Amorelite: A Word We Didn’t Know We Needed

Amorelite: A Word We Didn’t Know We Needed
You know that moment when you observe human behavior so odd, so wildly out of place, that you go digging for a word—only to find that none quite captures it?
A child in a candy shop? That, we understand. It’s delightful, innocent. There’s no need for philosophical inquiry there.
But what if it’s an adult acting like that—wide-eyed, giddy, self-absorbed, disconnected from their surroundings? Depending on the context, it might be mildly amusing or deeply troubling. Still, if it’s just one person on a rare day, it doesn’t warrant a sociological theory.
However, what if such behavior becomes a pattern? A trend. A demographic. What if it’s more than just eccentricity—what if it becomes a social force that shapes policy, power, and suffering?

This is where language fails us. Until now.
Let me coin the term: Amorelite — a blend of amoral and elite, pronounced “amor-elite.” It’s not in your dictionary yet, but I promise it should be.

What Makes an Amorelite?
Let’s start with the ingredients. Take a person:

• Barely educated, possibly just enough to enter a phone number.

• Rich—usually through shady dealings or unearned privilege.

• Entirely lacking moral compass.

• Intellectually hollow but convinced of their superiority.

They equate money with wisdom. They believe their bank balance is a substitute for intellect. They are oblivious to the world’s workings, indifferent to societal norms, and often act as if the rest of us were placed on Earth to watch their TikToks.

They’re not simply immoral. They’re amoral—and yes, that distinction matters.
Immorality implies knowing right from wrong and choosing the latter. There’s at least a possibility for remorse or reform.
Amorality, on the other hand, is the absence of moral architecture altogether. It’s the bureaucratic evil Hannah Arendt famously described as the “banality of evil”: not hatred-driven harm, but thoughtless, conscience-free execution of power.
Think of a machine without brakes—or worse, a spreadsheet with executive power.

I flirted with coining the term “unconscience”, but it felt linguistically awkward. “Amorelite” rolls off the tongue—and stings a little on its way out.

Spotting an Amorelite in the Wild
Let’s illustrate with a few live exhibits:

• A man staging a feast for one and broadcasting it in a land where children starve—Amorelite.

• Another bathing his beard in milk in a nation where dairy is a luxury—Amorelite.

• A social media performer who weaponizes ignorance and vulgarity for views, unbothered by societal collapse—Amorelite.

• Public servants-turned-millionaires on 20,000 birr salaries, throwing lavish weddings, comparing whose children study where overseas—elite-class Amorelites.

And yes, we have entire political parties as Amorelite headquarters. OPDO, and its shapeshifted successor PP, are, with few exceptions, textbook Amorelites.
They are not leaders. They are accidental climbers with no understanding of service, duty, or shame.

Can Amorelites Be Educated?
This is where it gets ironic. Many have degrees, even from foreign universities. But remember: education, in the wrong hands, sharpens the knife—not the conscience.
Ethiopia’s system produces what we might call credentialed ignorance: people who can quote textbooks but lack insight. It’s schooling designed to discourage thinking, and under figures like Birhanu Nega, it becomes a conveyor belt for obedient Amorelites.
Their diplomas are not badges of enlightenment—they are licenses to dominate without reflection.

Power Without Morality: The Most Dangerous Amorelites
The Amorelite becomes truly hazardous when positioned in power.
They lack empathy, foresight, scruples, or any interest in legacy. They do not ask, “How will history judge me?” They ask, “Will I get away with this?”
In Western democracies, politicians at least pretend to care about their reputations. Amorelites don’t bother.

Take Oromia. The government’s singular obsession? Ensuring the region remains 100% PP. That’s not strategy—it’s panic. That’s not ideology—it’s existential fear.
The war with OLA? Forget constitutional or legal nuances. It’s a turf war to protect a corrupt ruling class’s political fiefdom.
If that means conscripting underage children as cannon fodder—so be it. If it means stoking ethnic tensions to prolong their rule—why not? Amorelites don’t care. Death is a statistic, not a tragedy.

Diaspora’s Own Brand: Damorelites
Then we have the Damorelites—Diaspora Amorelites.
These are the exiles who forget why they fled, accept land and perks from the regime they once opposed, and sell their silence for shallow prestige.
They dine with devils, all while tweeting revolution in one tab and shopping property in Bole in another.
More on these, trust me, in the next episode.

