Good. Nepal is one of those AES nations that falls under the rug when being discussed.
Oh yeah? Did not know that Nepal was AES! Curious, how are they structured? Admittedly I know nothing of the area.
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.
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?
Well, give them time. 2006 was only like 5 years ago, right?
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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
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:
They're a parliamentary democracy unfortunately but the Nepali people are based as hell so most of the sitting parties are socialist/communist
Apparently it isn't anymore. The communist parties still have a large presence, but how communist they are depends on who you talk to.
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)
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
the juche party only has like 3 congressmen and a mayorship of a small city, they are not very big
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.
I might be wrong but I think there are actually 2 lolonly found one listed sadly
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.
its smart for nepal to be nonaligned because theyre landlocked, best to play india, china, and whatever large powers with influence off each other
best to play india
Not really posible for nepal, they have been under an embargo by india ever since the end of their civil war
Yeah. In their position becoming a vassal again would be super likely otherwise. Either another monarchy with no real functioning government save for some borrowed troops from benefactors like Bhutan is with India, or a buffer state for China, maybe even the risk of becoming "contested".
ANOTHER DOMINO FALLS :amerikkka: :amerikkka: :amerikkka: :amerikkka:
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