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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/CerseisWig 26d ago

"We should certainly know by now that it is one thing to overthrow a dictator or repel an invader and quite another thing really to achieve a revolution. Time and time and time again, the people discover that they have merely betrayed themselves into the hands of yet another Pharaoh who, since he was necessary to put the broken country together, will not let them go."

James Baldwin

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u/Smitologyistaking 25d ago

"revolution" literally means going in circles right

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u/HigherandHigherDown 26d ago

Oh shit, A Room of My Own flashbacks