At worst, I'd say it's a neutral change.
Even the scenarios you've outlined are better than the alternative. But the truth is, we won't know until we know. Simple as that.

For what it's worth, I don't think they are a communist utopia either, and I think people get carried away hyping them up. I just don't think arguing about it is a hill worth dying on.

Military dictatorship. Enough said.

Just look at the other military dictatorships of Africa and tell me that the people are charting their own destiny.

Again, military dictatorship.

For contrast, the Nazis were considered broadly popular in Germany in the 1930s.

But a dictatorship is always a dictatorship. It's never good for the people, regardless of how much they like the boot on their neck.

But it's a local boot and not a foreign boot. So that makes it okay. somehow.

I can't find any actual evidence that the Military Junta is in any way popular...

They seem to have crashed the economy, then implemented a law that lets the military rob from the rest of the government in order to enrich themselves.

They partnered with various mercenary groups, including the Wagner group, to put down juhadists and dissidents as if those were the same thing...

Pretty much exactly what you'd expect from a military dictatorship.

Niger was hit with massive sanctions following the coup in 2023, which heavily damaged the economy. Sanctions are an act of brutal imperialist violence. On the economic side, Abdourahamane Tchiani's government has been nationalizing key industries and kicking out French and Australian imperialists. Niger, Mali, and Burkina Faso make up the Alliance of Sahel States, which together have been banding together to kick out foreign plunderers and have been developing rapidly because of it. The West has, as a response, sponsored terrorist groups and mercenaries against them.

Stop batting for imperialism.

And in February of this year, Niger made corruption legal for the military.

The Sahel States are three very brutal military dictatorships. All three seem to arrest journalists on sight, including local bloggers.

No freedom of the press, no freedom of association, and no guarantee that you won't be arbitrarily arrested or even gunned down.

But sure, they kicked out all the foreigners, including the red cross and other aid orgs.

You might as well be praising Eritrea or North Korea, although those two are more established dictatorships, meaning that you are actually safer on the streets of Asmara than you are anywhere in the Sahel States.

Full of hope and life and no civil liberty.

Mali's dictatorship will straight up murder you if say something they don't like.

But to you, that sounds hopeful?

Niger will let the neo-nazi mercenaries roaming the country side do whatever they want, but you seem to love it.

All three Sahel states will full on abduct and torture journalists and bloggers who stray from the allowed narrative.

And you seem to be 100% on board with it.

Damn now I feel bad for replying in good faith instead of PPB which was my initial response

Gotta trust your instincts folks

For your entire life you have been fed a certain narrative about the evils of nationalisation, the scary brown "juntas", the boogeyman of communism. You read this headline, thought this seems good, looked at the propaganda, then thought "this seems bad"

You are getting flamed because of your failure to engage critically with the propaganda. The fact that everyone else in the thread sees this as positive should tip you off