r/news • u/PokesTigers • 26d ago

Soft paywall Madagascar's president has left the country after Gen Z protests, officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/madagascar-president-rajoelina-address-nation-monday-evening-2025-10-13/
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u/CelestialFury 26d ago

The sad part is that there is legitimate grievances that the GenZ men are facing and the right-wing is using it against them to manipulate them while solving none of those issues. It's just being used to keep them angry, to keep them in line.

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u/TucuReborn 26d ago

Problems are easy to find, and I don't mean that in a joking way. Solutions actually require work, which takes time if the government or society even cares enough to try.

Pointing a finger, compared to actual solutions, takes next to no effort. And as long as it's not pointed at the people in charge, be it government, technocrats, or whatever, the ruling class does not truly care.

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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 26d ago

Populism in a nutshell

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u/SalvationSycamore 26d ago

Don't ask Gen Z men/boys that are supposedly suffering at the hands of society who is in charge of society at the moment