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I am shocked & deeply ashamed by PM Abiy's speech last night belittling intellectuals of political science & economics. It's cheap & reckless. I hope it is something that our children don't have to grow listening to. My kids won't!
I am shocked & deeply ashamed by PM Abiy's speech last night belittling intellectuals of political science & economics. It's cheap & reckless. I hope it is something that our children don't have to grow listening to. My kids won't!
A brief reflection: the wave of anti-intellectualism that swept through every inch of Ethiopian political space since Abiy came to power seems to begin deploying its last arsenal: authoritarianism, one of the three most effective instruments against intellectualism of any stripe.
The other 2 are populism & religion. On populism: we've seen the chilling effect of the politics of dog whistle, fuled mainly by populism,& was/is sprinkled into our daily discourses & printed in our rally-banners. It's championed by 4killo & runs deep into the rank & file cadres
