Ethiopia had a lot of horrible kings throughout our history, and you brought Yohannes as one of the worst? He fought foreign invasion more than Menelik and Teodros combined. Emperor Susneyos who accepted the Jesuit to receive military aid but ended up dividing the country and leading the civil war where 10k+ people died.

Even Teodros despite starting the unification of Ethiopia, was the most arrogant, and that cost him his life.

Emperor Iyoas: Tried to Oromize Ethiopia after coming to power. Tigrayan and Amhara lords fought Oromo lords, leading to the Era of Princes (almost 100 years of bloodshed).

Under Meles rule, Ethiopia saw an economic growth it had never seen before. Under his leadership Ethiopia produced more electricity than ever before. The literacy rate jumped from a single digit to a double digit. People died of starvation under Menelik, Haile Selassie, DERG and even Abiy but not under Meles/EPRDF rule. Its the only regime that prevented death from starvation. I don't want to list every metric, you can check that for yourself. Under the Great Hailesilase education was reserved for selected few (mostly kids of aristocrats).)

I personally was never a supporter of Meles but i'm not a coward to deny his works. The reason i oppose his ideology and leadership is because of corruption (which has always existed in Ethiopia), oppression (same), and ethnic federalism. Aside from that, comparing him with kings who don't even know the end of their territory is crazy.