It's not like she conjured the policy out of thin air this year. It had stood for a while, there was just a big push this year.
Pushing bioessentialism on veterans in people's ancestry is cringe, but it's far from the worst thing that a head of state can do. It's pretty clear that she had the support of around 40% of the population.
And when it lead to mass protests they could have relented and said it would be corrected, instead of fighting with a bunch of students worried about their futures
It's not like she conjured the policy out of thin air this year. It had stood for a while, there was just a big push this year.
Pushing bioessentialism on veterans in people's ancestry is cringe, but it's far from the worst thing that a head of state can do. It's pretty clear that she had the support of around 40% of the population.
It's not good though
And when it lead to mass protests they could have relented and said it would be corrected, instead of fighting with a bunch of students worried about their futures
Student protests happen all the time.
Why did Bangladesh experience a full government capitulation, whereas Indonesia a couple years ago did not?
There are external factors that play a huge role here.
Students had tried doing small tasks like organizing traffic a few years ago, they were cracked down on and it worked in Bangledesh
The fear was that they would go from volunteering to correct the flow of traffic to organizing for something political
This time the students were successful
I'm not saying there are no external forces at play, but the domestic desires appear to have been the major force here
Sadly now, there are numerous groups attempting to manage the chaos and come out on top, while the poor and weak suffer