Source: TomDispatch.com
Yayin da nake rayuwa cikin mafarki mai ban tsoro na yakin neman zabe a baya, sau da yawa na sami kaina ina mafarkin wata duniyar Amurka gaba ɗaya. Komai sai wannan.
A cikin wannan ruhun, na kuma sami kaina ina kallon hoton ajin aji na huɗu, na girbi na 1972. An ɗaure bangon bayan kawunanmu wani nau'in haɗin gwiwa ne, nau'in kaset ɗin da zan iya bayyana a fili. Hakan ya haifar da alƙawarin da hargitsi na shekara mai cike da tashin hankali da dadewa. Wa'adin ya kasance a cikin wani yanki wanda ya karanta "zaman lafiya" kuma ya haɗa da tuta mai launin kore, ɗan wasan ƙwallon baseball baƙar fata (Brooklyn Dodgers na biyu na Jackie Robinson, wanda ya mutu a waccan shekarar), da kuma ɗaure hannu a cikin jigon alamar mace ( tsaye a cikin sabon salon mata na wannan lokacin da kuma turawa don daidaita haƙƙin mata).
Wakilan hargitsi na wancan zamanin sune hotuna na B-52s suna jefa bama-bamai a Vietnam (yakin da ke ci gaba da gudana) da kuma zanga-zangar nuna wariyar launin fata ga gwamnan Alabama da dan takarar shugaban kasa George Wallace (watakila saboda an harbe shi kuma an raunata shi a wani hari. yunkurin kisa da May). Wani makamin roka mai lakabin “Amurka” ya tunatar da ni cewa a lokacin wannan kasa tana ci gaba da kaddamar da ayyukan Apollo na nasara zuwa duniyar wata.
Yaya nisan da muka shigo ba kusan rabin karni ba! A cikin 2020, "zaman lafiya" ba ma kalma ba ce a cikin Amurka siyasa ƙamus; duk da Greta Thunberg, motsin canjin yanayi mai girma, da na Joe Biden dala tiriliyan biyu tsarin yanayi, ecology ya kasance sun fi yawa wani ra'ayi na kasashen waje a zaben da ya gabata yayin da jam'iyyun siyasa biyu suka rungumi karkatar da burbushin halittu (ko da rungumar Biden ta kasance. kasa m); Babban League Baseball ya sha wahala raguwa a cikin 'yan wasan Afirka-Amurka a cikin 'yan shekarun nan; kuma neman daidaiton mata ya kasance sarai wanda bai cika ba.
Ana ci gaba da tashin bama-bamai, ko da yake a halin yanzu wadannan bama-bamai da makamai masu linzami, galibi ana yin su ne kan tashe-tashen hankula na Islama daban-daban maimakon na gurguzu, kuma galibi suna yin hakan ne ta hanyar tashe tashen hankula. jirage marasa matuka, ba B-52s ba, kodayake har yanzu ana amfani da waɗannan jirage masu daraja barazana Moscow da Beijing tare da kisan kare dangi. Tabbas, George Wallace ya maye gurbin Donald Trump, dan wariyar launin fata juya Dabarun kudanci na Shugaba Richard Nixon na shekarun makaranta na zuwa nasarar nasarar shugaban kasa a 2016 kuma wanda, a matsayin shugaban kasa, akai-akai. gyada kai cikin hanya na masu kishin addini.
Ci gaba, kowa? Hakika, wannan hoton nawa na har ma yana dauke da tutar kasar Sin, abin da ke tunatar da cewa Nixon ya karya sabuwar shekara a wannan shekarar ta hanyar tafiya zuwa birnin Beijing don ganawa da shugaban kwaminisanci na kasar Sin Mao Zedong da kuma kawar da ta'addancin yakin cacar baka na wannan zamani. A halin yanzu, Amurkawa kawai suna jin cewa China barazana ce ta soja da tattalin arziki; cewa Joe Biden da wasu 'yan Democrat ana zargin suna da nisa China-friendly (ba su kasance ba); kuma Covid-19 (wanda aka fi sani da "Wuhan Flu" ko "Kung Flu") ya kasance - aƙalla ga Donald Trump da mabiyansa - annoba da Sinawa suka aiko don kashe mu.
