Ma waena o ka nui o nā moʻolelo kaumaha e uhi ana i ka maʻi maʻi COVID-19 i ka mahina i hala aku nei, ʻo ia nā mea hōʻoluʻolu e kālele ana i ka hana a nā kānaka maʻamau e kōkua ai kekahi i kekahi i kēia pilikia koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka nui o kēia mau hōʻike "nūhou maikaʻi" i kālele ʻia i ka hoʻoikaika ʻana o ka ʻāina e nā lepili ʻoihana kiʻi, nā mea hana lole hale, a nā humuhumu kamaʻāina e hoʻohua nui i nā masks i makemake nui ʻia i ka pōkole. Akā ʻo ka hapa nui o nā moʻolelo e nalowale nei he ʻōnaehana ʻōnaehana e hāʻawi ana i kahi manaʻo koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ke kumu e pono ai ka hoʻoikaika ʻana ma kahi mua.
I koʻu manawa manawaleʻa i nā pule i hala aku nei o ka quarantine, ke kau nei au i kaʻu mau mākau humuhumu kamaʻāina e hoʻohana a e hoʻoheheʻe i ka nui o nā masks pulupulu no nā hoaaloha a me nā hoalauna i ʻelemakule, hāpai, a i ʻole e hana ana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokele lawe, meaʻai, meaʻai. nā mea manawaleʻa panakō a me nā mea hou aku. He mea maʻalahi ka hana ʻana i nā masks me kahi lole pulupulu, uea, a me ka elastic, a, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maikaʻi lākou e like me nā maka lapaʻau, kōkua lākou i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i nā kulu i ko mākou waha. Aia kaʻu mau hana i waena o nā mea like ʻole i hoʻāla ʻia e nā Centers for Disease Control and Prevention e hōʻike ana i kāna paena Hiki i nā mea mālama ola ke "hoʻohana i nā masks homemade (eg, bandana, scarf) no ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi me COVID-19 ma ke ʻano he hopena hope loa."
Kūkulu ʻia ʻo ʻAmelika ma luna o kahi manaʻo moʻokalaleo o ka hana e hānai ai i kā mākou mau manaʻo aloha o ke kūʻokoʻa a me ka hilinaʻi iā ʻoe iho. Ua huki ʻia mākou i ka manaʻo o ka meritocracy e uku i ka hana paʻakikī a me ka hoʻomanawanui a ua aʻo ʻia mākou e hoʻomaikaʻi iā mākou iho no ka haʻalele ʻana i ke kōkua aupuni. Ua ʻike ʻia kēlā manaʻo i ka wā i haʻi haʻaheo ai ke poʻo o kahi mokuna Kaleponi Hema o ka Hui Huhumu ʻAmelika New York Times, “E ka poʻe ʻōpala, ua piʻi mau mākou a hana i kēia mea…Ua hana ʻia mākou no kēia manawa. Hauʻoli mākou e noho i ka home a humuhumu. A loaʻa iā mākou nā wahi lole lole. "
Akā ʻo ʻAmelika ka lāhui waiwai loa o ka honua. Ke nānā aku nei ma waho o ko mākou manaʻo nui o ka hubris aupuni, pono ia e hoʻopiha i kēlā me kēia o mākou me ka huhū i kā mākou mau kauka a me nā kahu hānai e ʻimi nei i nā masks a me nā lako olakino ʻē aʻe a ke ʻōlelo nei kahi hui aupuni e like me ka CDC i nā masks improvised. ʻO ka nele o nā lako i ka hopena o kahi ʻōnaehana kapitalista i hoʻoponopono ʻole ʻia i hoʻolālā ʻia e pōmaikaʻi i nā mea kuleana wale nō, ʻaʻole i nā hui. Ke hoʻokūkū nui nei nā mokuʻāina i ka US a me nā lāhui a puni ka honua e kūʻai i nā lako i makemake nui ʻia. ʻO ka Hawaii Post ua nīnauele i nā luna mokuʻāina a me nā luna o ka haukapila a loaʻa, "he ʻōnaehana ākea ākea a puni ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, me nā halemai a me nā luna olakino he liʻiliʻi nā koho akā e hilinaʻi i nā middlemen i ʻike ʻole ʻia e loaʻa ana ka waiwai ma mua o kā lākou hoʻohiki ʻana e hoʻopiha koke i ka lāhui. pau nā waihona lāʻau lapaʻau. Ua hōʻuluʻulu ʻo Christian Mitchell, hope Kiaʻāina o Ilinoi i ka ʻōlelo maikaʻi loa, "He honua ʻai ʻīlio kēia ma ʻaneʻi."
