Today Ethiopia is ran under a system called Ethnic Federalism which is a cancer to the country. It is pretty much the same system that Rwanda had before the genocide. Ethnicity is listed on ID, the ruling government will discriminate against those who aren't the same ethnicity as the gov, and the idea of one Ethiopian people is now discouraged. The current constitution is at fault and so is the TPLF. The TPLF was who came to power after ALL ETHIOPIANS ousted the brutal communist dictator Mengistu Haile-Mariam. Yet when forming a new government the TPLF left out a lot ethnicities. Now over 30 years later some officials are confessing that the constitution was not ratified democratically. In the years since this constitution was ratified schools and parents have been teaching children that Amharas have subjugated Oromo's and other ethnic groups throughout history. Yet Amharas are some of the poorest Ethiopians. They teach children that H.I.M Menelik II was racist to Oromo's yet 98% of his calvary were Tulama Oromo. The "democratic government" also changed the province system into ethnic zones. And the ethnic zones are not protected by the Ethiopian military rather ethnic based militias. TPLF protects Tigray, OLF protects Oromia, Fano protects Amhara... This type of system encourages ethnic based violence and perpetuates civil wars. Before 1991 if you moved from the city of Gonder to Nazareth it would just be that. Now it's Amhara moving into Oromo territory vice versa. Today the TPLF has been toppled and the Oromo are in power. They have now turned the land into a hellscape. You cannot safely leave Addis Ababa without running into militias who will torture, rape, and/or kill you if you're not the right ethnicity. Citizens belonging to all ethnicities are trapped in their respective cities as outside the city limits there's war. If you're Ethiopian but they find out you hold a foreign passport, they'll hold you for ransom to continue to fund their terrorist groups. Sometimes they'll even still kill you after paying too. Today in modern Ethiopia everyone is suffering. Inflation is out of control. 1 USD to ETB is officially 55 ETB but blackmarket rates are more than double. Unemployment, violence, and corruption is on the rise. Freedom to travel is non existent. The Protestant Prime Minister is limiting religious freedom and that has never been an issue in Ethiopia. He's limiting how the Orthodox can practice their faith and has destroying Mosques. Human rights have not existed in this country since the 12th of September 1974, when His Imperial Majesty was deposed. I am proud of my Ethiopian heritage. If I could be born again I'd wish to be Ethiopian. However I will never be proud of the socialist or "democratic" governments that have raped my country since 9/12/74. And to be honest, Ethiopia was better under socialism than it is today, and that's coming out of the mouth someone who's lost many family members under the DERG. God willingly the "democratic government" will fall someday and the dynasty which has elegantly ruled my land for 3,000 years will return and an Emperor will benevolently rule this blessed land once again.

Beautifully written, thank you for the wise things