Wata alama daga wannan kaset, wani chess yanki, tunatar da ni cewa a cikin 1972 mun shaida sanannen taron Cold War tsakanin matasa, m, idan mercurial Bobby Fischer da Soviet daraktan chess Boris Spassky a cikin wasan da ya kori dukan hysteria da paranoia na Cold War. Fischer ya zuga ni, na fara buga wasan da kaina kuma na zama memba mai ɗaukar kati na Hukumar Chess ta Amurka har sai da na gane iyawa ta takai ga gaske.
Shekarar 1972 ta ƙare da nasarar da Richard Nixon na Republican ya yi a kan Sanatan Demokraɗiyya George McGovern, wanda ke ɗauke da jihara ta Massachusetts kawai. Bayan nasarar da Nixon ya yi na zabtare ƙasa, na tuna da manyan lambobi waɗanda ke cewa: “Kada ku zargi Nixon, ni daga Massachusetts nake.”
Bayan shekaru goma sha takwas, a 1990, zan gana da tsohon Sanata a takaice. Yana halartar taron baje kolin tarihi kan Yaƙin Vietnam a Kwalejin Sojojin Sama na Amurka kuma, a matsayina na matashin kyaftin na Sojan Sama, na kori masa littafi a ɗakin karatu na Kwalejin. Ba na tsammanin na san lokacin da McGovern ya taka rawar gani a yakin duniya na biyu. Kwararren matukin jirgi, ya tashi 35 yakin manufa A cikin wani bam na B-24, ya lashe Distinguished Flying Cross, a wani lokaci, ya yi nasarar saukar da jirgin sama da gobarar makiya ta lalace sosai tare da ceto ma'aikatansa. Nixon, wanda ya yi aiki a cikin sojojin ruwa a lokacin yakin, bai taba ganin yaki ba. Amma ya ga lokaci mai yawa a teburin karta, ya ci nasara a tsarar kudi, wanda zai shiga yakin neman zabensa na farko na siyasa.
Kamar yawancin tsoffin sojojin gwagwarmaya na "mafi girman tsara," McGovern bai taɓa yin fahariya game da fa'idodin yaƙinsa ba. A cikin shekaru da yawa, duk da haka, wannan mai hankali, mai daraja, ɗan kishin Amurka mai jaruntaka ya kasance mai alaƙa da ƙarfi sosai zaman lafiya, soyayya, da fahimta. Babban mai kare hakkin jama'a, mai imani ga gwamnati mai ci gaba, mai adawa da yakin Vietnam, zai sami kansa a matsayin mai rauni, kusan matsoraci, akan al'amuran soja da kuma mai adawa da jari-hujja (madaidaicin daidai a yau na dimokiradiyya- dan gurguzu Bernie Sanders).
A bayyane yake, kasar nan ba za ta iya a lokacin ba kuma har yanzu ba za ta iya yarda da duk wani dan takara na babbar jam'iyya wanda bai yarda da kafa soja mai karfi ba da kuma gwamnatin da ke hidimar kasuwanci da masana'antu da farko ko kuma zabinmu a 2020 ba zai samu ba. Trump-Pence da Biden-Harris.
Sunan mahaifi Lloyd Bentsen
Yayin da na fara rubuta wannan yanki a ƙarshen Oktoba, har yanzu ban san cewa Joe Biden zai yi nasara a zaɓen da ya fi rigima a rayuwarmu ba. Abin da na sani shi ne cewa ƙasar da ta taɓa samar (sannan ta ƙi) masu kishin ƙasa masu tunani irin su George McGovern ta kasance a ciki. raguwa mai tsanani. Yawancin Amurkawa suna matukar son canji, don haka masu jefa kuri'a sun gaya mana, ko muna kiran kanmu 'yan Republican ko Democrat, masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, masu sassaucin ra'ayi, ko masu ra'ayin gurguzu. Duka yakin neman zaben biyu, duk da haka, sun yi mana alkawarin kadan amma nau'ikan halin da suke ciki, duk da cewa na Donald Trump na da ban mamaki.
