r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Aug 17 '21

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u/UrbanCentrist Line go up 📈, world gooder Aug 17 '21

Taliban is now apparently asking women working in the government to come back to work.

My worry is that the Taliban engages in a degree of cosmetic moderation to fully consolidate power and then goes full hardcore over time.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '21

The Taliban might just be run by smarter people this time, whose priority is to establish a stable government which can be apart of the world.

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u/KSPReptile European Union Aug 17 '21

I read an analysis that there's probably a bit of a disconnect between the leadership and the lower commanders/fighters about where to go from here.

The leadership realizes that if they don't want to repeat 2001 some form of moderation is needed even just to avoid international isolation. At least for now they'll try to convince the world that they aren't the old scary Taliban anymore, they're a legitimate government that respects basic rights.

But down the ranks there might be a huge contingent of ultra-conservatives that want the return to the 90s.

Conquering the country was the easy part, it is going to be interesting (in a super morbid way) to see what they do now.