Yawancin abin da muke faɗa da aikatawa sun zama al'ada. Ranar Groundhog 2013 na iya zama tunatarwa cewa ya kamata a harba wasu halaye na siyasa. Ga kadan:
** “Kudirin tsaro"
A'a, ba a tsaro kasafin kudin. Yana a soja kasafin kudin
Amma mutane da kungiyoyi da yawa suna ci gaba da cewa suna son rage "kasafin kudin tsaro" ko rage "kashe kashe kudade na tsaro."
Duk mai son kalubalantar kasar da ake fama da shi, to ya yi watsi da wannan mummunar magana. Ba ma adawa da "kare" - abin da muke do adawa, da ƙarfi, kashe kuɗin soja ne wanda ba shi da alaƙa da tsaro na gaske da duk abin da ya shafi kashe mutane, aiwatar da tsarin mulkin ƙasa da samun riba mai yawa ga ƴan kwangilar soja. Kuma a'a, su ba "'yan kwangilar tsaro ba ne."
Jawabin bankwana na Shugaba Eisenhower bai yi kashedin game da "hadadden masana'antu na tsaro ba."
Gaskiyar cewa akwai wani abu da ake kira Ma'aikatar Tsaro a hukumance - wanda a baya Ma'aikatar Yaki, har zuwa 1947 - bai sanya babban kasafin kudinsa ya zama "kasafin kudin tsaro ba," fiye da canza sunan Ofishin Fursunoni " Ofishin Soyayya " yana nufin. ya kamata mu yi magana game da son yanke "kasafin kuɗi na soyayya."
** "Pro-life"
A makon da ya gabata, a tsakiyar wata zazzafar muhawara kan PBS "NewsHour," shugaban kungiyar NARAL Pro-Choice America ya ce an zabi wasu 'yan siyasa yayin da suke boye matsananciyar matsayinsu na hana zubar da ciki - amma za a yi watsi da su a akwatin zabe "idan sun tsaya takara". akan kimarsu ta rayuwa.”
Ƙimar "Pro-life"? Ba lakabin da ya kamata masu kare hakkin zubar da ciki su yi amfani da shi ba ga masu adawa da 'yancin mace na zabar zubar da ciki. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan dalilan da 'yan adawa ke ci gaba da kiran kansu "pro-life" shine suna so su nuna cewa masu goyon bayan 'yancin zubar da ciki sun kasance masu adawa da rayuwa. Me yasa taimako?
** "Gyara Duniya"
A wurare da yawa, haɗin gwiwar duniya na iya zama tabbatacce, har ma da mahimmanci. Misali, kyakkyawan sakamako yana fitowa daga haɗin kai tsakanin ma'aikata a duniya. Hakazalika, yaduwar wayar da kan jama'a da hadin gwiwa a duniya a tsakanin mutanen da ke daukar matakai don kare muhalli, dakatar da cin zarafin bil'adama da kuma kawo karshen yaki.
Corporate zaman duniya wani lamari ne. Abubuwan da ke haifar da lalacewa suna lalata kowace nahiya tare da kasuwanci mai ban sha'awa tare da tseren tsere zuwa kasa don aiki mai arha, hakar albarkatun kasa, mai zaman kansa, ba da harajin kariya, keta dokokin kasa da ke kare ma'aikata da maye gurbin damar dimokiradiyya tare da babban doka. kudi.
Sanya “kamfani” a gaban “sarkin duniya” na iya zama kamar yana da wahala, amma yana da darajar wasu kalmomi uku. Akwai bambanci tsakanin duniya don haɗin gwiwar ɗan adam da haɗin gwiwar kamfanoni. Ruɗe shi gaba ɗaya yana rasa damar fayyace takamaiman damar.
** "Masu matsakaici"
Shekaru 55 da suka wuce, a cikin littafinsa "Daliban Yaƙin Duniya na Uku," masanin ilimin zamantakewa C. Wright Mills ya rubuta game da abin da ya kira "crackpot realism" - manufofin siyasa da kafofin watsa labaru da sauran manyan cibiyoyi masu karfi da aka yi amfani da su a matsayin mai hikima, duk da haka. a zahiri bala'i.
A cikin irin wannan tsagi, a kwanakin nan, muna jin yadda wasu zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai suke "masu sassaucin ra'ayi." Kuma za mu iya yin nuni da su haka da kanmu. Amma mugun sakamako na tsaka-tsakin tsatsauran ra'ayi - sauyin yanayi da lalata muhalli, yaƙe-yaƙe na yau da kullun, ƙarin talauci, faɗaɗa rashin daidaiton tattalin arziki, cin zarafin jama'a da ƙari - suna kewaye da mu. Abin da ake kira "matsakaici" yana rura wutar bala'i.
Menene matsakaici game da matsanancin rashin adalci da lalata halin da ake ciki?
** Zazzage kanun labarai
Dukanmu muna yin hakan wani lokaci - kallon kanun labarai kuma da ƙyar karanta labarun - ɗaya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa, sau da yawa, abin da muke tunanin mu sani ba haka yake ba.
Case in point: kanun labarai a saman shafin New York Times gaban shafi kwanakin da suka wuce, babu shakka barin yawancin masu karatu da sauri tare da imani cewa Shugaba Obama yana yin tauri akan Wall Street.
To, abin da kanun labaran ya bayyana ke nan. "SALAMAR TITI A CIKIN OBAMA's KYAUTA DOMIN MASU SAKAMAKO," ya fara, sannan kuma wani bayani a babban nau'i a kasa: "A Renewed Resolve to Rike Financial Companies Accountable."
Mafi yawan mayar da hankali kan nadin Mary Jo White don shugabantar Hukumar Tsaro da Canjin, labarin ya ba da wata alama mai wucewa a cikin sakin layi na takwas cewa "sabuwar ƙuduri" na iya zama da ban tsoro. "Yayin da aka fi sanin Ms. White a matsayin mai gabatar da kara mai karfi," in ji labarin, "ta kuma gina wata doka mai cin gashin kanta ta kare shugabannin Wall Street, abin damuwa ga masu ba da shawara ga masu amfani."
Tushen wannan damuwa mai yuwuwa, duk da haka, bai sami ƙarin haske ba har sai sakin layi na ashirin da shida na labarin, wanda ya ba da sauran ambaton dalilin da ya sa masu fafutuka na iya damuwa: “Ms. White na iya fuskantar ƙarin tambayoyi game da aikinta, kofa mai jujjuyawa a ciki da wajen gwamnati. A cikin ayyukan sirri, ta kare wasu manyan sunayen Wall Street, ciki har da Kenneth D. Lewis, tsohon shugaban Bankin Amurka. A matsayinta na shugabar kara a Debevoise & Plimpton, ta kuma wakilci JPMorgan Chase da kwamitin Morgan Stanley."
Sosai ga kanun labarai.
Norman Solomon shine co-kafa RootsAction.org da kuma kafa darektan Cibiyar Tabbatar da Gaskiyar Jama'a. Littattafansa sun haɗa da "Yaƙi Yayi Sauƙi: Yadda Shugabanni da Pundits ke Ci gaba da Kaɗa Mu zuwa Mutuwa." Ya rubuta shafi Al'adun Siyasa 2013.
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