The Onion tells you everything you need to know about the political crisis in Sri Lanka.
A: In Asia. Next to India. No, that’s Pakistan. The other side. That’s Bangladesh. It’s an island. Too far, that’s Taiwan. Just go back to India. Eh, close enough.A: An unpopular leader and growing inflation further divided the economy between the haves and have-nots in what is obviously an isolated incident globally.
A: They’re brave pro-democracy freedom fighters until the minute they try to nationalize any private industry.
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