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Re:Nepal picks a new prime minister on a discord server days... by mongol on Saturday September 13, 2025 @05:45AM (#45230767)
> My wife and I were talking about this today and we thought it's possible that what has just happened in Nepal is at least in some sense the most democratic thing any country has ever done.

I don't see that argument at all. What was so democratic about it? Violent overthrowal of the government may sometimes be justified, but it is not an act of democracy.

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Re:Nepal picks a new prime minister on a discord server days... by fivestones on Saturday September 13, 2025 @05:14PM (#45235373)
Sorry, I wasn’t very clear. I didn’t mean the overthrow of the government was democratic. I was referring to the people in the discord server choosing a new leader.
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