A siyasar Amurka, abubuwan da suka shude ba wai kawai sun tsaya tare da mu ba, amma sau da yawa suna ba da mafi kyawun ma'anar abin da ke gudana a cikin siyasar yanzu, don haka yana da amfani mu sake duba wasu kalmomi masu karfi daga tarihinmu.

Kafofin watsa labarai na yau da masu iko na siyasa, alal misali, suna ci gaba da yin amfani da kalmar "masu ra'ayin mazan jiya" don bayyana yanayin siyasar da muke ciki a jamhuriyar dimokraɗiyya tamu. Zaɓin kalmomi mara kyau. Daga 'yan'uwan Koch zuwa Cibiyar Kasuwancin Amurka, daga Kakakin Majalisar GOP John Boehner zuwa irin wadannan gwamnonin da ke adawa da ma'aikata irin su Scott Walker na Wisconsin, ana ci gaba da kwace ikon mulkin kama karya don kafa ikon kamfanoni da masu kudi don yin mulki tare da gwamnatinmu, tattalin arzikinmu. , da muhalli. Babu wani abu mai ra'ayin mazan jiya game da hakan.

Maimakon haka, wata kalma daga zamanin da ta gabata ta Amurka ta zayyana manufarsu: plutocracy. Kishiyar dimokuradiyya ce kai tsaye, wacce ita ce gwamnati ta mutane da yawa, ta kowa da kowa – ta mu. Plutocracy, a daya bangaren, gwamnati ce ta masu hannu da shuni – ta su kuma a gare su.

Gwagwarmaya tsakanin dimokuradiyya da mulkin kama karya ta bayyana tarihin siyasarmu tun daga juyin juya halin Musulunci na 1776 gaba. Kuma yanzu, ga mu sake komawa. Ma'aikatan banki na Wall Street, shugabannin kamfanoni, masu hasashe, da sauran ƴan ta'addan da aka lalata sun fito don murkushe ƙaƙƙarfan dokoki, ƙa'idodi, cibiyoyi, da ƙa'idojin zamantakewa waɗanda Mu Jama'a muka yi ƙoƙarin sanyawa a cikin shekaru da yawa don murkushe ikon dimokuradiyyarmu.

Ƙungiyoyi masu ɓarkewa, ƙaddamar da kuɗin kamfanoni a cikin siyasa, hana damar shiga kotu, da kuma lalata tsarin kuɗi da muhalli - duk waɗannan da ma fiye da haka suna game da maye gurbin dimokuradiyyar mu da tsarin mulkin su.

Kira su abin da ba su da ra'ayin mazan jiya, amma plutocrats masu son kai. Ko ƙusa su da wata kalma mai kyau daga baya: "Kleptocrats," masu ba da shawara ga gwamnati ta barayi.