By Yilma Bekele
Animal trainers use a whip with a stiff
handle to show who the boss is. A whip is used to gain control and achieve compliance using pain. During slavery in the US whipping was a powerful
weapon used by the white master. Whipping to humiliate was the hallmark of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Whipping
is an old fashioned tool and really not that effective. Today psychological form of mental whipping is what is
practiced by totalitarian regimes.
This cruel art was perfected by the old
Soviet Union and taken to new heights by regimes such as East Germany. The Woyane regime in Ethiopia and the dictatorship in North Korean are the new
practitioners of this inhuman method of turning a whole nation into one big concentration camp. How do they do that?
The North Koreans use communism in tandem
with a home grown philosophy called Juche to reengineer the human brain. Individualism is substituted by collectivism, self- reliance and
independence is not tolerated thus vertical collectivism meaning hierarchical form of structure is deemed to be the
norm. With the old Soviet and China using it as a buffer for their own interest N. Korea has managed to survive for over
fifty years as a pitiful example of man’s inhumanity to man. The demise of the Soviet Union and the slow pace of
China’s crawl towards freedom is what is unnerving the N. Korean dictatorship.
The Ethiopian situation is a little
different. Our old tradition steeled in isolation is a fertile ground for any
and all usurpers’ that want to use our good nature
for ulterior means. The fall of the benevolent Imperial regime opened the flood gates to all sorts of undesirable and unhinged individuals to come to
power. The Mengistu regime was a perfect example of an experiment gone wrong. The little Colonel was obviously out
of his depth as a leader of a nation when he was not even experienced or competent enough to lead a unit. His motto was
kill’em all before they kill you and it worked.
Meles Zenawi and his rag tag TPLF army was
served our country on a silver platter and inherited a demoralized and confused nation on the verge of total melt down. The coward Mengistu’s only
interest was to save his criminal behind and left our country in the middle of the night with the door wide open. That
is what we have been dealing with the last twenty years or so, another experiment gone totally wrong.
Meles Zenawi was a street smart, definitely
a mentally deranged individual with enough intelligence to hide his antisocial behavior. Here is a definition of psychopathic type in
Cleckley’s book the ‘Mask of sanity’
‘Primary symptoms of the antisocial personality are amorality (lack of
ethical standards and consistent moral
judgment)
and impulsiveness. They typically have a hunger for stimulation and a lack of responsiveness to social controls. The sociopath will
commit the same crimes or antisocial behavior repeatedly, even if caught and punished. When caught red-handed,
a sociopath makes charming apologies and talks of how life will be different from now on. But he or she
is likely to slide back into the same bad patterns. There is little effort to conceal wrongdoing; if caught, the
sociopath freely confesses and tries to make everything all right with personal charm. But a sociopath has
no real regrets over hurting people or breaking rules; the apologies come almost too readily because they are
totally insincere, a means of minimizing the consequences of being caught rather than expressing true regrets.’
What do you think? Doesn’t this personality
trait describe our recently departed bully? This was the person that was left in charge upon the other sociopath’s departure. This is what our poor
nation has been dealing with the last forty years. The next question is what is it about us that attracts such abusers and
mentally disturbed individuals to positions of power and authority? To answer that question we have to look at our
rankings in such fields as education, health, technology and general quality of life of our homeland. How we interact
with each other, , how we interact with our leaders and how we view life in general is based on how much
knowledge and sophistication we have achieved in our everyday life. It is not based on wish but on existing reality that is
definable, measurable and real. Here is a general description
of where we stand as a nation and people on important qualities that makes us
who we are.
Item Percent Comparison
to world
Urbanization 17%
Life
expectancy 56 yrs. 196
Drinking
water source unimproved 56%
Sanitation
unimproved 79%
Children
under 5 under weight 29%
Literacy
(can read and write) 42.7%
Unemployment
15-24 age 24.9% 33
Education
expense 4.7% GDP 89
Health
expenditure 4.9% GDP 143
Population
below poverty line 29.2%
Debt
external 9.6 Billion US 94
What this chart shows us is that we are mostly rural, we have a very low
life expectancy, we don’t have clean water to drink,
we lack basic sanitation facility, our children are semi starved a condition
that will affect them thru their adult life, more than half
of our population is illiterate, we spend minuscule amount on education and
health care and we owe our creditors more money that our grandchildren are
left with to pay. We are a failed state. When we discuss changing our country, when we talk about bringing freedom and democracy to our
ancient land, when we contemplate what we should do tomorrow it is always good to know what exactly we have on the
table so we can make smart and real plans based on
reality.
Thus when we despair about what the TPLF mafia is doing to our people
and country it is always good to understand why they are succeeding with such bizarre acts and behavior when we look
at it from afar. What is it that we in the Diaspora have that the Ethiopian people lack? It is true the diaspora in
general is a little bit educated than those at home, we
are a more exposed to newer ways of doing things and most of us have managed to
conquer fear. All true but the most important factor in this equation is
that we have more information to work with that our brethren at home. Information is power. Information gives the individual choice.
Information opens the eye and creates that eureka moment
we all dream about.
The power of TPLF comes from denying information to our people. That is
why they work over time; spend millions of Bir to
deny information from reaching our people. That is why in most library’s’ what
is written prominently in bold is ‘ýe shall know the truth and the truth can make ye free.’ The
truth is what our government is most afraid of. That is why my tile says whipped
nation. They keep our people in the dark and whip them psychologically with
falsehood, make believe stories and fairy tales that no one can contest. I will give you
some examples from news that took place the last few days
all beyond logic but told on Eth TV and media as rational and true.
