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[deleted] t1_iuy2392 wrote

Reply to comment by kytheon in Ethiopia and Tigray Rebels Agree to End Civil War, Mediators Say by PM_ME_SOME_LUV

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kytheon t1_iuy3aod wrote

As a European, Ukraine is a LOT closer to my home than Ethiopia.

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SamYeager1907 t1_iuyrniu wrote

As a Euro, yes, but as an American, it's 6,000 vs 8,000 miles, so basically both are far away.

Europe isn't playing nearly as big of a role in the direct conflict itself as US is, despite being closer.

Moreover, reddit users are majority American, then Canadian, British and Aussie. I've also seen different stats that show US, then Australia, then India, then Philippines and then the rest in far smaller amounts under 10mil.

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MotoSlava t1_iuyt4h6 wrote

We’re not talking about simply by distance but also by cultural association. American culture and Ukrainian culture, while vastly different, are much more sympathetic to one another than that of either nation and any in Africa.

Claiming this isn’t a major headline for racism (which you refuse to outright say because it’s so ridiculous) is just false.

The war in Ukraine is world news because it’s against a nuclear superpower with massive ramifications for the entire fucking planet. The Tigray doesn’t have nearly the same level of consequence, sorry.

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Electrical_Nobody349 t1_iuy6k1d wrote

Maybe because the largest country on Earth attacked largest country in Europe and blackmailing everyone around with: nuclear weapons and nuclear catastrophe, and with gas supply, and attacking other sovereign nations, and with blocking Ukrainian port, which supplies Ethiopia with food, too? You know, there are dozens of thousand square kilometres of MY COUNTRY occupied, there's been hundreds of warcrimes commited by ruZZia, unknown, but huge amount of CIVILIANS dead and an entire cities don't exist anymore. I understand what are you feeling because in the past 8 months I read so much bullshit about my country, my people, my culture and language... I personally know about war in Ethiopia, since around 2021, I've seen it in news and YouTube documentaries. But there's a reason why everything about Ukraine, mate. I am glad that hostilities are going to an end in your country and I can't wish anything, but peace to you and your people.

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hand287 t1_iuydix3 wrote

> the largest country on Earth attacked largest country in Europe

TIL russia invaded russia

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Electrical_Nobody349 t1_iuzxa31 wrote

Indeed poor wording on my behalf. Ukraine is biggest European country, excluding russia. Bigger then France and etc. Would've been much better for literally everyone if russia actually invaded russia.

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Cloudyarabia t1_iuyr8dh wrote

Aye, this guy is unhinged.

I have seen plenty from Ethiopia over the past two years - our news feeds are curated - if you click on a post about Tigray once, you’ll continue to see it, if you don’t engage you won’t see as much. I consume a lot more content about the political, social and economic environment in China, US, Ukraine; I have less interest in eithiopia, that doesn’t make me a bad person, I just have things that I would rather allocate my time to reading.

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omegaphallic t1_iuyi5og wrote

This is literally the first I've heard about a war in the Tigray region. Worthless MSM. I'm glad they are making peace.

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dynex811 t1_iuys9ur wrote

Well that's on you because it's been in the news and it's been on the Wikipedia news story section. If you haven't heard about it you likely aren't clicking the sections on news websites that specify the part of the globe.

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dynex811 t1_iuysuz5 wrote

You being invested in the events doesn't make you an authority on everyone in the world's news coverage. Do you know where they live? Where I live? How can you possibly cover every outlet and know who's talking about it or not. Don't just take your anger out on people here.

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Significant-Oil-8793 t1_iuyp26j wrote

Because of psyops.

US and Europe want people to remember the war so that people will support continued military supplies there. If not, people will eventually go against the war and they don't want that as collapsing Russia have been the goal since post-WW2

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