Sri Lankan politics are messier than you'd believe. I'm not an expert but you have at least one political dynasty, power changing hands between people with 3 different last names for 30 years, a recent civil war along ethnic lines, a failed revolution at the end of the Cold War, a wrecked economy with massive amounts of debt that culminates in the popular uprising 2 years ago that chased out the sitting president and his brother.

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just remember people mentioning them being socialist on the sub back in the day (2017 or so) idk much about them outside of that

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Nepal is the country that overthrew their monarchy in the 2000s under an alliance of largely MLs and MLMs.

Laos is the country that has been ruled by a ML party since 1975.

Sri Lanka doesn't really have any history in common with either of these in the last century, it's just as far from each as they are from each other. Any political overlapping thread with Nepal was over 100 years ago, and small.

[–] viva_la_juche@hexbear.net 1 points 8 months ago

Ah I thought all three had some situation with socialism to one degree or another but right on appreciate it