1) I will
start with the dead PM’s wife Azeb Gola Mesfin’s declaration that her husband used to make US $240 amonth on government payroll. It is said ‘nothing else shows lack of
conscience better than bold face lying.’ I guess the lady learnt from the best. We know that Ato Meles never worked
for wages before he became PM, never have a bank
account, never even paid rent, never paid bills of any kind and according to
her didn’t even know how to drive a car. On the other hand the
same Meles used to wear suit that cost close to ten thousand dollars- now how did that happen? There is no such thing as national
medical insurance but Ato Meles used to
travel to
Brussels for regular checkup and died there after a lengthy and expensive
treatment in a private room- do tell us how that was paid? Did we pay for that? Is that part of his
employment package? How much did it cost the Ethiopian tax
payer?
Furthermore a Spanish newspaper a while back
reported that Weizero Azeb spent 1.2 Million Euros shopping for cloth. Is that money she earned all by herself or was it their combined money as
husband and wife? You know why this is not known to our people? It is because there is no independent media to report
is the reason. No one to call out her bold lie.
2) It was declared
by the current guy who claims to be the PM that the regime has established
Meles Zenawi Foundation (MZF) According to Walta ‘The
Foundation would serve as a living center of ideas and programs to further advance the works and legacy of the great leader Meles Zenawi.’
Only in Ethiopia could such farce take place. I am sure you
have heard of the Ford Foundation, Rockefeller Foundation
or the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. What makes the
MZF different from the above? Those Foundations were established by the individuals so they could share their good fortune with the rest of
humanity instead of just willing it to their family.
They wanted to share the success they earned by their hard work and use their
wealth to good use.
On the other hand the MZF puts that concept
on its head. The MZF is established in a ‘proclamation passed by the House of Peoples
Representatives’ thus making the tax payer funder of the tyrant’s legacy. To
add insult to injury the dictator’s family is in
charge of the foundation with his wife and
relatives assigned the majority of the board seats. Dictator Meles has all of Ethiopian public media at his beck and call since
he assumed power to share his half-baked ideas and infantile musings and now we gona get more of that even from
afterlife. Alive he was always quick to dismiss our green, yellow and red symbol therefore it is odd to see his foundation
symbol wrapped with our colors minus his silly star in the middle. That is why I said whipped nation. No one to call
out their dishonest plans played on our people.
3) The ethnic
cleansing against the Amhara people shows no sign of slowing down. It was only
last year that with the blessing of the late dictator his
agents such as Shiferaw Shigute felt free to drive our people from their homes to faraway places. We protested a little but forgot about it within a
short time. It is déjà vu time again. This time the TPLF
appointed folks of BeneShangul region felt no shame when they decided to deport
the
Amhars from their homes. As usual this bizarre behavior
of displacing people within their own country has become
an Ethiopian past time. Of course some of us show indignation but unfortunately refuse to connect the dots that connect
such behavior with our practice. Let me ask you when you buy your beautiful
condominium how do you think Azeb Kuma, Arkebe and other
TPLF folks acquired the property? Where do you think the peasants
of Sebeta and Akai went after being uprooted from their family land and home? The
acts of Gura fereda and bena Sahngul is just the same
immoral and ugly deed but in a bigger scale.
All are clear signs of a regime gone rogue.
How exactly are we responding to this blatant abuse of power and unimaginable atrocity against our people? What new ways have we devised to overcome this debilitating sickness that is slowly but surely killing our country? What exactly have we prescribed to
ourselves so we can overcome this disease that is destroying our country, people and the Ethiopia we know?
I am afraid we excel at talking, condemning
and always waiting for the next abuse so we could do more of our talking and condemning in a new spirit. Nothing more, nothing less is what I have
witnessed if asked to testify. Why do you think that is so? In my humble opinion what we lack is a leader to inspire
us, to take us to new heights and gather our people to believe. I am afraid that is not something one can buy from a
supermarket order on Amazon.com. What we lack is an organization that will respond in kind to the actions and deeds
of the TPLF mafia in power. In our country Sir Isaac Newton’s third law of motion that states ‘for every action, there is
an equal and opposite reaction’ doesn’t seem to work. Woyane kills we play dead. Woyane abuses we cry like a baby. Woyane
‘ethnic cleanse’ we talk about it and move on. Where is the equal and opposite reaction?
Fortunate for us I am happy to point out we
have one area of responding in kind covered. Of course I am talking about ESAT. It is the first and glorious response
we have devised to level the playing field. ESAT is an empowerment tool we have at our disposal. ESAT is the expression of our collective will born
from amongst us, nurtured by us and serving the ordinary Ethiopian in a new kind of way. ESAT is fair, ESAT is balanced and
ESAT don’t need to lie, tell tall stories and ESAT self corrects when wrong. ESAT is the proto type of the new
Ethiopia we are capable of building when given the chance. It is the duty of all patriotic Ethiopians to support ESAT, to
protect ESAT, to promote ESAT and safeguard ESAT from all and any naysayers that try to nick pick and slander our baby.
I also propose we start a new equal and opposite reaction’ to the
current idiotic idea of white washing the legacy of the Woyane warlord. We have to nip this farce in the bud. They have
established the Meles Zenawi Foundation and it is fitting we establish The Meles Zenawi Criminal Enterprise Data Base. I call all
Ethiopians educated in the field of Library science, data base compilation, achieving, and media to help us preserve
the twenty years of atrocity by the architect and his TPLF comrades. We have enough material to fill the library of Congress. We don’t even need a government proclamation nor a handout from dictators. Let us get to work!
So what did you think when you saw the title of my article. I am sure
you most of us know what being whipped means but where the hell is FDRE? That is the official name of your country. Not
only did TPLF folks come up with a new flag and the Kilil system which they copied from good old
Mussolini but they changed our name too. I bet most of us don’t even
know our national anthem, do you?
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