by Rosa Abadir
rosabadir@yahoo.com
rosabadir@yahoo.com
I am forced to write my reaction after I read the article by Dr Eleni in regards to her unworkable free market fiasco followed by her childish type presentation of Ethiopiawient titled “I am Ethiopian, as truly and wonderfully as that is, and no one has the right to define, reduce, or otherwise dismiss my identity.” In fact, I just discovered that she wrote this article
a couple years ago, but for some reason it has been circulated through
Facebook (FB) as well as some websites for the last few days that
captured my attention to react accordingly.
Your entire silly tantrum and hodgepodge regarding Ethiopiawient doesn’t hold any water. It is a
defect of mind that made you think deserves a reward to yourself by
yourself about your own Ethiopiawient. The nativity of talking about
Ethiopiawient and measuring your Ethiopiansim doesn’t have anything to
do with what you currently stand for. Unless someone is sick minded & biased like the current Ethiopian regime officials and their alike, no one dislikes his country Ethiopia and do against his own
people. Therefore, it’s irrelevant to describe our love as well as our
connection towards our country instead for a rational citizen what
matters the most is what
have we done or contribute to a country that we claimed we love? Indeed
in elementary description you tried to cover the current undemocratic
current regime deeds by writing this tall and disgusting story regarding your Ethiopiawient which is laughable
and shows how much you are undermining Ethiopians and lie in front of
our eyes by narrating an empty Ethiopiawient. Of course, you may be
capable of attracting some gullible Ethiopians who are driven by emotion
when you talk about empty Ethiopiawient without giving us tangible
facts. However, for the vast majority of Ethiopians your empty debacle
wouldn’t confirm your true Ethiopiawient. You failed to realize that you
cannot be a true Ethiopiawi just because you said it, instead you have
to prove it with noticeable and supporting evidence, otherwise
what kind of method you use to represent your Ethiopiawient, as long as
you are doing contrary to a true Ethiopiawient you will remain to be
considered as a self-interested & egoistic Ethiopian in the eyes of many Ethiopians.
Unlike
to your explanation, Ethiopiawient requires speaking up the truth to
the minimum, let alone we have learned from our forefront fathers that
Ethiopiawient means giving one’s life to other and giving a priority for
freedom & love than being self-centred as Dr Eleni expressed.
Seemingly, you also want to paint Ethiopia as a paradise
under the current government that everything could be possible while
you called the previous government as a regime which shows your own
self-interested & selfish
behaviour. What makes you to condemn the former regime alone without
including the current regime? I believe aside from a number of
undemocratic manners the former Derg regime was responsible for the
death of many intellectuals including red terror and other horrifying
crimes. However, the current government is also
committed many shacking crimes against humanity including killing,
torturing, jailing and abusing innocent Ethiopians for the last 20
years, though you try to cover your eyes with your hands. Therefore,
what is the difference between the former regime Derg and the current regime TPLF?
Uttering half-truth with the intention of misleading
the citizens has been TPLF’s political tactic to cancel the apparent
fact and its incompetency in which you are trapped in the same empty can
as you false fully jabbering over and over about Ethiopiawient to
divert the core issues inside the current Ethiopia. The truth is that, you have been trying to fill the empty stomach of citizens’, farmers in particular with unrealistic hope and dream is not
different to chasing rainbows or seeking the pot of gold at the end of
rainbows. Removing the farmers from their land by force and auctioning
the land to the foreign investors and force them to be starved in the
mid of plenty is of
course a crime against humanity and no rational mind would think that
such ruthless government has the intention to do something beneficial to
its citizens. Look Dr. Eleni, your schizophrenic illusion and trying to
put castle in the air is of course illogical, however, such kind of big project agenda is a
well-intended schema to buy the emotion of few gullible Ethiopians, who
are always expecting manna from the sky. However, the majority
Ethiopians know the crooked character of the current regime TPLF and
their corrupted administration despite trying to sail under false colors, and portray itself as the vanguard of democracy and justice.
