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.

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    13 hours ago

    well nepal clearly wasn’t ready for revolution either because this entire thing hinges on the assent of the military.

    which yeah, probably means the military is scared of the movement and doesn’t think they could outright rule with opposition, but it totally rules out comparison to more militaristic nations. a thermonuclear weapon being used on DC is more likely than the JCS assenting to an informal election following a mob unseating the US government

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      7 hours ago

      Nepal Army might have been the only capable institution and the only one to suffer no damage. They were and are the most respected institution even now.

      Executive, Legislative and Judiciary structure all were target to some extend. So military was forced to intervene and could have absolutely taken power (on pretense of temporary solution) but instead immediately approached the disorganized masses to ask for our representative. That was a major reason for the quick formation of a unified front since we had one day to present our representative. The use of discord was also for same reason. Everything was moving very fast and we used tools that were immediately available to us

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        7 hours ago

        i’m not trying to be a dick but the military can bide their time until it’s settled down and utilize the irregular mode of voting to make the election invalid.

        that will be acceptable to the UN unless the new government cozies up enough to china to receive their SC veto