Rulers, presently, around the world receive the intelligence reports before any other business of the day. Likewise, Selassie received his informers’ reports as he walked through his private zoo (7). After the failed coup the

It is important to first note all the lavishness and extravagancy of Selassie’s character because it cues examiners into the inner quality of Selassie’s psyche, which in turn was the literal heart of government in Ethiopia. The poor and starving people of Ethiopia provided Selassie with the means to furnish the prodigality and overdoing vanity of his personal life. Hence, he could never allow cuts in spending to intrude upon his accustomed lifestyle. However, Selassie was not flamboyant and outgoing in character and did not think of himself as a god as the Rastafarians (he was a devout Christian), but he did believe he deserved his proper dues as reigning emperor, which had no checks being only tempered by his own viewpoint and conscious (150). Although he was an unequivocal wasteful ruler, there is a main compounding factor that must also be taken into account. This factor dealt with his

Selassie could have stopped the revolution if he could have reacted the way his daughter Tenene Work wanted him. She advised that he come down extremely hard on everyone (125). It is a classic example of many tyrants who ant to remind the unruly public who can end their lives. Yet, Selassie still wanting to continue his rule realized he was not strong enough to carry out such an act of reprisal. Also, he did not heed the advice of bureaucrats who wanted to sit down with the rebels and form a new government (125). This could not happen. Other than being greedy and wanting sole power until the end, Selassie also felt that his rule as emperor was his personal right and sharing power was out of the question. Indeed, he gave the rebels no reasons to immediately come and take him from the palace in chains. Selassie was a passenger of his psyche’s need to stay in power no matter what. While he was a relative captive in his palace for months he wore his imperial army costume with awards on it that he had given himself (140). His clothes were merely a costume to again try to bribe the army with one of the few things he could use for power. In the end the emperor’s new clothes were nothing but invisible garments that allowed all to see his soils he had looted from the kingdom.

It was a small dog, a Japanese breed. His name was Lulu. He was allowed to sleep in the Emperor’s great bed. During various ceremonies, he would run away from the Emperor’s lap and pee on dignitaries’ shoes. The august gentlemen were not allowed to flinch or make the slightest gesture when they felt their feet getting wet. I had to walk among the dignitaries and wipe the urine from their shoes with a satin cloth. This was my job for ten years (5)

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