A zahiri, Trump bai ma damu da gabatar da wani shiri na komai ba, gami da shawo kan cutar. Ya dai yi alkawarin karin shekaru hudu na ci gaba da sake mayar da Amurka karagar mulki tare da rage harajin babban jari a ciki. Biden ya yi takara kan farfado da gadon Barack Obama tare da “bege da canji” akidar da aka bari. Fuskantar irin wannan zaɓi a cikin ƙasa mai cike da matsananciyar wahala, tare da bullar cutar ta Covid-19 a cikin jihar bayan jihohi da asibitoci sun ƙara mamayewa, da yawa daga cikinmu sun nemi agaji. opioids or sayayyar bindiga, munanan halaye kamar abinci mai kitse da rashin motsa jiki, da rashin kulawa dangane da fitattun matakan kariya daga kamuwa da cutar.
Tun lokacin shugabancin Richard Nixon da Ronald Reagan, kuma musamman tun ranar 11 ga Satumba, 2001, abin mamaki ne abin da Amirkawa suka yarda da shi a matsayin al'ada. Manta game da zaman lafiya, soyayya, da fahimta. Abin da muke gani a yanzu a kan titunan Amurka ba masu zanga-zangar adawa da yaki ba ne ko ma sun doke 'yan sanda, amma Robocops dauke da makamai har zuwa hakora dauke da makaman soji suna aikata abin da ba za a iya karewa ba ayyukan tashin hankali. “’Yan bindiga” masu tsattsauran ra’ayi irin su Proud Boys ana yin bikin (wasu) a matsayin “yan kishin kasa.” Ludicrous QAnon ka'idodin makirci sune duk da muhimmanci tare da 'yan takarar siyasa a bangaren jam'iyyar Republican sun yi layi don amincewa da su.
Hatta adadin mutane shida da suka mutu sakamakon barkewar cutar amai da gudawa an daidaita su yayin da Shugaba Trump ya mamaye kasar, yaba kansa ga jama'a marasa abin rufe fuska a super-spreader taro don kiyaye mutuwar Covid-19 a ƙarƙashin adadi miliyan 2.2. A halin yanzu, sauran mu ba su sami wani abin da za mu yi murna a cikin abin da - a cikin sharuddan Vietnam - za a iya tunanin shi a matsayin sabon ƙidayar jiki, wannan lokacin a nan a cikin mahaifa.
Kuma da yake magana game da yuwuwar ƙidayar jiki na gaba, sake la'akari da 'Yan Yara' Yan Tawaye wanda shugaban mu a waccan muhawara ta farko ta shugaban kasa tambaye don "dawo da tsayawa." Babu shakka ba 'yan bindiga ba ne, zai fi kyau a kwatanta su a matsayin ƙungiya. Rufe idanunku ku yi tunanin cewa duk 'Yan Ma'abota girman kai baƙar fata ne. To, me za a ce da su daga hannun dama? Barazana, a faɗi kaɗan, kuma mai yiwuwa mafi muni.
’Yan bindiga na gaske za su kasance ƙarƙashin ikon yanki, jiha, ko tarayya tare da jerin umarni da ka'idojin ladabtarwa, ba wai kawai gungun mutanen da ba su sani ba suna wasa a rigar soja da lalata don faɗa. Amma duk da haka da yawa Amurkawa suna ganin su ta hanyar ruwan tabarau na soja, suna yaba wa waɗannan "'ya'yan" yayin da suke daga tutocin 'yan sanda blue-line suna ihu "dukkan rayuwa yana da mahimmanci." Duk wata tuta da za su naɗe kansu a ciki, a gaskiya, ba komai ba ne illa kishin ƙasa maza masu cin zarafi.
Ƙungiyoyi irin su Proud Boys sune kawai mafi girman misali na wasan kwaikwayo na kishin ƙasa, wasan kwaikwayo, da wasan kwaikwayo a cikin Amurka na 2020. Kuma gaba ɗaya duka, ciki har da shugaban mu da ya ɓace kuma ya shiga cikin rikici, ƙara har zuwa ja-fari-kuma -Tsarin shuɗi (kuma abin da ya haifar da rudani!) Daga ainihin mahimmanci: cewa Amurka tana cikin matsala mai tsanani - kuma za ku iya ɗaukar wannan "Amurka" don nufin mutanen da ke aiki tuƙuru don yin rayuwa (ko baya aiki kwata-kwata a halin yanzu), suna matsananciyar kula da rufin kawunansu da ciyar da yaransu.
