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The more I observed, the more I understood that the very induced tribalism that has been unleashed around the world to conquer nations and impoverish so many is being used against us right here in America. I studied the impact that colonialism had in Africa when I was in college and watched with dismay as the same playbook of divide and conquer was loosened upon my birthland Ethiopia but it took abject penury to realize that America is being bracketed by a soft form of apartheid that is designed to induce infighting among people who are being fleeced by a system that enriches a few and indentures the majority into a life of either financial anxieties or economic insolvency.

A land that has an abundance of resources and is the richest nation in the world is nonetheless birthing the disparity between the haves and the have nots that rivals that of the French Revolution. Consider the following facts:

- 60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
- The net savings of Americans is zero
- For the first time in our country’s history, this emerging generation will be worse off financially than their parents
- Tent cities have become a fixture in big cities and suburban areas

We very well could be witnessing the second coming of the Great Recession
Instead of addressing these urgent issues that can morph in short order from crisis to catastrophe, our politics has devolved into finger pointing, gaslighting and emotional manipulation in order to antagonize the citizenry. Sadly, too many are falling for it as bashing powerless people who are likewise being mobbed by inflation and anxieties instead of holding people in power accountable....continued...

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