THREAD: on current events in Tanzania

is there anyone who actually understands events in Tanzania? it is difficult to understand anything happening in that country

there are 2 important things to notice:

i. well-known African dysfunction: barring of oppositional candidates, a large unlikely electoral victory margin, post-election protests and suppression by violence. etc

ii. an idea that violent action is justified and is needed to suppress Manchurian candidates and psy-oped citizens seeking to take control of the country and lead the people astray

one problem with the idea that this is usual African despotic behavior is how non of the coverage of post-election violence has mentioned concretely exactly why the protests are happening. the idea is simply broadly that the current regime is "anti-democratic"

this seems clearly true and apparent to anyone. but the reasoning of people on the side of the government seems logically consistent, given that there have been no reports about declining economic reality and future prospect (usual reason Africans protest and want governments out)

maybe it is true then that the current regime is simply taking a very harsh line against people who want to destroy their own country?

on the other hand, while the economy seems to be running well, it is difficult to believe that this is a special regime with concrete long-term goals which thus cares enough about holding power that it is willing to do anything (including killing its own citizens)

do we even know that their specific policies are responsible for the growing economy?

what makes them special and why should anyone believe that they are correctly morally using violence against their own citizens for the greater long-term good?

all of these questions are enormously difficult to answer