Rationally I may not—
But I can assume I deserve it.
And it makes no difference mate.
After all it's just subjective not objective.
The rest— Is history.
"The men who can manage men manage the men who can only manage things, and the men who can manage ideas manage all."
— Will Durant, The Lessons of History
Military costs → higher taxes → economic decline → depopulation → weaker military → more barbarian soldiers → less loyalty → more instability → weaker response to crises → collapse.
For Rastafari and for the millions who saw Ethiopia as Zion — the spiritual homeland, the unconquered African kingdom — the Derg years were a profound and painful wound. The lion's throne had been seized by wolves.