Why Naming Matters
Words matter. Once we name a thing, we begin to understand it. And when we understand it, we can confront it.
Amorelite gives us a label for something we’ve all sensed but couldn’t articulate: the fusion of ignorance, power, wealth, and conscience-free behavior that fuels so much suffering.
This isn’t just a moral flaw—it’s a systemic hazard. And Oromia and Ethiopia are swimming in it.
Calling it out is the first step toward cleansing it.

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The rise of the Amorelite — a corrupt, conscience-free elite class — is not just a sign of decay in Ethiopia and Oromia; it is the disease itself. This essay names and frames the unspoken social affliction eating away at power, ethics, and humanity. Read it. Name it. Confront it.

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Amorelite: A Word Coinage for Explaining a New Social Phenomenon
There are times you encounter a recurring human behavior so peculiar, so oddly persistent, that you pause and search your vocabulary — only to find nothing quite captures it.
Take, for instance, a child in a candy shop: wide-eyed, gleeful, impulsive. You instantly recognize the joy, the innocence. No need for a philosophical framework. It’s a simple, delightful moment.
Now imagine an adult in the same setting, acting with similar abandon. That’s a little unsettling. But unless such behavior becomes a trend or pattern, it’s dismissed as an oddity — a personal quirk, perhaps the result of a sugar crash, a bad breakup, or both.
But what if this kind of behavior — not just childlike, but thoughtless, out-of-place, unanchored — becomes prevalent? What if it starts defining an entire class of people who wield power, shape narratives, or control wealth? Now it becomes something worth diagnosing. And to diagnose, we need a word.

Let’s Try Amorelite
The type I’m describing doesn’t simply act foolishly. They are barely educated — sometimes only enough to dial a phone number or navigate a TikTok menu. They are entirely devoid of any moral grounding. Think amoral, not immoral.
Their wealth is typically accidental, ill-gotten, or inherited via nepotism or corruption. Their knowledge base is shallow, yet their confidence in it is sky-high. They mistake money for wisdom. They confuse power with intelligence. They live in a self-constructed mental fortress — a lala land untouched by the real rhythms of society, of ordinary life.

And so I coin the word: Amorelite — “amor-elite.” A fusion of amoral and elite. It rolls gently off the tongue but lands with weight.
Yes, you may write it “amor-elite” to reflect that division and emphasis. It’s gentle phonetically — but philosophically, it hits hard.

Immorality vs. Amorality: A Vital Distinction
Let’s clear up a common confusion. Immorality and amorality are not the same.
An immoral person understands right and wrong but chooses wrong — often driven by desire, impulse, or self-interest. But crucially, they can feel guilt. They can be reasoned with, exposed, or corrected. They operate in a shared moral universe.
An amoral person, however, lacks that moral universe entirely. They’re indifferent to right or wrong. No guilt, no reflection, no compass. Cold, mechanical, and often systematic in their choices.

Think of a corrupt official: immoral.
Think of an AI deciding who to fire based on numbers alone, blind to human cost: amoral.
As a metaphor: the immoral person is a villain. The amoral person is a machine without brakes.

Hannah Arendt’s “banality of evil” concept — Eichmann efficiently organizing genocide without passion or hatred — is the closest real-world example. Massive evil executed through thoughtless, conscience-free bureaucracy.
That phrase again: conscience-free. That’s the very core of the Amorelite identity. I considered “unconscience” — a term not yet in the dictionary — but it didn’t resonate. I chose to stay anchored in the amoral root for precision and resonance.

What Defines the Amorelite Class?
Let’s compile the profile:

• Corrupt wealth

• Moral vacuum

• Intellectual emptiness

• Conscience-free conduct

• Obliviousness to surrounding realities

And this personality doesn’t operate in isolation. It flourishes in group settings. Political networks. Media circles. Government offices. Entire administrative systems.

And yes, there’s a certain poetic justice in the name rhyming with “elite” — for these individuals often see themselves as elite. But they are far from it.

Where Are the Amorelites?
They are everywhere power flows without scrutiny.
Start with the OPDO. With few exceptions (those who escaped early and often live in exile), the party’s structure was an Amorelite breeding ground. When OPDO rebranded itself into PP (Prosperity Party), the mutation became complete.
Most members of PP are textbook Amorelites. Take the Sidama regional president, now trending for an unimaginable corruption scandal. Or the Amhara PP cadre who willingly serve as lapdogs for the PP chief. These are not outliers. They are standard features.

