@kunley_drukpa saying Bhutan thwarted "yookayfication" by expelling the lhotsampa is a bit much considering the same people in Sikkim today have created a state (albeit within india) thats much better in terms of living standards than anywhere in the subcontinent
@xriskology Professor can you explain to me how billionaires who get their wealth by selling things to other people would be able to hoard this wealth in a world where other people simply cannot buy what they are selling? Thanks!
@ltarvn_55@WhatAre89137327@gonglei89 Madhesis are not persecuted and Buddha definitely did not look like what Madhesis do today
regardless, arguing whether buddha was "Indian" or "Nepalese" is a bit like arguing whether Jesus was "Israeli" or "Palestinian" a worthless endeavor
@hindookissinger and the failures of the post maoist constitutional assemblies comes entirely out of minorities wanting more and more gibs not unlike India's own reservations
@hindookissinger this is technically true albeit misleading in that all constitutional changes came from systemic changes from autocratic rana -> democracy -> autocratic monarchy -> constitutional monarchy -> republican democracy
@medsane best example of which is Stephen Miller who is often termed the "Prime Minister" of the Trump White House, hes 40 (Was 30 when he first joined Trump's team)
@medsane fwiw, a significant amount of law & policy making in the US and other western countries are done by 20-40 yo staffers and graduates not the geriatric boomers who actually hold office