“What happened was a catastrophic revolution that really ate its own bright people. The very people who were behind the revolution were the ones who were its victims.” – Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie on the Marxist 1974 revolution that overthrew his grandfather, Ethiopia’s Emperor Haile Selassie
I had
the rare opportunity to interview Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie, president of
the Crown Council of Ethiopia, and the grandson of Ras Tafari, Emperor Haile
Selassie. In my discussion, I saw a first-hand account of the mortal dangers of
populations adopting socialist revolution that we should carefully consider in
our own country.
Watch
my exclusive interview with Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie here: https://youtu.be/Si5ly-k1OPw
Emperor Haile Selassie was a
pivotal figure for Ethiopia and the whole of Africa. He implemented several
reforms such as a written constitution and land reform to accelerate
agricultural development. He was world renown for his defense of his people
from Italian fascist imperialism. In 1963, his creation of the Organization of
African Unity sowed the seeds for solidarity and liberation of African nations
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In a
time in which corporate media look to act as self-appointed gatekeepers of
African history, it is telling that so few young Americans are informed of
Emperor Haile Selassie’s out-sized role in defeating fascism and colonialism in
Africa. The answer lies in the fact that Emperor Selassie was a staunch
defender of Christianity, a symbol of patriarchy, and was murdered by
socialists promising democracy.
In a
now deleted statement of beliefs page on blacklivesmatter.com, the corporate
press-lauded organization declared: “We disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear
family structure requirement by supporting each other as extended families and
‘villages’ that collectively care for one another, especially our children, to
the degree that mothers, parents, and children are comfortable.”
As a
devout Christian, Emperor Haile Selassie was a symbol of fatherhood in Africa.
Just like all radical groups driven by envy and a hatred for boundaries, the
Marxists who tortured and murdered an elderly Emperor Selassie in 1974 were
simply living up to their global creed: kill strong fathers first, loot the
rest of the people.
This was nothing new. The
Soviets who backed the overthrow of anti-colonialist Emperor Haile Selassie
were operating under the same twisted religious playbook they used to gain
power in their own country. Financed by western corporatists that benefited
from preventing market competition at home and abroad, the Bolsheviks used the
disaster of World War I as the animus to murder Tsar Nicholas II’s family—not
sparing a single young child—and take over Russia. Everything the
revolutionaries complained about under the monarch—lack of food, stolen land,
violent prisons, police abuse—they did tenfold in their never-ending transition
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In my
interview with Prince Ermias Selassie, he recounts a similar formula for the
revolutionaries in Ethiopia: “They closed all the churches, executions were
very rampant, and it didn’t fare well for the Marxists. I mean, they never got
the support of the people.”
Today,
Western corporatists and their press organs continue to sell a whitewashed view
of African history that diminishes the voices of African heroes like Emperor
Haile Selassie. Outlets like the New York Times live up to their legacy of
covering up the crimes of Marxists like the ghastly Holdomor genocide,
resulting in 12 million deaths. They amplify voices that celebrate the same
anti-market, anti-freedom, anti-family sentiments that fueled the murder of
Emperor Selassie.
The
coprorate press does all this under the guise of social justice. Yet the only
slavery the New York Times crowd will condemn are instances that took place 400
years ago. Meanwhile, they openly campaign for a candidate like Vice President
Joe Biden, who led the butchering of another independent African country,
Libya, and yawn at the unleashing of a modern slave trade in that country.
Indeed, the New York Times used its pages to push the public for war in Libya.
As they did in Syria. Millions of people of color have been displaced,
dismembered, and killed as a result.
Wherever we go in history,
the problem with the corporate press and their violent revolutionary foot
soldiers is that they suffer the same delusion that Jesus confronted in his own
time from self-proclaimed authorities:
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the
prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous. And you say, ‘If we had
lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in
shedding the blood of the prophets. So you testify against yourselves that you
are the sons of those who murdered the prophets.”Stubbs, Rodney RBest
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Media
elites act as if they care about vulnerable lives. They act as if they only
care about facts and fairness. But the record of history shows they cover up
the voices that get in the way of their religious devotion to socialism. Just
like Jesus was sacrificed by a leader named Caiaphas who proclaimed “it is
better that one man die than the whole nation perish,” socialist
revolutionaries and their would-be myth-makers in the press believe it is
better that Emperor Haile Selassie die, and the truth of his impact with him,
than the whole global project of socialism perish. They truly believe it is
okay to sacrifice some, including millions in the poor and middle class, who
stand in the way of their god—the all encompassing, all seeing, all knowing,
all caring, cradle-to-grave state.
To
the young adults who have been drawn into America’s acute bout with
revolutionary anger, I will leave them with Prince Ermias Selassie’s warning
about Marxism: “I would say to them that it’s very interesting to read and
understand concepts but when you live and experience it, you realize how
complex it is and it’s not such a black and white issue. Idealism, I think,
leads to a lot of fanaticism; it’s your way or the highway. That has led to a
lot of problems: a lot of blind hatred, a lot of blind murders. All
about…being the sacrificial lamb to justify your right and that man is God and
is in charge of his own destiny, which I don’t believe in.”
The Marxists who killed Emperor
Selassie failed. Ethiopia’s churches and markets are open again and healing is
underway. The revolutionaries attempting to overthrow family and faith in
America will fail too. The question is, will we learn from the lessons of the
past and reject sacrificial revolution at its infancy or take the long, sad
path of ignorant repetition?
David
Gornoski [send
him mail] 30, is a national writer, radio host, and video
producer on culture, politics, and ethics. He hosts the daily
show "A Neighbor's Choice" on Orlando's NewsRadio WFLA 93.1 FM and
540 AM. He is the founder of ANeighborsChoice.com. Subscribe to his podcast
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