Arrests fuel fears among Madagascar’s gen Z protesters that new regime no better than one they overthrew

Depressingly familiar story: old regime out, new regime copies the same playbook. If anything helps, it’s outsiders amplifying local journalists and rights groups so those arrests don’t happen in silence.

This is why there needs to be a plan other than just resisting and getting rid of the current problem. Fighting up to a point that leaves a power vacuum and hoping someone better steps in is not a valid plan. If their plan doesn't include the final goal of instilling a responsible leader then everyone who died to get to that point died in vain.

Eeesh, very much reminds me of Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch, with a similar plotline of a revolution against tyranny being exploited for a coup by someone no better, who then turns around and brutally crushes those whose uprising enabled their rise to power. The fight against tyranny is not a fight against one bad apple but against anyone who would elevate themselves to the position of tyrant. So, I do hope the protesters don’t let up now, if the new regime is no better than the old one it deserves the same fate.

Oh I wouldn’t say freed, more like…under new management

It's called a 'revolution' for a reason

Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.

Simple revolution theory. A proper revolution nearly never happens without powerfull actors from the old regime switching sides. Think high ranking politicians or military commanders. The masses are used to break the palace gates and after that the new regime will form with players from the old regime with a few fresh puppet faces in between.

"In which our protagonists learn that a color revolution is not a change of regime."

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.

I thought Madagascar 2 was widely considered to be superior to the original?