eyasped:"Economic or class disaffection threatens revolution, but disaffection based on race, language or culture threatens partition, irredentism or merger, a redrawing of the very limits of the state, a new definition of its domain..."

eyasped:Now this new attempt at reimagining and redesigning the state is creating a threat to the ontological security of the mainstream elites, Amhara elites, and the Amhara population. Which in return is creating the "majority backlash"

eyasped:Now let's dive into Karlo Basta's " The Symbolic State Minority Recognition, Majority Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries"

eyasped:- the current discontent begins when "the Oromia national anthem was instructed to be sung in schools in the capital city" It grows when the decision that "the afaan Oromo language will be taught in elementary schools" was passed.

eyasped:And matures after the Pretoria peace agreement and the recent fiasco of the federal government with The Ethiopian Orthodox church. All symbolic actions except for Pretoria. this threatens the ontological security of the mainstream elites and creates a majority backlash.

eyasped:What is a majority backlash? I believe the following quotes from the book will quite clearly explain it

eyasped:" Beyond claiming organizational and financial resources with which to protect their interests, minority nationalists seek to transform the common state from one that is an expression of a single political community into one that acknowledges and accepts its national…

eyasped:At the same time, such demands may be seen by members of the majority community as corrosive of the symbolic-institutional order embedded in their national narratives.

eyasped:As a result, satisfying minority symbolic demands may foster resentment among members of the majority nation." Isn't this what we are facing now?

eyasped:" This ambiguous situation ushers in Round 2, during which minority nationalists increase political pressure on the central government through greater mobilization and/or more far-reaching political demands.

eyasped:Facing a more serious political challenge, the center combines instrumental concessions with symbolic recognition. This recognition, however, may foster resentment among the majority population and create the conditions for a majority backlash."

eyasped:Now the war and enormous resistance in Oromia and Tigray have forced the Federal Government to lean toward the demands of the nationalist forces which are now creating the majority backlash.

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