[strickman]

That was merciful. You went easy on that guy, mentioning only items of cultural and religious significance. Next time hit him with the big guns - Ethiopian contributions to theoretical physics, chemistry, architecture, engineering, philosophy, industry, computer science, and pure mathematics.

[mardifoufs]

To be fair, it can have a gigantic culture, have been super influential historically, scientifically, and culturally speaking with smart, educated people... and still be completely in ruins and have 0 ways to actually enforce any rule of law. Syria for example, is exactly like that.

[boeingUH60]

All those so-called contributions, yet they can’t save themselves from a $925 GDP per capita and 69% of people being classified as “multidimensionally poor” [1].

Ethiopia is a typical useless African nation marred by excessive corruption and mindless tribalism.

1 - https://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/Country-Profiles/MP...

[strickman]

Try to manage a single day having given up all the elements of advanced civilization yielded by an Ethiopian mind. We'll see if you make it to lunch.

E.g. - ABS (Applied Bottle Sciences) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3e-IMCcWdcM