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[Wardoffa]

The Ethiopian politics since Atse Menelik has been schemed so as to attach Ethiopian survival to Amhara or Tigrian caretaking of the Empire by putting Gallas and Southerners out of the equation or minimizing their decisive posture. That all ended in 2018 and we have seen and are seeing the baby-like temper tantrum of Amaharumma and Tegaruma. (Tegaru style tantrum with 300k burnt and the doomed Amhara urban elite dance dejected from the Amhara masses).

Politics as much of personal psychology is like once you go a path, there is no coming back/undoing it. And what makes the Oromo emancipation and power actualization different from the experience of Amaharumma and Tegaruma is that Gallas didn’t go to Mekelle or Bahir Dar. So there is no one that would claim they took over or are tyrants over “others”. That was the Oromo claim against Amaharumma and Tegaruma for 100 years.

So in terms of undoing the Galla emancipation and unwinding the taste of political power being savored by Gallas, the genie is already out of bottle. Nothing would bring back Gallas to pre-2018 position where they would allow Amaharumma and Tegaruma to dictate over Ethiopia as before.

So what next? For one, get used to it - Gallas are here to stay. They’re not going anywhere. If at all this has to change, it is a question of how much more independent we would be with the rise of Jawar and the rightists.

And unlike Amaharumma and Tegaruma, Gallas are practical and realists in the event of the occurrence of the unthinkable. There is Plan B, C…. The major emphasis is Galla-Ogaden Somali alliance IN CASE Amharas and Oromos decide to secede and become their own independent states. If Amaharumma and Tegaruma get blessed with sane and rational elites the best option is to chart out a coexistence based on having the role/share commensurate to their contribution. But if the vain dance of tying to put the perfume back to its bottle is the erstwhile one and only one Plan A of Amaharumma and Tegaruma as always, mengedun cherq yargilachihu as TDF/TPLF tried.

[TGAA]

Instade of empty chest tamping ,and self induced inferiority complex, try to imagine a country in which all Ethiopians can live peacefully prosper together without one dominating another and proportnally represented federally. Oromos aren't majority they are proportnally larger so don't think you can rollover on everybody and survive. Just one fact..during derg 40% of political powere was occupied by Oromos...so you can't be a new Comer twice to the same place. With power comes responsibility don't let meles"s stereotype statement that giving power to Oromos is like giving a glass to a child to come to pass. Have a shoulder to carry the responsibility of the country representing the great people of oromia,anything less would be a disaster to all a disgrace to Oromos.

[Abaymado]

Wordofa :
you can use different nick to trick us but we know you are baztard agamme.

the matter of the fact if any leader sidelined amhara, his end is near.
Gallas are new comers and have no power to influence the country.
I am feeling your fear. Something is coming...

By the way, we told agame to go and to live their own way, but here you are crawling under our feet. You are the reasons for all chaos in this country. for that you punished and we have seen you endless suffer. We will continue punishing you.
Don't worry about gallas, we can handle them.

[DefendTheTruth]

The Ethiopian politics since Atse Menelik has been schemed so as to attach Ethiopian survival to Amhara or Tigrian caretaking of the Empire by putting Gallas and Southerners out of the equation or minimizing their decisive posture. That all ended in 2018 and we have seen and are seeing the baby-like temper tantrum of Amaharumma and Tegaruma. (Tegaru style tantrum with 300k burnt and the doomed Amhara urban elite dance dejected from the Amhara masses).

Politics as much of personal psychology is like once you go a path, there is no coming back/undoing it. And what makes the Oromo emancipation and power actualization different from the experience of Amaharumma and Tegaruma is that Gallas didn’t go to Mekelle or Bahir Dar. So there is no one that would claim they took over or are tyrants over “others”. That was the Oromo claim against Amaharumma and Tegaruma for 100 years.

So in terms of undoing the Galla emancipation and unwinding the taste of political power being savored by Gallas, the genie is already out of bottle. Nothing would bring back Gallas to pre-2018 position where they would allow Amaharumma and Tegaruma to dictate over Ethiopia as before.

