• 0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    Looks like fed up population more than anything

    like last time in mexico, when it was actually conservative boomers.

    Conservatives have been known to infiltrate and create chaos, and discredit actual protests like… check notes, everywhere…

    kind of hard to believe “gen z” is toppling entire governments out of nowhere

    They have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Not the generation that wants to ride out a tide of depressive society, and say well, this is what is is, because the future looks so very dim right now.

    without any discernible strategy or barely any news about it. no revolution worked like that.

    That’s because sudden unpredictable outburst are harder to contain.

    Haven’t you wanted to lash out to your government corruption? I hope it comes to a country near you.

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      fed up population more than anything

      that never goes well without a politically engaged populace, and solid demands + plans for if they eventually succeed. we usually at least hear about it when it’s the case. i learned that lesson recently in my own country.

      conservatives infiltrate and create chaos

      that’s what i was thinking, or along these lines. i know the mexican government was famously progressive and well received at that time. what do you think of this one?

      Not the generation that wants to ride out a tide of depressive society

      i agree that’s common for the younger generations to feel the squeeze of a huge crisis first, but i’m questioning that premise entirely. i don’t think it’s necessarily young people, or necessarily an organic movement. for the reasons i posted here already, and the fact the whole reporting on it looks very propagand-y. i’m on the same track as you though, far-right fascists might be onto something.

      I hope it comes to a country near you.

      it actually came to mine in 2013-ish, not very dissimilar to how you describe it. sudden massive lashing out about generic but real and widespread problems like “corruption” and “bad living standards”, without any deeper understanding or any real demands.

      it was coopted and developed into fascism. cue my skepticism.