One
could wonder that why those scholars with such intellectual magnitude
failed in the trap of Hitler kind sub-human savage; but the important
point here is not the depth of intellectual magnitude or the school you attended, but what makes a different is the value one is holding
as a principle. To those who appreciate individual freedom, nothing
could stops them from defending individuals right with what cost it
takes to show their true Ethiopiansim, however, on the other side to
those who are unable to see beyond their self-interest, nothing would be
important except their self-serving agenda. Education could open a door
for anyone to have accesses the work of others, but to understand what
has been said and implement it, is a personal commitment and it needs to be selfless to appreciate the right of others. Indeed, there is a difference between the narcissistic and the magnanimous scholars, and of course the difference is huge
and nothing common between them. The vicious crime committed by Nazi
scholars proved that how scholars and intellectuals use their potential
to advance the criminal activity of their group with the masquerading
dogma. So, what intellectuals like you is doing right now is not different to what happened 50 years ago in Germany.
Dr.
Eleni, let’s be honest to ourselves for a minute and ask simple
questions. Indeed, the truth makes us free. Who has embraced the
ethnic-based politics in Ethiopia and has legalized ethnic federalism?
Who has forced everyone to be identified by their tribe on their
personal ID cards? Who has divided Ethiopia with ethnic boundary lines
and has created ethnic-based territorial units by given an ethnic name
for the regions, like Amhara, Tigray, Oromia and etc.? Who has been
deliberately invites ethnic conflict among various tribes in order to
elongate his power? Who has de-institutionalized and de-capitalize Ethiopian society by dismantling
social relations among the population? So in general who do you blame
for facilitating a divide and rule policy as a weapon of destroying your
pan Ethiopian nationalism? I leave the verdict to your conscience. I think you have embarrassingly failed to address your issues to the right individuals who are responsible for challenging & destroying your Ethiopianism,
however you did it purposely as you didn’t want to criticize the master
mind criminal members of TPLF as you are the beneficiary from such
regime, instead you try to point out your finger as well as accuse
others who have nothing to do with filthy ethnic-politics.
Apparently, unlike to your ridiculous statement regarding Ethiopianism, you have observed that how being TPLF member & affiliated group is a
license to do everything in the current Ethiopia (a license to kill, to
rob, to rape to and etc.). You have also seen few TPLF members are
milking the country and accumulate immeasurable wealth inside as well as
outside the country while other Ethiopians live under endless poverty.
However, you have never stated a single statement regarding these
crimes. Of course speaking with forked tongues, you are defending the
crime of the TPLF ethno-apartheid rulers and making a toll story to
justify their vicious crime with the disguise of free market & hollow Ethiopiawinet. The truth is that Ethiopia is the prison
of its citizens, except those who belong to the ruling group, a few
TPLF members as well as their affiliated groups, and of course every
economic sector exclusively controlled by them, including small
business, real estate and export and import. Besides they use the state
power to exploit the international Aid money to directly transfer to for
their own extravaganza life as well as personal businesses instead of
fairly sharing the aid among poor Ethiopians.
Dr Eleni, unlike to your childish Ethiopianism
presentation, we Ethiopians have seen enough, and of course we have
witnessed that yesterday’s guerilla fighter become millionaires, and
adopt extravagant life style while million Ethiopians are scavenging in
the trash can to fill their growling stomach. We have witnessed that
yesterday’s guerrilla fighters are spending million dollars for luxury
items in western shops, while million Ethiopian children have suffering
with manmade malnourishment
and end their life before they see their first year birthday and
without doubt any rational mind do not have any difficulty to figure out
where the richness coming form. Today, you may be one of those very few
Ethiopians who is fortunate enough to feed you American born children as many times as they want to as you stated, however the blatant fact is that you live in a country where millions of citizens live in unspeakable poverty and endless misery and a number of family members feed their kids with shift. As a result, you have seen that eating three meal become histories in many house hold families in Ethiopia; no one eats meat except a few people even the price of Shiro and Misir,
(the common ordinary Ethiopians foods) become exorbitant, and most
Ethiopians could not afford such high price. But the new rulers have so
much to waste and most of luxurious restaurants are busy serving them.
Most cars and buildings in Addis Ababa
exclusively owned by TPLF members and their affiliated groups, and most
Ethiopians would have such privilege unless h/she has TPLF God father
protecting him/her. Boling tea and making coffee two or three times a
day also become histories,
since the price of sugar and coffee are unaffordable. Those we used to
take for granted become scarce, and only become affordable by the new
rulers. Prostitution seems spread like plague, because there is no
job for those who do not belong to the ruling gangs. As a result, most
of young girls in elementary and high school age, forced to start their
life as a prostitute, as their family could neither feed nor afford to
send them school. Even most of the girls support their family instead by
being prostitute. Millions are dying of preventable as well as
treatable problems. Unimaginable numbers of children are unable to
attend school, because their parents could not afford to buy their
school materials. Most of young men in the country seem frustrated and
in order to alleviate the inescapable frustration they prefer to abuse
substances, (Chatt, Cigarette, Alcohol and other drugs) which is of course destroying the mind of young generation. So what kind of Ethiopiawient you are preaching, Dr Eleni?
