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News & Current Events Apr 20, 2026 at 7:25 AM

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

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Arrests fuel fears among Madagascar’s gen Z protesters that new regime no better than one they overthrew
the Guardian
Arrests fuel fears among Madagascar’s gen Z protesters that new regime no better than one they overthrew
Jubilation is turning to disenchantment as young activists arrested after protest calling for election date to be set
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Desperate_Tea_6297 Apr 20, 2026 +146
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.
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TwoPoundzaSausage Apr 20, 2026 +9
> If anything helps, it’s outsiders amplifying local journalists and rights groups so those arrests don’t happen in silence. Yes, that way when those dissidents are executed, at the very least we'll know exactly what it is that we're ignoring.
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Daren_I Apr 20, 2026 +51
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.
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synapticrelease Apr 21, 2026 +17
It's hard to plan because when you start to get a grassroots campaign for a leader against the oppressive regime, that leader become a target. It's easier said than done.
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tehCharo Apr 20, 2026 -32
Remember when people took over a city block in Seattle and called it CHOP and it turned into a ghetto full of drugs and a double murder after a week? Yeah... a plan and proper leadership is a must.
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Psyduckisnotaduck Apr 20, 2026 +9
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.
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Double_Resort_9223 Apr 20, 2026 +12
Oh I wouldn’t say freed, more like…under new management
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Game-rotator Apr 20, 2026 +3
It's called a 'revolution' for a reason
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Dragishawk Apr 21, 2026 +3
Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss.
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Plato534 Apr 22, 2026 +1
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.
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RoyalZeal Apr 21, 2026 +1
"In which our protagonists learn that a color revolution is not a change of regime."
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Deletereous Apr 21, 2026 +1
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.
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N-LL Apr 20, 2026 -7
I thought Madagascar 2 was widely considered to be superior to the original?
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