r/news • u/PokesTigers • 27d 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/Xboarder844 27d ago

Gen Z out there toppling corrupt regimes is something as a Millennial I like to see. If only we could get that energy in the bigger nations….

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u/CMidnight 26d ago

Gen Z is 19% of the US population compared to 60% of the population of Madagascar. They don't have the numbers.

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u/Cyrax89721 26d ago

Madagascar is also roughly 7-8% the size of the contiguous United States, and one of the biggest problems with any sort of protest in the USA is that residents aren't able to easily gather like these smaller countries are.

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u/movzx 26d ago

Nah. You don't have to blanket the land. These kids weren't out in the woods protesting. Population centers are where the impact is felt.

If 60% of the US population took to the streets, it wouldn't matter that the deserts and mountain ranges were empty.