So what next? For one, get used to it - Gallas are here to stay. They’re not going anywhere. If at all this has to change, it is a question of how much more independent we would be with the rise of Jawar and the rightists.

And unlike Amaharumma and Tegaruma, Gallas are practical and realists in the event of the occurrence of the unthinkable. There is Plan B, C…. The major emphasis is Galla-Ogaden Somali alliance IN CASE Amharas and Oromos decide to secede and become their own independent states. If Amaharumma and Tegaruma get blessed with sane and rational elites the best option is to chart out a coexistence based on having the role/share commensurate to their contribution. But if the vain dance of tying to put the perfume back to its bottle is the erstwhile one and only one Plan A of Amaharumma and Tegaruma as always, mengedun cherq yargilachihu as TDF/TPLF tried.

Even after being given power, be that real or just perceived, you can't escape yourself from the old habit, which is fear-mongering. Your existence as an entity and as an individual comprising the entity is intrinsically bound to that way of life.

Fact is that we have one common country, for which everybody is equally a stakeholder, be it in terms of responsibilities or privileges.

Geography has no role, if we have decided to subscribe to the idea of democracy. Power transfer can happen tomorrow but it has to happen only through the means of democracy. Get that straight first in your twisted head.

We care for our country equally and we are going to enjoy the produce thereof also equally.

You are pre-occupied by drawing boundaries, while democracy can only flourish by demolishing a boundary.

The periphery-center diachotomy is also known as an hindrance to the effort of nation building, not in fostering it. Probably one of the reasons, why many leaders in the country failed to make a breakthrough in this regard so far.

[Wardoffa]

Even after being given power, be that real or just perceived, you can't escape yourself from the old habit, which is fear-mongering. Your existence as an entity and as an individual comprising the entity is intrinsically bound to that way of life.

Fact is that we have one common country, for which everybody is equally a stakeholder, be it in terms of responsibilities or privileges.

Geography has no role, if we have decided to subscribe to the idea of democracy. Power transfer can happen tomorrow but it has to happen only through the means of democracy. Get that straight first in your twisted head.

We care for our country equally and we are going to enjoy the produce thereof also equally.

You are pre-occupied by drawing boundaries, while democracy can only flourish by demolishing a boundary.

The periphery-center diachotomy is also known as an hindrance to the effort of nation building, not in fostering it. Probably one of the reasons, why many leaders in the country failed to make a breakthrough in this regard so far.

I respect your take. But fear mongering? “One person, one voice” is the only way forward and don’t forget the country is not a geography anymore as federalism is more of satellite regions with each region mandated to a particular ethnicity.

Before Amharuma developed into full bloom, many were trying to go the direction of blurring differences. Now that Tegaruma is seeking confederation (with touchpoints of common finance/monetary policy, foreign affairs and defense - by eliminating all other ministries and agencies) and the Amharuma is seeking to pull back to its region, this is what reality dictates. So not fear mongering.

Be as as it is, I’m sure that if it is taking a person of your caliber so long to put your arms around what is unfolding before our eyes, it’s going to take the population a decade or two to realize that Oromuma is is here to stay and that all the nostalgia should give way to a new thinking that would have to come to terms with Oromos empowered.

When Amharuma and Tegaruma elites catch-up and understand that Oromuma will only be challenged by Qerro like movement, they’d start devising new thinking.

Imagine:
A- Amharuma controls Finfinne, result will be chaos as Qerro/Gallas will be unruly,

B- Tegaruma returns to Finfinne, result will be chaos Qerros/Gallas will be unruly,

C- Oromuma stays but Tegaruma and Amharuma would be taking greater control of their regions and move more towards confederation - which would give Oromuma more economic and political power.

Who stands to lose most? Anyone that has more people outside of its region will be at a disadvantage.

