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These are the words I uttered to myself when I heard Congresswoman Madeleine Dean speak on TV on December 29, 2021.

She said: "I was there on January sixth. I take it personally for myself but much more importantly, I take it personally for our country and our democracy."

She went on to articulate eloquently about the precious nature of democracy. It was a riveting expression of commitment to listen to and be reminded about the thought processes of America's students of democracy circa 1776. That is at least how it came across to me as I kept listening to her.

She also reminded me of Liz Cheney's Stateswoman-like rise in defense of democracy in 2021.

I am not suggesting here that there aren't American men who have also risen in 2021 and before then in defense of American democracy. Listening to the speeches of the two Congresswomen as they rose in defense of democracy felt appropriate to call on those who borrowed democracy and started to experiment with it in America circa 1776 to have been awakened in 2021 to them and many others.

I can only wonder how vibrant it would have become if the experimentation of those men who borrowed democracy were inclusive from the outset.

Are you suggesting Trump is the leader of the “ displaced” men ?
Yes, cultural revolution has been going on, and the US men have been more affected by it. The future job requires not physical strength. In fact it might need more of education. The US girls have been doing great in that aspect. There are more girls in US universities now than boys. The breadwinners of the future might not be primarily or exclusively men.
It might take time for the US men to embrace the new reality, but eventually they will.

Sam,

I really don't know where you read that suggestion. I went back and read my post again and couldn't find it.

As a matter of fact, I find it amusing that you could read such a suggestion when what I have been thinking of is a man that Aristotle didn't define during his era, more than three centuries BC. That was going to be another topic. So, it is going to be another topic.

Naga,

Certain americans never believe in Democracy, but republic. democracy is deception that is mob rule that is what they found out that it created no real voting right. Rather the mobs control both republicans and democrats and pit them against each other.

I recently learned that political party or democracy is also dangerous to societies because like the above, while it gives a fake election, it ends up total control by the few and focus that its population represent only republicans and democrats giving false impression one being liberal the other conservative. How about people with different views and beliefs as the U.S is a melting pot of immigrants since it was created?

As l have said we have to be away from generalizing when we oppose nations or population. It is only those actually running anti Ethiopian stance that requires attention in preventing attack on ethiopia such as those working for tplf, egypt and other officials specifically in U.S who are attacking Ethiopia. Branding the population as a whole is foolishness, because you happen to have relations with counter super power. Note all superpowers in fact do talk to solve problems, what are you going to do when the superpowers ally with eachother? In fact there is strong ties between China and West on economy. The video below shows, President Carter rooted for Ethiopia about Assab port bit Tplf was drooling to control it and refused.


I can't believe the logic if Tplf when Meles refused Assab for Ethiopia. In fact, was it not Tplf who controlled Ethiopia and therefore Assab would have been under Tigray anyway because of geographical location. The oxymoron Tplf such as Bethane G/Kiristos who was close confidant? Of Meles must enlighten us, unless as it is always suspicious, back then Tplf and Eplf had good alliance therefore when the "dream" of Tigray separates from Ethiopia they had in mind for sharing Asab.