• corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
      hexbear
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      2 years ago

      Oh yeah? Did not know that Nepal was AES! Curious, how are they structured? Admittedly I know nothing of the area.

      • HauntedBySpectacle [he/him, comrade/them]
        hexbear
        39
        2 years ago

        Nepal has a very unique political situation, as they have a liberal electoral system with opposition parties, but the elections are highly dominated by multiple communist and socialist parties. At one point there were fewer parties but there was a three-way split in the communist party in 2021; I honestly don't know why. IIRC the furthest right party in the legislature is socdem. Currently Nepal is the only liberal democracy governed by a communist party.

        Nepal before the success of the Maoist movement in 2006 was a monarchy, so it's quite a new system born out of harsh compromises with the old state and the reality of the international situation in 2006 for a prospective DOTP.

        • AbbysMuscles [she/her]
          hexbear
          19
          2 years ago

          Will the current makeup of political power in the country result in a nation-wide direction towards socialism, or are they just kind of spinning their wheels?

          • HauntedBySpectacle [he/him, comrade/them]
            hexbear
            11
            2 years ago

            I'm not very read on the direction things are taking, I couldn't make a prediction.

            There are a few positive signs, like the modest but consistent decline in absolute poverty over the past decade

        • KiaKaha [he/him]
          hexbear
          15
          2 years ago

          Currently the Socdem party is in power supported by a tiny Maoist party.

          It’s the only majority-communist parliament to be governed by a socdem. :agony-shivering:

      • drinkinglakewater [he/him]
        hexbear
        18
        2 years ago

        They're a parliamentary democracy unfortunately but the Nepali people are based as hell so most of the sitting parties are socialist/communist

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
        hexbear
        5
        2 years ago

        Apparently it isn't anymore. The communist parties still have a large presence, but how communist they are depends on who you talk to.

    • President_Obama [they/them]
      hexbear
      11
      2 years ago

      How is Nepal AES? None of the communist parties in parliament are actually communist. CPN is demsoc (which I see as right wing opportunists but that's just imo)

      • drinkinglakewater [he/him]
        hexbear
        31
        2 years ago

        The Nepalese Maoists organized a protracted people's war which lead to the creation of the current state and most of the elected parties claim some form of socialist affiliation

        • thelastaxolotl [he/him]
          hexbear
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          edit-2
          2 years ago

          the juche party only has like 3 congressmen and a mayorship of a small city, they are not very big

          • CoolerOpposide [none/use name]
            hexbear
            23
            2 years ago

            I’m sorry, I know you’re correct completely and not disagreeing that they don’t have a lot of sway-

            But the juche party has 3 congressmen and a mayorship of a small city.

        • drinkinglakewater [he/him]
          hexbear
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          2 years ago

          I might be wrong but I think there are actually 2 lol only found one listed sadly

      • Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
        hexbear
        3
        2 years ago

        I'm thinking of a time when they were in control of all levels of government. Seems like it isn't the case anymore and the Socdems are in power.