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[–] DessertStorms@lemmy.blahaj.zone 35 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Widening Protests Kill 39

That's a really fucked up victim-blamey way to say the police have killed 39 protestors.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

Those evil protests against a corrupt government once again made the uncontrollable force of nature wearing blue uniforms kill people

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If your country's internet goes dark, that should be clue to everyone that the authority state is guilty and requires overthrowing.

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

The alternative to the "centrist" Awami League is even worse. It's the BNP, a "centre-right" nationalist party. The communists in undivided India should've never compromised with the British government, the INC and the AIML. All the three countries are fucked up hard with rabid right-wing extremism, crony capitalism and religious intolerance.

[–] Stalins_Spoon@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The CIA overthrew Rahman, same with Ali Bhutto, replacing them with military dictators. America will not tolerate any semblance of self-determination in South Asia

[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 17 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This Bangladeshi quota bill is so fucking stupid, and laughable. Understandable that we should give some benefits to the immediate descendants, but 30% reservation for the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of the 1971 liberation war? All these years, in this capitalist system, you've tortured these kids to embrace meritocracy (which again, is a sham) as the only way to escape poverty, and now you've shot in their fucking foots, stole their only hope.

[–] SexualPolytope@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, it's just a vote bank for the current PM. But I think it's probably a very dumb move, as even the people who'll benefit from it are speaking out against it.