6 Blue Shirt Initiative Inside Social Media: The Blue Shirt’s Social Media Observation 250 D FEDERALISM AND POLITICAL SOLUTIONS Other important but less common messages on social media platforms were political solutions and federalism. Compared to messages promoting military means and citizen mobilization, there were very few messages discussing or supporting or sharing about federalism and political means to resolve the current political conflicts. 69 posts on Facebook, and only 4 messages on Telegram were about political solutions and federalism, and the content of the messages were very broad and general. 200 150 100 57 50 Federalism and political solutions (73) 6 6 4 May June 0 January Federalism (44) Facebook - 44 posts Confederation (2) Facebook - 2 posts Political solutions (27) Facebook - 23 posts, Telegram - 4 messages Facebook - 1018 posts Telegram - 91 messages February Fig 13. Number of posts or messages concerning federalism and political solutions (By events) Autonomy and self-determination 18 posts Political dialogue for resolution 7 posts Dialogue between revolutionary groups 6 posts Fig 12. Number of posts or messages concerning federalism and political solutions April March To build Federal Democractic State 15 posts Inclusive political dialogue 7 posts Dialogue 2 posts Political dialogue between NUG and SAC 2 posts FDC 8 posts Political dialogue between EROs/EAOs and SAC 2 posts Dialogue between Chin groups 1 post Federal units 2 posts Promote confederation 2 posts Bamar unit 1 post Fig 14. Contents concerning federalism and political solutions