Interesting to note that the teens and young adults who overthrew the government elected their new prime minister on Discord, and the military acknowledged the election and put the winner in place.
this post was submitted on 13 Sep 2025
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I think the reason most of us haven't said much about this is that if you've been around for a while (especially since the Arab Spring) you'll remember tons of movements that looked very similar to this and didn't produce the kinds of populist results some alt media types always say they will. I genuinely hope for the best for them, but clearly the recent precedent, especially for these kinds of "horizontal" movements, is that they get co-opted by NGOs and turned into pro-western, liberal states, if not just collapsing right back into what they had before.
Yes I also hope for the best here, but just being some form of inspiration for youth worldwide is fine for me.
Getting co-opted by NGOs and turning into pro-western, liberal state is not really a downgrade from before since that was the situation before the revolution.
Nepal has been a playing field for US and India, and with the increasing influence of US (accepting MCC by govt) things were bound to explode.
Every surrounding counties are getting unstable, and just being done with whole thing feels peaceful now. the government being. overthrown by people's movement is such a relief since the alternative movement was going to be pro-Monarchy. there is a hope for left now, a leftist revolution overthrowing the 'Nepal Communist Party - United Marxist-Leninist' was just not possible.
It's not "co-opted". It's activated, funded and organized by pro-west NGOs. Top to bottom it reeks from the very outset.
It was funded by NGO that just happened to open the flood dam, accidentally removing pro western power