Sri Lanka has fallen.

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will25u
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Sri Lanka declared bankruptcy yesterday.

There have been riots for the past few months because they have no fuel, inflation is out of control, foor prices are skyrocketing, blackouts for over 12 hours a day, and medicines are hard to come by.

The police/military was ordered to shoot rioters.

And now, the Sri Lankan people have over run the presidential palace.


Owlagdad
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Did their palace police throw the doors open?


Now, this IS an insurrection
Owlagdad
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Over and under when AOC says she felt for her life there?
JW
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fn trump
will25u
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FCBlitz
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That will be the USA if adults do not start acting like adults.
birdman
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Looks like that moat was doing its job.
nortex97
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FCBlitz said:

That will be the USA if adults do not start acting like adults.
The important thing is their carbon emissions and nitrogen fertilizer use decreased last year. /green energy-environmentalists/Dem voters/sheep.

We need to remove democrats from office to avoid this happening here, if it isn't too late already.
Carlo4
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Hope the family that has been in power there for nearly 20 years answer to their crimes. They should lose all the millions they stole from corruption.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/22/sri-lanka-rajapaksa-mahinda-gotabaya/
Carlo4
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Article above said that it was revealed the nation had less than $1 million left in early 2022.
MouthBQ98
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The chaos from riots is not going to achieve the relief the people want. It's going to break down the remaining functional supply chain and infrastructure operation in the short term and a lot of them are going to die. It will be a considerable human tragedy if they don't exercise considerable measures restraint.
Furlock Bones
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Paywall
jpb1999
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MouthBQ98 said:

The chaos from riots is not going to achieve the relief the people want. It's going to break down the remaining functional supply chain and infrastructure operation in the short term and a lot of them are going to die. It will be a considerable human tragedy if they don't exercise considerable measures restraint.


Probably but what else do they do?
medwriter
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MouthBQ98 said:

The chaos from riots is not going to achieve the relief the people want. It's going to break down the remaining functional supply chain and infrastructure operation in the short term and a lot of them are going to die. It will be a considerable human tragedy if they don't exercise considerable measures restraint.
The boil needs to come to head, otherwise the problem would have only continued to escalate anyway until there was a complete breakdown. It may not have the effect that the rioters want short term, but it's something that absolutely had to be done for the long term.
RoadkillBBQ
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They devastated their agriculture industry with government mandates to go completely organic. There are 22 million people there in danger of starving. Unfortunately the world is in chaos and won't be in any position to mount a relief effort of that magnitude.

World governments are creating these situations with green initiatives. Look what's transpiring in the Netherlands right now with the Dutch farmers. Why is the government wanting to reduce farming 30% at a time when food shortages and the possibility of famine is being talked about as a real possibility?

You have to ask yourself if this is gross negligence or is it intentional.
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Carlo4 said:

Hope the family that has been in power there for nearly 20 years answer to their crimes. They should lose all the millions they stole from corruption.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/05/22/sri-lanka-rajapaksa-mahinda-gotabaya/
You mean over 40 years.

Never mind I thought you meant Biden.
Highway6
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Carlo4 said:

Article above said that it was revealed the nation had less than $1 million left in early 2022.
They just need better printing presses
MouthBQ98
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I agree, they had no choice. I just hope they are wise about it and don't engage in a cycle of self destructive general rage, and rather act with constructive energy to set things right.
RoadkillBBQ
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medwriter said:

MouthBQ98 said:

The chaos from riots is not going to achieve the relief the people want. It's going to break down the remaining functional supply chain and infrastructure operation in the short term and a lot of them are going to die. It will be a considerable human tragedy if they don't exercise considerable measures restraint.
The boil needs to come to head, otherwise the problem would have only continued to escalate anyway until there was a complete breakdown. It may not have the effect that the rioters want short term, but it's something that absolutely had to be done for the long term.

I think there has already been a complete breakdown.

twk
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RoadkillBBQ said:

They devastated their agriculture industry with government mandates to go completely organic. There are 22 million people there in danger of starving. Unfortunately the world is in chaos and won't be in any position to mount a relief effort of that magnitude.

World governments are creating these situations with green initiatives. Look what's transpiring in the Netherlands right now with the Dutch farmers. Why is the government wanting to reduce farming 30% at a time when food shortages and the possibility of famine is being talked about as a real possibility?

