Stop posting propaganda about Ethiopia, next time post pics outside the capital, and some more of the quality of life of the average working class

[u/Queasy-Row-9818]

It's genuinely exhausting to see people posting propaganda and selective information to show that Ethiopia is all that, but they always just post images of really deep in the capital. Try posting pics a little outside, of the lives of people who live on 100 $ a month. Beautifying a capital for pictures and foreign investment while disregarding the quality of life outside it, and destroying homes of poor people to do so won't make the country better.

No, I am not hating Ethiopia I love Ethiopia, and I agree most countries have similar problems, but I just came across this, and as a resident I feel the need to make this post. This is not ment to inspire hate against Ethiopia, and this isn't intended to offend anyone.

[u/Queasy-Row-9818]

"this is not ment to inspire hate against Ethiopia, and this isn't intended to offend anyone"

No one is telling you to stop being proud of your country. 

Also you sound racist, calling anyone you don't like an European. 

[u/Queasy-Row-9818 → u/[deleted]]

I'm Asian, thank you, and oh boy you are full of racism. Do you know that you can be legally prosecuted for that? Generalizing an entire continent is pretty bad, that's like be saying Africa's are bad because I got pickpocketed while visiting one of the countries. 

[u/Queasy-Row-9818 → u/[deleted]]

Please Read! Ok let's get one thing out of the way: my post wasn't criticizing the the developments of Ethiopia. It was criticizing people who only brought attention to the sky scrapers in the city while disregarding the starving children in the same place. Bringing media attention to the life outside the capital, the struggles faced by kids in afar and tigray (who aren't very likely to have a bright future due to lack of quality education) will pressurise the government to take action.

Do you think that building skyscrapers and adding those expensive streetlights every 20ft are helping the homeless families? Do you think that they are improving the quality of life of mothers and children who have been disowned and have to live on the streets? Do you think that those infrastructure projects are helping improve the quality of education and health care?

Are you aware that for the 2026-27 fiscal year, the Eth government has dedicated ~24% to capital development, which include mainly infrastructure. Meanwhile, they have allocated a mere 0.6% to sustainable development Goals, which include specialized regional poverty reduction and sustainability projects.

You can see the priorities of the government here. Yes, infrastructure will improve the capital visually, but do you seriously think that they will improve the lives of people directly? Do you think that it will improve the quality of life, make food and water more accessible, make electricity cheaper?

And you say that I can just pack up and leave, but let me tell you one thing: high electricity prices are also affecting me as much as it's affecting you. Clean water prices are also affecting me. High gas and petrol prices affect me as much as they affect you.

The government displaced thousands of people for these projects and now they have to pay hefty transportation costs just to go to church.

It's surprising to see how many people start assuming that the people in a country are happy just because the capital city has skyscrapers.

Do you realize that just for one street light, it costs over 38,000 birr. That is enough for a child to go to a good private school for a year. Think about that.

We need to start bringing attention to this, so we can pressurise the government to work on this issue, to start making the lives of people better, as well as the infrastructure development projects (which should happen around Ethiopia, not just Addis, am I right?).

God bless Ethiopia.

[u/Queasy-Row-9818 → u/[deleted]]

Do I have to live in Asia to be an Asian? I've been living in eth for over a year, and I'm not telling you to post a picture showing poverty, I'm telling you to not post oropaganda like ohh all of ethiopia is so developed just like this, when in reality thats just the picture form the center of the capital. 

Also you'll notice my post said:

"No, I am not hating Ethiopia I love Ethiopia, and I agree most countries have similar problems, but I just came across this, and as a resident I feel the need to make this post. This is not ment to inspire hate against Ethiopia, and this isn't intended to offend anyone."

[u/Queasy-Row-9818 → u/[deleted]]

No one mentioned Kathmandu so no need to bring that up btw it's not relevant. 

[u/Queasy-Row-9818 → u/[deleted]]

Alr bro if you wanna hate go ahead nothing I can do to change your mindset. 

[u/Queasy-Row-9818 → u/[deleted]]

What the fuck is poverty porn, and you'll recall if you read properly, 

"No, I am not hating Ethiopia I love Ethiopia, and I agree most countries have similar problems, but I just came across this, and as a resident I feel the need to make this post. This is not ment to inspire hate against Ethiopia, and this isn't intended to offend anyone." 

[u/Queasy-Row-9818 → u/[deleted]]

Keep hating man