Ua lawe ʻo Pelekikena Donald Trump i nā pule e kāhea aku i ka ikaika piha o ke Kānāwai Hana Hana Kūlohelohe ka mea i hāʻawi i ke aupuni federal i ka mana e kuhikuhi i ka ʻoihana pilikino e hoʻohuli hou i ka hana ʻana i ka wā o ka pilikia ʻōiwi. Ua hoʻowahāwahā ʻo Trump e hana pēlā no ka mea, ma kana olelo, “He ʻāina mākou ʻaʻole i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka hoʻolilo ʻana i kā mākou ʻoihana. Kāhea i kahi kanaka ma Venezuela. E nīnau iā lākou, pehea ka hana ʻana o ka lāhui i kā lākou ʻoihana? ʻAʻole maikaʻi loa." ʻAʻole ʻo ia i haʻi aku ua hāʻawi pololei ka ʻōnaehana kapitalista US i nā ʻano hemahema i loaʻa i ka poʻe Venezuelan. Nā hoʻolaha pāpaho o ke komohana ua hoʻopiʻi me ka hauʻoli i nā kulekele socialist.
ʻO ka pule i hala aku nei kahi wahine aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai i kamaʻilio mai iaʻu ma o ka media media a nīnau mai inā hiki iaʻu ke hana i nā masks nona iho a me kāna mau hoa hana. He mea lapaʻau ʻoihana ʻo ia ma kahi kahu hānai a me ka hoʻoponopono hou ʻana ma New Jersey a ua hopohopo ʻo ia ʻaʻole e hoʻopiha hou ʻia ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā masks ma kāna wahi hana. Pono wau e ʻoluʻolu ua hiki iaʻu ke komo i loko a kōkua akā ua loaʻa iaʻu kahi manaʻo nui o ka huhū a me ke kaumaha i loko o kēia lāhui e piha ana i ka waiwai a me nā waiwai, ua koi ʻia kahi malihini mai kēlā ʻaoʻao o ka ʻāina e hele aku. no ke kōkua ʻana e mālama iā ia iho a me kāna mau hoa hana a me kā lākou mau maʻi mai kēia maʻi make.
Ua hoʻohana pū ka poʻe ʻAmelika i nā hoʻolaha lehulehu e kāhiko i nā limahana mālama olakino me ka pale pono. ʻO kekahi o ia hoʻoikaika ua hoʻonui ʻia ʻoi aku ma mua o $ 60,000 i 3 mau lā e uhi i nā kūʻai nui o nā masks N-95 i makemake ʻia no nā kauka a me nā kahu hānai ma ka lāhui. ʻO ka pahuhopu $250,000 o "Masks for America" ke hoʻokō ʻia nei e nā haʻawina liʻiliʻi mai nā ʻāina āpau e like paha me ka poʻe maʻamau e manaʻo nei i ke kaumaha kālā i lawe ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi. I ka manawa o hoʻopaʻa hana ʻole a puni ka ʻāina, ua koi hou ʻia mākou e hilinaʻi iā mākou iho e pale aku kekahi i kekahi.
Akā ʻo kēlā pahuhopu $ 250,000 hiki ke hoʻokō me ka hoʻoikaika ʻole ʻia e kekahi o nā piliona kālā i loaʻa maikaʻi ʻole mai nā makahiki o nā kulekele e makemake ana i ka poʻe waiwai. E like me nā elite ʻO David Geffen ʻO ka mea hilahila ʻole i tweet e pili ana i kāna hana ʻana i ka "hoʻokaʻawale iā ia iho" ma kāna moku moku $ 400 miliona ma ka Caribbean e hiki ke hoʻohuli i nā ʻāpana liʻiliʻi loa o kā lākou waiwai e hoʻolilo i kēlā mau hana a ʻike ʻole i ka pinch kālā. ʻO ke kālā, ka manawa a me ka hana a ka poʻe e hoʻolilo nei e hoʻolako iā lākou iho a me kekahi me nā masks pale a me nā lako ʻē aʻe e like me ka ʻauhau hoʻohui. ʻAʻole naʻe ka hapa nui o mākou e huki i kahi laina ma waena o nā hana herculean a mākou e hana nei e mālama iā mākou iho a me nā waihona kālā nui a Geffen a me kāna mau mea e noho nei. Akā, hauʻoli mākou i ka hiki ke komo i loko a kōkua kekahi i kekahi i ka wā pilikia.
