks like organizing traffic a few years ago, they were cracked down on and it worked in Bangledesh
The fear was that they would go from volunteering to correct the flow of traffic to organizing for something political
This time the students were successful
I’m not saying there are no external forces at play, but the domestic desires appear to have been the major force here
Sadly now, there are numerous groups attempting to manage the chaos and come out on top, while the poor and weak suffer