But being an Amorelite is not limited to holding a party card. It is a mindset. Power, in such a moral vacuum, becomes a tool of personal gratification, not public service.

Some Everyday Examples

• That TikToker, Mensur Jamal, who parades vulgarity and shamelessness without a flicker of moral self-awareness? Amorelite.

• The man filmed having his beard washed in a pint of milk, in a country where many children don’t even get enough milk to grow properly? Amorelite. Even if a medical reason existed (spoiler: it doesn’t), the public performance is tone-deaf.

• The influencer who displays a lunch feast meant for twelve, while the majority barely survive? That’s not just indulgence — it’s Amorelite theatre.

• The public servants who somehow become billionaires on a modest salary. Their lives are defined by extravagance, not philanthropy. They compare wedding budgets, overseas schooling choices, and how they secured foreign currency for their children. They are top-tier Amorelites.

And all the while, the poor are rounded up for forced conscription, often underage, cannon fodder for political survival. Twelve-year-olds in uniforms they can barely carry. And the Amorelites? Not a care in the world. Their children are on Swiss campuses. Yours are on the battlefield.

The Aspirations of the Amorelite
Beyond prestige weddings and showy consumption, the crown jewel of the Amorelite fantasy is a home in the West. America. Europe. A getaway plan in case it all collapses.
They dream of being global elites, yet they possess no intellectual or ethical tools to integrate. They do not understand philanthropy, innovation, or the quiet dignity of service. They only understand display. Their imagination never stretched beyond status.

And because they often come from poor backgrounds, they have no internal compass for how to use wealth meaningfully. It’s not that they’re unwilling to do good — they are incapable. That’s what makes them Amorelites.

Are Amorelites Educated?
In theory, yes. In practice, no.
Education, as understood in Ethiopia today, is more often academic indoctrination than intellectual awakening. Critical thinking is replaced with conformity.
In the hands of figures like Birhanu Nega, education is reduced to credential distribution — not enlightenment. If anything, education merely sharpens the knife. The knife is then used on raw meat — metaphorically and, sadly, at times literally.

So, we get educated illiterates, or what some call functional illiterates — people who can read, write, and defend their diploma, but cannot think.
Call it “credentialed ignorance” or “schooled stupidity.” These are diplomas without depth. Education without ethos.

No Principles, No Backbone
The Amorelite wears any hat that suits the moment. They drift with the wind. Their soul is unanchored. They have no sense of responsibility, no ethical spine, no grounding in principle.

The Most Dangerous Amorelites: Those in Power
When Amorelites rise to positions of authority, the outcome is catastrophic.
They do not care about justice, duty, public trust, or posterity. They violate every moral standard. Their only mission is staying in power.
Western politicians, at least nominally, worry about their legacy. Some even worry about how history will judge their descendants.
Amorelites? Not even a flicker of such concern. Their conscience is a blank page.

Take the Koree Nageenyaa — the supposed peace council of Oromia. Its sole mission is to ensure Oromia remains a 100% PP constituency. That’s it. Not reconciliation. Not good governance. Not reform.
The war against OLA isn’t ideological. It’s not about legality. It’s about keeping hold of a region that threatens to slip away. It is, in plain terms, an Amorelites’ war for political survival.
If that means millions die, then so be it. If pitting Amharas against Oromos gives them more time in office, green light it.
Let no one mistake this: Oromia and Ethiopia are largely ruled by Amorelites.

And Then There Are the Damorelites
Let us not forget the Diaspora version: Damorelites.
These are foreign-based collaborators, often seduced by offers of land and prestige in the name of investment. They lend legitimacy to corruption and serve as its international PR agents.
They have been swept away by the same self-serving incentives — and more on them is coming in the next installment.

Final Thought: Why It Matters to Name This
When something so destructive becomes common, it becomes invisible. Language makes it visible again.
Amorelite is a word that lets us see the rot in sharp focus. It’s not just about corruption. It’s about a dangerous fusion of ignorance, power, and conscience-free behavior.
By naming it, we begin to confront it.
Let this be the beginning of a deeper philosophical journey — a diagnostic tool for Oromia, Ethiopia, and beyond.