I understand Dr Eleni you are an economist, but twisted like Nazi scholar that is why
you are trying hard to separate the inseparable, Democracy, individual
freedom and free market. However, you want to separate the inseparable
items, i.e. democracy, freedom, rule of law and development/progress;
however the simple truth is that there is not
going to be a free market or development with the lack of rule of law.
It seems that you are trying to put the cart before the horse. There is no free market without individual freedom and democracy. In fact, rule of law is the
centre of free market and in the country where the current TPLF few
criminal members are above the law it’s impossible to have a free
market. In general, you were trying to take advantage of your academic
achievement and portray yourself as if you deserve to be a guardian of
Ethiopian people, unfortunately some naïve followers accept such pompous
attitude and believe your philosopher king idea of Plato. Of course,
when you are taking the road to lead your personal life in Ethiopia,
other courageous Ethiopians took different direction and fights for the
common good and have been paying unimaginable price to bring freedom,
justice & democracy. Seemingly, your personal life is more important than the common good or the public good.
By the way, Dr. Eleni you could have put your ideas on one sentence instead of wasting your time and writing this long gibberish tall story to verify your Ethiopiawient, which is of course unhelpful in every side. In fact, your tribe is insignificant
and should not be a question if you came from mixed or pure tribe. In
simple words, no one has ever challenged your identity instead we are
challenging your stand and asking you to stop from being a mouth piece
as well as a tool for TPLF ethno-apartheid gangs. You should realize
that in a society where corruption is a norm instead of hard work and honesty, there is no
hope to development as well as a clear sense of free market. You have
to understand that you cannot have two self-contradictory ideologies,
free market and tribalism at the same time. Therefore, based on this there is no way that free market and ethno-centralism could work at the same time while they are contraries each other. As a result, there is no way that your free market fiasco is possible as long as the power is controlled
by a few ethnocentric and rigid groups. Free market needs communication
& big market, however, a country like Ethiopia every citizen is watching each other with suspicion and uncertainty free market is impossible and pouring water on the stone. Ethiopia needs democratic government with individual right and rule of law otherwise free market or in general development is unfeasible. However, you keep claiming that you have reduced famine by providing falsified figures; unfortunately this kind of unrealistic as well as impractical scenario is only possible in Weyane/TPLF world but no other parts of the world. I am not an economist
however there are plenty of evidence shows that good governance can
contribute to economic growth and bad economic governance can certainly
impede growth. Moreover, there is no
way that half of the population would be starved and at the same time
reduction of poverty or economic development claimed by the regime’s
spokesperson like you.
And yet you should answer why
millions of Ethiopians are scavenging in the trash can in daily bases to
fill their empty stomach, if there was an economic development or
reduction of famine. Perhaps the only economic development is only
possible among the TPLF regime officials as they are plundering the
country and build their own business empires. In fact, you do not need
to have economics degree to figure out this kind of unrealistic
story in Ethiopia, surely any ordinary citizens including (the imbecile
blind supporters of the regime) would figure it out. Surely whether you
accept it or not what Weyane/TPLF is doing is not only hurting this generation,
but also will affect the coming generation including your American born
children as well. Even the noble prize winner, economist Amartya Sen stated that “No substantial famine has ever occurred in any independent and democratic country with a relatively free press.” However, you are a benefactor from this ruthless regime and your criminals’ chief interest is your interest, so those who are fighting to establish democracy, justice and equality should not surprise by your misleading fallacious rhetoric. Anyhow, your crocodile tears regarding Ethiopianism
do not fool anyone except those few gullible Ethiopians who tend to be
driven by emotion rather than using logic & reason, because Non-TPLF
Ethiopians have enough understanding and experience about the brutal
and savage action of the TPLF ethno-fascists.
Surely, she will very soon realize the snake in the grass nature of
TPLF ethno-apartheid rulers and how they are violating the right of
Ethiopian citizens. Thank you!
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