[He ʻāpana kēia ʻatikala o ka moʻo ZNet Classics. ʻEkolu manawa o ka pule e hoʻopuka hou mākou i kahi ʻatikala a mākou e manaʻo nei he koʻikoʻi mau loa. Ua paʻi mua ʻia kēia i ʻApelila, 2002.]
Aloha mai, ʻo wau ʻo Mrs. Geoffrey. Ke palapala aku nei au iā ʻoe mai koʻu hale kaona makamae loa ma Houston. ʻO ʻApelila ia a ke kani nei nā manu. Aia ka puna i ka lewa. Ke kaumaha loa nei nae au. He nūpepa, me kahi ʻatikala e pili ana i ka hapaha miliona o ka poʻe kūʻē kūʻē i ka capitalist ma Barcelona, e hāʻule ana mai koʻu ʻūhā a i nā papa lāʻau paʻa pipiʻi i uhi ʻia e kahi moena i ulana lima ʻia mai Peresia, he $100,000 wale nō. ʻO kēia mau mea weliweli, hiki ke hoʻomāinoino, a me ka maluhia e hoʻōho nei i nā mea maʻi e like me "Eat the Rich," "Europe with Peace and Justice," a me "Make Love Not War."
He waimaka. E ke Akua. Hoʻopaʻa wau i ka sapphire $80,000 e kau ana ma koʻu ʻāʻī—he makana mai kaʻu kāne ʻo Geoffrey. He aha ka mea e hiki mai ai iā mākou, ʻo wau wau? E ʻaihue anei kēia poʻe anti-capitalist (no laila mea hoʻoweliweli), aloha maluhia (no laila hoʻomāinoino), aloha hana (no laila ka poʻe hoʻohana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau lesbian) e ʻaihue i nā kālā paʻakikī a kaʻu kāne ʻo Geoffrey i hoʻoilina mai kona kupuna kāne nāna i hoʻolilo miliona mai ke kaua a me ka ʻeha kanaka, e like me kekahi pono kakapita maikai!? E hele anei lākou i ka ʻAkelanika, e holo wikiwiki i ke ala i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka lima, e hehi ma kēlā ʻaoʻao o ke kapena Peresia, e noho i lalo i ka pāʻina ma kahi o ka papa nui he pigeons en croute a me aʻu?
Ke hoʻāʻo nei au e hoʻohuli iaʻu iho i ka hana, ʻo ia hoʻi, ke kani nei au i kaʻu kākau ʻōlelo i hiki iā ia ke hoʻomau i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka male ʻana o kaʻu kaikamahine ʻo Lynn. ʻO ka hā o Lynn a ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa māua me kaʻu kākau ʻōlelo inā ʻae ʻia ʻo ia ke ʻaʻahu keʻokeʻo. Wahi a Emily Post puke etiquette mai 1922, ʻaʻahu keʻokeʻo wale ka wahine mare no kāna male mua. Ma hope o ia mea he lole ʻono, he huakaʻi i ka Hale Hōʻikeʻike o ke kūlanakauhale, he ʻaina awakea paha, a ʻo ka ʻohana wale nō ma ke ʻano he malihini. Akā i kēia manawa, e like me ka New York Times ʻO Malaki 17, hiki i nā gals ke "hele no ia"—1,500 mau hoaaloha, 80 ʻāpana orkestra, nui keke, etc., etc. ʻO wau a me kaʻu kākau ʻōlelo e ʻae aku i kahi male kuʻuna nui e hāpai i koʻu ʻuhane. Akā, ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au e lilo ana i mau kaukani kālā—ʻo nā kālā e ʻaihue koke ʻia mai iā mākou e nā maniac maluhia a me ka pololei.
Hoʻokuʻu wau i kaʻu kākau ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomanawanui i ka manaʻo e noi koke wau iā ia e ʻoki i ka uku—mai ka $7 maikaʻi i ka hola a i $3.50. Hele au ma koʻu hale nani, e kāhili ana nā manamana lima i kaʻu mau mea waiwai—ʻo ka pākaukau o ke kenekulia 16, ka noho o ke kenekulia 18, ka…
Hoʻopaʻa koʻu maka i ka neʻe ʻana ma waho o ke ala kaʻa. He wahine hale ʻole ia, e hoʻokuke ana i ke kaʻa kūʻai i piha i nā ʻōmole a me nā kini. I kekahi manawa ua aloha au i kona pilikia a kiola iā ia i ka hapahā i hāʻule paha ke kaikamahine i loko o nā cushions, i ka wā e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ai. I kēia manawa, ʻike wau ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea hoʻoweliweli wahine i haʻalele i kā lākou mau kāne, nāna e hoʻomaloʻo iā mākou ma o ka hoʻopunipuni ʻana i ka ʻōnaehana pono, a makemake lākou e hoʻopau i koʻu kuleana e lilo i mea hoʻopili / waiwai. He aha ka hewa o kēia mau kaikamahine home ʻole? gurgle au. No ke aha i hiki ʻole ai iā lākou ke noho me kā lākou kāne!? He aha ka hewa o kēlā mau kāne, mālama ʻole i kā lākou wahine a me nā keiki. Wehe au i ka puka makani a hoʻōho ma hope ona, "E hoʻokomo i kahi mea hoʻonaninani a hoʻolilo iā ʻoe iho i kāne, e ka mea hoʻoweliweli ʻaihue."
