The Servants of Tyranny: How Oppression Persists Through...

By Yared Haile-Meskel Authoritarian regimes do not survive through the sheer force of a single ruler; they depend on ordinary individuals who enforce oppression, follow orders, and sustain the system—often without questioning their role. Whether military officers, bureaucrats, journalists, activist, Dicones, professors, Monks, Pasters, motivational speakers, informants, or ideological enforcers, these individuals become agents of tyranny not necessarily out of malice but through obedience, survival instincts, or indoctrination. Ethiopia’s 50-Year […]