Why do people accept oppression?
History is full of people who internalize the system that oppressed them and failed to rise up to end their misery. Historically in India, the untouchables, the Dalits- and many lower non-Dalit casts who suffer discrimination accept their status in accordance with Hindu belief that they have been morally guilty in a previous life. These perceptions are also found among the indigenous Indians communities in Guatemala, Mexico and Peru. To a degree such fatalistic perception has taken root among Eritreans at home and in the Diaspora because the repression is severe and the internal resistance is poor. Today it is crystal clear that in Eritrea the people can not air a protest or stage a peaceful demonstration because they have experienced the brutality of the regime of any sign of dissention. The protest of war disabled was dispersed when the army opened fire and killed some. The treatment of the University students for asking the student Union president to be released from jail or to be b
