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The way you think could be the one which makes a great deal than the way you act.

It has been said again and again that many businesses in Ethiopia take it as an opportunity of making profits when there is a social crisis and it seems now that such practice is becoming a normal way of life.

Obbo Taye Danda'a of the PP party posted the following short comment on his Facebook page:

"የኮሮና ንግድ
ያሳፍራል!

በሰለጠነዉ ዓለም ችግር በገጠመ ጊዜ ሁሉም ችግሩን ለማሸነፍ ይተባበራል። የችግር መከላከያም በዝቅተኛ ዋጋ ለሁሉም እንዲደርስ ይደረጋል። የኛ ሁኔታ ግን የተገላብጦሽ ይመስላል። ችግሩን ተባብረዉ ከመመከት ይልቅ ችግሩን እንደ መልካም አጋጣሚ መጠቀም ይታያል። ኮሮናን በማስታከክ የማስክ፣ የሳኒታይዘር እና የእጅ ጓንት ዋጋ አራት ወይም አምስት እጥፍ ጨምሯል። እጅግ ያሳፍራል። ሰዉ እንዴት ከወገኑ ሞት ትርፍ ያስባል?

ሁለት ነገሮች! አንድ ህዝባችን በማንኛዉም አደጋ ጊዜ መጠንቀቅ እንጂ መፍራት የለበትም። ፍረሀት ተጋላጭነትን ይጨምራል። ሁለት ህዝቡ የአንድ ነገር ዋጋ ሲጨምር ምክንያቱን መጠየቅ አለበት። የማይጠይቅ የሌቦች ሲሳይ ይሆናል! ሌላዉን መንግስት ይከታተላል።"

I also came across the following news in the internet and then compared the qualitive difference of the thinking behind the two human actions.

Could that be also part of the reason why we are lagging behind many parts of the world in terms of (economic) development?

Germany wields ‘bazooka’ in fight against coronavirus

One German official was quoted in the media of saying "whenever a crisis strikes there is also an opportunity that comes with it and this time is not an exception, we are showing unprecedented level of solidarity in our society in a modern history of the country".

I also watched last December or January a news where some Ethiopian students in China were making a plea to the government of their homeland to come to their aid and evacuate them from the danger of Corona epidemie there while some citizens of other nations were volunteering to get to China and assist in curbing the crisis, and I was thinking about the qualitative difference in the thinking pattern of the two groups.