First of all, Rojava is a representative democracy with 2 Co-chair leadership positions and a congress of 43 seats.
YPG, the militia formed during the seperation of Rojava from the Syrian government, have been accused by Human Rights groups of using Child Soldiers.
What we’ve seen is these movements benefit the people living there.
That region is at constant war with two of their surrounding nations for over a decade. Hundreds of thousands of people died. They’re at high risk of losing and disappearing.