Arab Spring was pushed by the GAE. (liberal Western elites) I don't know anything about Sri Lanka but I bet they have an opposition party or underground media that was encouraging the protests, and their government was on shaky footing.
Foreign powers instigating regime change is not the people organically rising up because they were disgruntled by material conditions, which is a silly Marxist myth.
Sri Lanka??
The Arab Spring??
Arab Spring was pushed by the GAE. (liberal Western elites) I don't know anything about Sri Lanka but I bet they have an opposition party or underground media that was encouraging the protests, and their government was on shaky footing.
Every revolt, even the failed ones, is pushed by an elite somewhere.
Foreign powers instigating regime change is not the people organically rising up because they were disgruntled by material conditions, which is a silly Marxist myth.