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Jun 16, 2023 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
#SanctionEthiopianGov #RerouteRemittance #DefundAbiy
I was in a space earlier today, when someone made the case that those of us advocating for the sanctioning of the Abiy administration are "treasonous." That by us asking our fellow humans around the world for help of any kind
against the endless atrocities & corruption by the OPP government, we are downright traitors! And therefore anyone who asks for help against a genocidal dictatoriship, no matter how far the regime goes, is evil.
Because, in the mind of the person who levied those accusations,
Politics typically boils down to a choice between two tough options - perhaps two awful options. We all sort of know this, but at some point this concept becomes a hot reality. In 2021, I supported #NoMore &
viewed sanctions as borderline betrayal to the homeland. I viewed the west as being permanently fixated on installing TPLF, specifically, in order to destabilize the HOA region for one reason or another. I viewed changing the narrative in the west to be virtually impossible.