Yana da ban sha'awa kuma daga gaskiyar cewa Amurka ba ta ci nasara a yakin ba tun lokacin da George McGovern ya tashi duk waɗannan ayyukan yaƙi a cikin B-24. Yana da shagala daga wasu talakawan Amurkawa kamar George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, da Yakubu Blake kasancewar ba wai kawai ana amfani da su ba, amma an kashe su, don haka ana buƙatar wani motsi na Black Lives Matter don farawa. Yana da ban sha'awa daga gaskiyar cewa ba ma yin muhawara game da kasafin kudin tsaro na kasa wanda a yanzu ke karuwa a kowace shekara a sama. dala tiriliyan, yayin da babu wanda ke cikin matsayi mai iko ya kifta ido.
Yaƙe-yaƙe na yau da ba su ƙarewa da jita-jita game da ƙarin abubuwan da ke tafe suna tunatar da ni cewa George McGovern ba wai yana adawa da rikicin Vietnam ne kawai ba, amma waɗanda ke Afghanistan da Iraki, su ma. Shi kuwa Joe Biden, ya kada kuri'ar yakin Iraki, wanda Donald Trump kuma ya yi magana don haka, sai kawai don yaƙin kawo ƙarshen yake-yaƙen ƙasar nan a 2016, ko da a shekarar 2020 bai yi haka ba - duk da cewa ya kafa sabon aikin soja, Space Force. Da yake jin bukatar kara kaifin nasa yakinin yakin, kwanan nan Biden ya ce zai so tãyar "kare" kashe kudi fiye da abin da har Trump yake so.
Idan za ku ba da kaina na fantasy na ɗan lokaci, Ina so in yi tasha Lloyd Bentsen, dan takarar mataimakin shugaban kasa na jam'iyyar Democrat na 1988 wanda, a cikin muhawara da dan jam'iyyarsa ta Republican Dan Quayle, ya kore shi a matsayin "babu Jack Kennedy." A cikin wannan ruhun, Ina so in faɗi wannan ga duka Trump da Biden a sakamakon mummunan mafarki na Covid-19 na kwanan nan na kamfen: “Na sadu da George McGovern. George McGovern, a wata gaskiya ta daban, zai iya zama abokina. Kai, Joe da Donald, ba George McGovern ba ne. "
Kafin aikin soja ba shi da mahimmanci don zama shugaban kasa da babban kwamanda, amma wanda yatsa za ka fi so ka kasance a kan maɓallin nukiliya na Amurka: na Trump, wanda ya kawar da daftarin da diddige; Biden, wanda ya yi watsi da daftarin tare da asma; ko shugaba kamar McGovern, wanda yayi jarumtaka a fagen fama, shugaba wanda yake shirye ya nemi hanyoyin lumana domin ya san da yakin basasa?
Tapestry na Tarihi don Ɗalibai na huɗu kamar yadda 2020 ya ƙare
A yau fa hoto na aji na ƴan aji huɗu? Wane tarin hotuna ne za su kasance a bayan kawunansu don wakiltar alkawari da hargitsi na zamaninmu? Tabbas, Covid-19 za a wakilta, watakila ta dutsen jakunkuna na jikin mutum a cikin wuraren ajiye gawawwaki. Tabbas, tutar "Blue Lives Matter" za ta kasance a can tana soke tutar Black Lives Matter. Tabbas, wani jirgi mara matuki yana harba makamai masu linzami na wuta, watakila a ciki Somalia or Yemen ko kuma wani gaba mai nisa a yakin Amurka mara iyaka na (ba akan) ta'addanci ba, zai bayyana.
