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The Escalation of War in Ethiopia

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jakozaur · 1791035826 · focus · HN ↗
So many comments sound apocalyptic when they face inconveniences like inflation. See this recent post by a Polish guy:
<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905487">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49905487
Meanwhile, the Tigray war in Ethiopia may have killed as many as 600k, yet it barely registered in our public conversation. The same goes for Sudan.
Attention is a weird beast.
1. bsoqk · 1791037631 · focus · HN ↗
  We give attention to things that deserve our attention, i.e., things that affect us. The war in Ethiopia scores very low on that list, to the point of almost complete irrelevance.
  1. ahtihn · 1791039734 · focus · HN ↗
    Why are we paying so much attention to what's happening in Israel then?
    bsoqk · 1791040346 · focus · HN ↗
    Because it affects gas prices.
    ahtihn · 1791042870 · focus · HN ↗
    Israel's conflict with Iran, maybe. Israel's conflict with Hamas is irrelevant though and that's what people are protesting.
    [deleted] · 1791048246 · focus · HN ↗
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