Ua huikau ka wahine a hopu i ke kini coke kaawale. Panic au. Loaʻa iā ia kahi pōkā, ʻike wau. Akā, hāʻule ʻole ka pahu i ka lepo a holo ka gal e loaʻa ka waiwai mai ka hana hou ʻana—ʻaʻohe kānalua. Hoʻomanaʻo ʻia au i ke ʻano o ka manaʻo komunista i ka neʻe ʻana o ke kaiapuni.
I kēlā manawa hoʻi mai kaʻu kāne ʻo Geoffrey i ka home a kani wau i ke kaikamahine a kauoha i ka cocktails. Aloha, Geoffrey, twitter wau. Smerf, wahi a Geoffrey me ke aloha. Nīnau mai ʻo ia iaʻu he aha ka hewa. Ke haʻi aku nei au iā ia e pili ana i nā hōʻikeʻike, ka ʻai ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo waiwai, ka mea hoʻoweliweli lebian home ʻole - ke kahe mai nei nā mea a pau, hāʻule nā waimaka i loko o kaʻu aniani martini. Ua ʻae ʻo Geoffrey ʻo ka neʻe ʻana o nā wahine ke kuleana no ka ʻilihune a me ka hoʻoweliweli, he aha kā lākou hōʻole ʻole e hoʻokau iā lākou iho ma lalo o ke kāne a haʻalele pū i kā lākou mau keiki i nā hale mālama lā.
Mahalo wau iā Geoffrey no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana mai iaʻu i ka hauʻoli o ka lilo ʻana i mea hoʻopili hale, ʻāpana o kāna waiwai, ʻoiaʻiʻo. Hoʻopau kēia iaʻu mai koʻu kaumaha, a ke hoʻomanaʻo nei au iā ia i ka male ʻehā o kā kāua kaikamahine. Piʻoloke ʻo ia me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ʻike e mare hou ana ʻo Elizabeth. Ke hoʻomanaʻo mālie nei au iā ia ʻo Lynn ka inoa o kā mākou kaikamahine (ʻaʻole ʻo ia i ka home, no ka mea paʻa ʻo ia i ke kālā a me nā mea like) a ke kūkākūkā nei mākou no ka male ʻana a me Emily Post a me ka mahina honeymoon o ka male ma ka mokupuni ʻo Cayman. E noho nō nā moʻopuna me kā lākou kahu hānai, ʻoiai, ʻoiai, ua hānai ʻo ia iā lākou. ʻO ia kāna hana a uku maikaʻi mākou iā ia, ma kahi o $4.50 i ka hola a me kahi lā hoʻomaha i kēlā me kēia mahina a i ʻole. A laila ʻike mākou ʻelua i ka nui o ke kumukūʻai o ka male a hoʻomaka hou wau e gurgling.
I ka manawa e hōʻoiaʻiʻo mai ai ʻo Geoffrey iaʻu ʻaʻole hiki i kekahi mea ke hōʻemi maoli i ka nui o ka waiwai i hiki iā mākou ke hōʻiliʻili mai ka makahiki Reagan/Bush—ʻaʻole naʻe ʻo ka hopu ʻana i ka mea hoʻopunipuni hoʻokipa home ʻole e hōʻole nei e noho male ke kumu o ka kapitalisme. hāʻule.
Akā, ua komo ʻo Geoffrey i loko o ke keʻena damask silika i uhi ʻia - he kumukūʻai ma $ 10,000 - i loko o ka lumi hoʻokipa a kanikau. ʻO Geoffrey, ʻōlelo wau, ʻaʻole mākou i pōʻino. E haʻi mai iaʻu ʻaʻole mākou e noho ʻilihune, me ka loaʻa kālā he ʻelua miliona wale nō i ka makahiki.