I ka wā elites waiwai do e hoʻolilo i kekahi o kā lākou kālā i nā pono nui o ko mākou kaiāulu, manaʻo lākou e hānai ʻia no ka hana ʻana pēlā. ʻO ka lima o ka mea waiwai loa o ka honua, ʻo Mark Zuckerberg, ka mea nāna i hoʻokumu i Facebook, he waiwai nui $ 82 ieeeea? a ke hoʻolauleʻa ʻia nei no ka hāʻawi ʻana i kahi mere $ 30 miliona i nā hana i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā lāʻau lapaʻau no COVID-19—e like me ʻekolu hapaʻumi o ka pākēneka o kāna waiwai ʻupena.
ʻO kā mākou hoʻokele waiwai honua i hoʻoikaika i ka hana ʻana e hoʻonui i ka loaʻa ma mua o ke kūpaʻa, a ʻo kā mākou nānā ʻana i ka moʻomeheu kaulana a me ke aloha ma ke ʻano he pani no ke kālā aupuni ua alakaʻi iā mākou i ko mākou pilikia i kēia manawa. Pilikia loa ia ʻōnaehana i ke ʻano o ka ʻōlaʻi politika a me ka hoʻokele waiwai i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi a hilinaʻi i nā ʻōpala a nā piliona kālā e koho ai e lūlū i ko mākou ala.
Ma ia ʻano pōʻaiapili, ʻo ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o ka hoʻoikaika aupuni nui e humuhumu i nā masks homemade ua hoʻopiha iaʻu i ka huhū, ʻaʻole ka ʻoluʻolu. A ʻaʻole wau wale nō. ʻO kekahi hui o nā mea hana ma Jackson, Mississippi, me ka mōʻaukala o ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ka "kōkua like" i mua o ka hana ʻole o ke aupuni, e hoʻopili ana i nā kiko. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Cooperation Jackson i kahi hana hana mask liʻiliʻi e hāʻawi ana i nā manawa hana i ka poʻe i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. A paena "Ua ʻike mākou i kā mākou ʻāpana kūpono o nā pilikia a me nā pōʻino ma Jackson i nā makahiki i hala iho nei, mai ka deindustrialization, a hiki i ka hiolo ʻana o ka hale, a hiki i ka Hurricane Katrina, a me ka emi mau ʻana o nā ʻōnaehana o kā mākou kūlanakauhale." ʻO ka hoʻoholo ʻana "ʻo ka noʻonoʻo ʻole o ka hoʻokele waiwai hope" he "hoʻoweliweli lōʻihi i ko mākou kaiāulu a me ke kanaka," ua hoʻokumu ʻo Cooperation Jackson i ka mea i kapa ʻia he "polokalamu kōkua kōkua," e pili ana i nā haʻawina i aʻo ʻia ma hope o ka Hurricane Katrina. ka mea e pili ana, "ka hana ʻana i nā masks e hoʻoponopono i ke kāhea wikiwiki ʻana iā lākou a e kau i kā mākou ʻano hana kūikawā a me nā mea hana e hoʻohana ai i ka lawelawe kanaka."
Hiki iā mākou ke hui pū me ka hoʻoikaika nui e mālama i kekahi i kēia manawa pilikia ʻole. Akā inā ʻaʻole i ʻike ʻia kā mākou mau hoʻoikaika ʻana e ka hoʻohewa ʻana i nā pono ʻole i hana ʻia e ka kapitalisme ʻAmelika ma luna o mākou, ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia mākou e hāʻule i nā pōʻino e hiki mai ana.
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