You have to ask yourself if this is gross negligence or is it intentional.
These stupid organic farming rules were done against a backdrop of years of currency manipulation. All the pigeons came home to roost at once.
ElKabong
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Outstanding
YouBet
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RoadkillBBQ said:

They devastated their agriculture industry with government mandates to go completely organic. There are 22 million people there in danger of starving. Unfortunately the world is in chaos and won't be in any position to mount a relief effort of that magnitude.

World governments are creating these situations with green initiatives. Look what's transpiring in the Netherlands right now with the Dutch farmers. Why is the government wanting to reduce farming 30% at a time when food shortages and the possibility of famine is being talked about as a real possibility?

You have to ask yourself if this is gross negligence or is it intentional.


It's both. I do think the very tip top elitists are trying to intentionally do this and think they can simply avoid all the ensuing chaos. I also think they are doing it because they are simply bored. When you have that much money the only thing that gets you off is exercising power and playing the game of thrones.

Everyone else carrying all of this out are simply brainwashed fools who have been convinced and have convinced themselves that GND is the "right" thing to do. And now have two generations (after Gen X) of miseducated people who will continue to pursue this insanity because that's what they have been taught.
zephyr88
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Mostly peaceful protest...
rocky the dog
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We need to remove democrats from office to avoid this happening here, if it isn't too late already.
Elections are when people find out what politicians stand for, and politicians find out what people will fall for.
nortex97
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RoadkillBBQ said:

medwriter said:

MouthBQ98 said:

The chaos from riots is not going to achieve the relief the people want. It's going to break down the remaining functional supply chain and infrastructure operation in the short term and a lot of them are going to die. It will be a considerable human tragedy if they don't exercise considerable measures restraint.
The boil needs to come to head, otherwise the problem would have only continued to escalate anyway until there was a complete breakdown. It may not have the effect that the rioters want short term, but it's something that absolutely had to be done for the long term.

I think there has already been a complete breakdown.


It does sound like it.

FYI to all, it is officially just another socialist state that has failed; "Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka." 22 million or so people live there. The legislature has of late been led by the progressive united people's freedom alliance (read: leftist).
zephyr88
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It's called the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, but it's a unitary semi-presidential republic.

Sounds like a brand identity issue governed by committee.
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This is a real insurrection
Jason C.
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That guy's voice on the recording!
YouBet
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First tweet combined with the second tweet could have come straight out of a zombie movie.

More or less about to be the ZA in Sri Lanka.
CanyonAg77
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nortex97 said:

FCBlitz said:

That will be the USA if adults do not start acting like adults.
The important thing is their carbon emissions and nitrogen fertilizer use decreased last year. /green energy-environmentalists/Dem voters/sheep.

We need to remove democrats from office to avoid this happening here, if it isn't too late already.

Wasn't it Norman Borlaug, who said that if we want to go full organic, we should first choose which 2/3 of the population we plan to starve to death?
FCBlitz
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MouthBQ98 said:

The chaos from riots is not going to achieve the relief the people want. It's going to break down the remaining functional supply chain and infrastructure operation in the short term and a lot of them are going to die. It will be a considerable human tragedy if they don't exercise considerable measures restraint.


This response is a classical case to discuss.

The fear to make things worse and do nothing vs forcing to make thing worse as quickly as possible to improve long term outlook.

It all depends on the situation. In this case….this is the right call for the long term. Every politician from this point will be under the microscope with the expectation that change, positive change WILL OCCUR.
Tbone
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Will Sri Lanka have July 9th hearings televised on CNN for the next 6 months?

Asking for a friend.
MouthBQ98
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I did not say they shouldn't act. I did say the process will be painful and they won't get the easy quick relief they want. They will get a period of deprivation and suffering that they don't want, but may be necessary. They need to consider that before they take any excessive or rash actions. Get needed changes without inflicting unnecessary self harm.
YouBet
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Is the Sri Lankan culture up to the necessary changes to improve matters without just degenerating into a failed state?

Just feels like the tip of the iceberg on the failed state scoreboard.
LegalDrugPusher
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Jason C. said:

That guy's voice on the recording!


Goalllllllllllll!
 
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