Ua ʻae ʻo Geoffrey ua hopohopo ʻo ia. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Geoffrey iaʻu e pili ana iā Enron a me ke ʻano o ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana o ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi iā Arthur Andersen i kao no Enron. Pehea ʻo Andersen i lilo ai i ʻoihana helu helu nui mua i hoʻopiʻi ʻia me kahi felony. ʻAʻole i hana hewa ka ʻoihana, ʻaʻole ia i hana hewa i ka ʻoki ʻole ʻana i nā palapala Enron āpau i ʻike ʻole kekahi ua hana lākou i kekahi mea hewa. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻōhumu ʻo Geoffrey. No ka mea, ʻo ka capitalism, ma ka wehewehe ʻana, ka hewa i hoʻopaʻa ʻia, pehea lā e hiki ai iā Andersen ke hana i kekahi mea ʻole, inā ʻoe e hahai?
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Geoffrey e haʻi paha ʻo Andersen i ka panakalupa, e like me Polaroid. Wahi a Geoffrey, ʻo kā mākou hoa pili pili, ʻo Judith, ka luna kālā nui ma Polaroid a ma hope o ʻekolu mau makahiki o ka lawelawe hoʻolaʻa ʻana, ua koi ʻia ʻo ia e haʻalele me kahi uku $600,000 wale nō, kahi hōʻaiʻē kālā $500,000, $17,000 severance check, a me kahi hana hou ma ka hui Dutch/Shell. Ke kānalua nei au no ke aha ʻaʻole ʻo Judith i ka home e hui pū ana me nā lako pipiʻi, e like me aʻu, akā ʻaʻole hopohopo ʻo Geoffrey a ʻo wai wau e nīnau iā Geoffrey. No laila, uē au me ka weliweli i ka hewa i hana ʻia i nā Luna Nui o Polaroid. ʻO Geoffrey, ke uē nei au, he aha ka mea e hiki mai ai iā mākou, o kā mākou mau hoa waiwai, a me ka kapitalisme e like me kā mākou i ʻike ai????
Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo Geoffrey e hōʻuluʻulu i koʻu ʻuhane. Ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iaʻu i ke ʻano o ka noho kūpaʻa ʻana o nā limahana hala ʻole ma Arthur Anderson i ka hui; haʻaheo e hana no lākou. Pehea lākou e hakakā ai. Ua haʻi ʻo ia iaʻu pehea ʻo George, he hoa hoʻokele ma ke keʻena ʻo Boston, i haʻi aku iā ia, "Manaʻo wau hiki iā mākou ke lanakila i ke aupuni ma kēia mea, akā he mea kupanaha i kou manaʻo ʻole… Ua hōʻike kekahi poʻe i ka hoʻopaʻi hewa, akā he hoʻouka kaua nuklea kēia "(Boston poepoe honua, Malaki 16).
Ua minoʻaka au me koʻu mau waimaka a me ka pilau me kaʻu $800,000 apo daimana, he makana mai Geoffrey i ka lā makahiki o kā māua male ʻana. ʻAe, ke manaʻo nei au, ke manaʻo nei au i ka mana ʻole o kēia mau hui miliona miliona, e pili ana i ka makemake o ka ʻoihana hoʻokolokolo. Akā, pololei ʻoe, e Geoffrey, ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono lākou e hakakā. Malia paha e hele lākou ma Wakinekona me ke oli ʻo "Kapitalis United Will Never Be Defeated" a me "Shred or Make."
Puliki makou i kekahi i kekahi; e akahele i ʻole e ʻoki i nā lole makamae a mākou e ʻaʻahu nei. Hauʻoli hou au. ʻO Geoffrey, twitter wau.
ʻAi māua ʻo Geoffrey i nā nūnū en croute, kā mākou punahele. Ma hope o ka ʻaina ahiahi, hoʻokipa mākou i kekahi o kā mākou mau hoaaloha—ʻo Bushes, Enron executives, Anderson CEO's, etc. Geoffrey. Aloha mākou i nā malihini. Ua hoʻonohonoho ʻo Geoffrey e hui me lākou i ka lā aʻe e kōkua i ka hoʻolālā ʻana i ka Capitalists United no ke kaua a me ka neʻe ʻana i ka pono ʻole. Manaʻo ʻo Geoffrey e hoʻomaka wau i ka Welfare Wedding Inc. no ka loaʻa kālā ma ka noi a Bush. Huli mai ʻo Geoffrey iaʻu a nīnau mai inā hauʻoli wau, e ke aloha. ʻAe, ʻo Geoffrey, hauʻoli wau. ʻO kekahi kumu, nīnau ʻo ia? ʻAe, ʻo Geoffrey, ʻōhumu wau. No ka mea, ua waiwai nui mākou. Z