Ga wasu kuma: tabbas, tutar kasar Sin, a wannan karon tana wakiltar zaman dar-dar, ba wai kusantar juna ba, tsakanin manyan kasashen biyu; hakika, Trump super-spreader gangami cike da abin da ba a rufe ba yana bayyana abin da nake so in yi la'akari da shi a matsayin "madaidaicin" Ba-Amurke na "rayuka masu 'yanci kuma ku mutu"; Lalle ne, mai fadi wuta tashi daga California da kuma West, hade da watakila da tutar guguwa don wakiltar wani shekara mai rikodin na irin wannan guguwa, musamman a gabar Tekun Fasha; Tabbas, wasu masu zanga-zangar lumana ana tada su ko kuma cin zarafi ko kuma cin zarafi da manyan makamai da jami'an gwamnatin tarayya da ba a san ko su waye ba saboda kawai sun damu da rayuwar George da kuma Breonna Taylor, Da sauransu.
Kuma ina tsammanin za mu iya ƙara wani abu game da wasanni a cikin wannan rukunin, watakila hoton 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa a cikin filayen wasa marasa komai, suna durƙusa a matsayin ɗaya don daidaiton launin fata. Duba, wasanni sun kasance suna haɗa kanmu a tsakanin kabilanci da na aji, amma a lokacin shugabancinsa, Donald Trump, da sauransu, sun yi amfani da wasanni kawai don raba mu. Rukunin alaƙar launin fata da abubuwan gado an rage su zuwa taken taken, Black Lives Matter da shuɗi na rayuwa suna da mahimmanci, amma abin da ya ƙare ya zama baki da shuɗi shine Amurka. Mun doke kanmu har zuwa wani yanki kuma masu tallata yakin, Donald Trump sama da duka, wadanda suka fi samun riba. Idan muna son samun ci gaban launin fata a Amurka, dole ne a kawo karshen irin wannan cin mutuncin kai.
Kuma menene zai ɓace daga haɗin gwiwar 2020 wanda ke cikin ɗaya na 1972? Musamman, bayyanannun nassoshi game da zaman lafiya, muhalli, da daidaiton haƙƙin mata. Da ɗauka cewa, a ranar 20 ga Janairu, da gaske Joe Biden ya ɗauki matsayinsa a Ofishin Oval, duk da mutumin da ya fi fushi kuma mafi ɗaukar fansa a duniya yana zaune a can yanzu, waɗannan batutuwa uku za su kasance wurin da ya dace ya fara a cikin kwanaki 100 na farko. a matsayin shugaban kasa (hakika, tare da samar da tsari na gaske don dakile Covid-19): (1) neman zaman lafiya a Afghanistan da sauran wurare ta hanyar kawo karshen yakin basasa na Amurka; (2) sanya duniya a gaba da yin aiki don rage sauyin yanayi da kuma kiyaye dukkan abubuwa masu rai; (3) farfado da Daidaita Hakkoki da kuma kula da mata da mutunci, girmamawa, da adalci.
Hoto ɗaya na ƙarshe daga rukunin karatuna na aji huɗu: an nuna giwa a saman jakin da ba a kwance ba. Ana nufin, ba shakka, don kama babban nasarar Richard Nixon a kan George McGovern a 1972. Duk da haka, ko da nasarar Joe Biden a makon da ya gabata, za mu iya cewa da wata kwarin gwiwa cewa jakin yana kan gaba? Tabbas ba shine ranar McGovern ba, ganin cewa Biden ya riga ya yi magana game da tsuke bakin aljihu a gida har ma da kashe kudaden soja.
Abin baƙin ciki shine, lokaci ya wuce da za a maido da aƙidar Amurka kuma mu tsaya tsayin daka don ƙarancin yaƙi da ƙarin taimako ga mafi rauni a cikinmu, gami da duniyar kanta. Abin bakin ciki ne cewa ba mu da shugaba kamar George McGovern a Fadar White House yayin da sabuwar shekara mai cike da ban tsoro.
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Muna waiwaya ga 'yan siyasa masu ci gaba - McGovern, Robert Kennedy, Gough Whitlam a Ostiraliya - wadanda duk aka lalata su ta wata hanya kuma muna fata muna da irin wannan tun. To, mun yi, har da yau amma su ma sun lalace. misali. Jeremy Corbyn. Ba mu koyi komai ba. Shekaru 50 daga yanzu mutane za su rubuta labarai kamar "Abin da Muke Bukata A Yau Jeremy Corbyn".