A country is as good as its elites and we know what our elites are. I don’t have fascination with what we have on all fronts but they’re are what we have.

[Abere]

It looks either you are true Oromo because you used the original name "Galla" or are an authentic Tigre-TPLF hiding yourself under an Oromo name while pushing TPLF's agenda. Ethiopia is a country of many, it is not like Oromo or Tigre, or Amhara can spin it as they like. What goes up has to come down. It is social /natural law. Lives outside of anyone’s control.

[DefendTheTruth]

Even after being given power, be that real or just perceived, you can't escape yourself from the old habit, which is fear-mongering. Your existence as an entity and as an individual comprising the entity is intrinsically bound to that way of life.

Fact is that we have one common country, for which everybody is equally a stakeholder, be it in terms of responsibilities or privileges.

Geography has no role, if we have decided to subscribe to the idea of democracy. Power transfer can happen tomorrow but it has to happen only through the means of democracy. Get that straight first in your twisted head.

We care for our country equally and we are going to enjoy the produce thereof also equally.

You are pre-occupied by drawing boundaries, while democracy can only flourish by demolishing a boundary.

The periphery-center diachotomy is also known as an hindrance to the effort of nation building, not in fostering it. Probably one of the reasons, why many leaders in the country failed to make a breakthrough in this regard so far.

I respect your take. But fear mongering? “One person, one voice” is the only way forward and don’t forget the country is not a geography anymore as federalism is more of satellite regions with each region mandated to a particular ethnicity.

Before Amharuma developed into full bloom, many were trying to go the direction of blurring differences. Now that Tegaruma is seeking confederation (with touchpoints of common finance/monetary policy, foreign affairs and defense - by eliminating all other ministries and agencies) and the Amharuma is seeking to pull back to its region, this is what reality dictates. So not fear mongering.

Be as as it is, I’m sure that if it is taking a person of your caliber so long to put your arms around what is unfolding before our eyes, it’s going to take the population a decade or two to realize that Oromuma is is here to stay and that all the nostalgia should give way to a new thinking that would have to come to terms with Oromos empowered.

When Amharuma and Tegaruma elites catch-up and understand that Oromuma will only be challenged by Qerro like movement, they’d start devising new thinking.

Imagine:
A- Amharuma controls Finfinne, result will be chaos as Qerro/Gallas will be unruly,

B- Tegaruma returns to Finfinne, result will be chaos Qerros/Gallas will be unruly,

C- Oromuma stays but Tegaruma and Amharuma would be taking greater control of their regions and move more towards confederation - which would give Oromuma more economic and political power.

Who stands to lose most? Anyone that has more people outside of its region will be at a disadvantage.

A country is as good as its elites and we know what our elites are. I don’t have fascination with what we have on all fronts but they’re are what we have.

I think it was Lemma Megersa who once said Ethiopia is not an option for us (means Oromos) but a necessity, stressing that the Oromos are defending Ethiopia not to please anyone else but to pursue their own interests.

The kind of thinking you are in is flawed in the first place, which is along the line of thinking "either you give us Ethiopia, or we are going to blow it up". This is vey childish (self-destructive) in my view.

Oromumma can't exist in vacuum, it needs a space to lead lives, air to breath, peace to go after its own businesses and pursue the path of development.

I have already said somewhere else about why two regions around the world are exceptionally prosperous and the rest is so chaotic or lagging behind?

Just understanding this simple fact can help you see what you are claiming is self-destructive, if you meant to defend the interest of the Oromo people in your call here.

Those two regions are Western Europe and North America. What do they have in common? They have sustainable peace and no neighboring country is calling to go to war against the next neighbour.

This is totally in contradiction to what we have in many places around the world, specially in Africa. In Africa, we wage devastating wars not only against our close neighbors but also against our own kins, in the same national boundaries. The result? You be the judge.

But you can't tell me if the Oromos are calling for Ethiopian unity, then that is out of their "exceptional altruism" to others. The same is probably true for the rest in the neighborhood and beyond.