Posted on 06/16/2024 5:52:41 PM PDT by grundle
Ethiopia has chosen to greatly increase its use of technology and its standard of living.
The Ethiopia of today is absolutely nothing like the Ethiopia that people my age (I’m 53) saw on TV when we were growing up.
Back then, the news blamed Ethiopia’s famines on drought.
Now, this video says that during several recent droughts, there was no famine, and that was because of the choices that they made regarding irrigation, modern farming methods, and other advances in technology.
The same video also shows Ethiopians manufacturing clothing for export to rich countries, and they pointed out that Ethiopia is currently at the approximate level of development than China was at one generation ago.
I totally support these tremendous improvements.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qI711c03W8
Good. As long as they don’t turn power over to a corrupt, vicious African dictator, they will do fine.
A little good news for the day, thanks.
Sorry you uppity Ethiopians. White western liberals demand you keep in the Stone Age and mine minerals to make luxury electric cars. Know your place and take comfort that you will help white rich people minimize their carbon foot print.
Would that the WNBA take a lesson in shedding ignorance and negative thinking for rational living.
“Sorry you uppity Ethiopians. White western liberals demand you keep in the Stone Age and mine minerals to make luxury electric cars. Know your place and take comfort that you will help white rich people minimize their carbon foot print.”
Perfect summation of Neocon policy. But the problem is that while the Neocons and Western leaders were busy reading the seminal work “The End of History”, the rest of the world was not. What the Neocons are now learning is that “The End of History” no longer exists, if it ever did, and the US is simply no longer on the TOP OF THE WORLD, regardless of what they Neocons may want.
The latest is that one of the poorest and most backward people on the planet, the Houthi’s now control the Suez Canal (as they have for 6 months), deciding who can pass through, and who cannot...and the Neocons are HELPLESS to stop them, since they’re wasting all their time and equipment starting wars against China and Russia.
Ethiopia was the just having a civil war with the Tigrean Front vs. the government. It sucks.
If they work at being more selassy, they might become Haile Selassie.
I think they are damning up the Nile which is causing major problems downstream in Egypt. Could lead to war.
They should deploy the Ark of The Covenant.
The U.S. Navy could stop them very quickly, if allowed to do so. Biden is not allowing them to do so.
“The U.S. Navy could stop them very quickly, if allowed to do so. Biden is not allowing them to do so.”
What’s he afraid of, then?
Going from the stone age to the bronze age.
” - - they might become Haile Selassie.”
I actually was in the vicinity of Haile Selassie as a 19 year old. He was walking his dog on the other side of the street where I was at on a US Army post in Ethiopia. The post was called Kagnew Station located in Asmara which is now Eritrea.
This was where I learned what being poor really was, where all people owned is what they could carry on their backs and camels.
No kidding. Strangely enough, I know a bunch of Ethiopians. For the most part, they are American normies. In fact, most of my family friends send their American Ethipian kids back to the old country to be with family to understand how hard it was for them to get where the are.
Will AI help them invent the wheel?
You don't think the "big guy" sent billions to Iran for nothing, do you?
Or it is just Biden pushing Obama's policy of making Iran the regional superpower in the Middle East.
The Houthis are just a tool of the Iranians.
“The Houthis are just a tool of the Iranians.”
Absolutely - but they still have seized control of a critical shipping lane and the West is unable to respond.
The West is not unable. It is currently under leadership which is unwilling to respond.
Leadership in the West can be changed quickly.
Unwilling is not the same as unable.
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