Puna: Ke Kahu
Ka makaʻu, ka hilahila, ka hilahila: ʻaʻole pili kēia mau pahu. Ua ʻike ke aupuni hiki iā ia ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma waena o kekahi hōʻino. ʻAʻohe kuhina pono e haʻalele. ʻAʻohe pono e kala aku. ʻAʻohe mea pono e wehewehe.
Ke ulu nei ka huhū o ka lehulehu ma luna o nā piliona paona o nā ʻaelike coronavirus i hoʻopuka ʻia e ke aupuni me ka hoʻokūkū ʻole, me he mea lā ua hoʻoholo wale ʻia e hāʻawi hou aku iā lākou. Mai noʻonoʻo ʻo ka hui kūkākūkā ʻo Deloitte, nona nā limahana e kaapuni ana i loko a i waho o ke aupuni, ua hoʻohewa nui ʻia no ka ʻōnaehana pōʻino ua noʻonoʻo e hāʻawi i nā lako pale i ka NHS. Ua hāʻawi ʻia i kēia manawa he aelike hou nui e hoʻāʻo i ka heluna kanaka no Covid-19.
Mai noʻonoʻo i nā ʻaelike i hoʻopaʻa ʻole ʻia me nā ʻoihana ʻaʻole i ʻike mua i ka hoʻolako ʻana i nā mea lapaʻau i waiho iā mākou me nā puʻu nui PPE maʻamau ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia. Mai noʻonoʻo i kēlā, Ua hōʻike ʻo Byline Times, ua uku ʻia kekahi o kēia mau ʻaelike i ka poʻe ʻauhau ʻauhau £800 no kēlā me kēia lole lapaʻau āna i hāʻawi mai ai. Mai noʻonoʻo i ka liʻiliʻi ʻelua mau miliona paona aelike ua hoopukaia i ʻoihana moe. ʻO ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻaelike i nā ʻoihana maʻamau, me ka ʻole o ka hoʻolaha ʻana, ʻike maopopo a hoʻokūkū paha i kēia manawa ua ʻae ʻia e like me ke ʻano maʻamau. He nui o nā ʻoihana i loaʻa pōmaikaʻi mai keia nui pili pili i nā poʻe kiʻekiʻe ma ke aupuni.
I kēlā me kēia pule, ʻano like ʻo Boris Johnson me George I, ma lalo o kāna aupuni i hana ʻia e nā punahele politika, ma o nā ʻaelike monopoly no ke kūʻai ʻana i ka pūʻali koa. Ua haʻalele ʻia kēlā me kēia hoʻopunipuni o ka hoʻoponopono kālā a i ʻole ke kuleana democratic. Me nā makahiki ʻehā a me ke kākoʻo o ka piliona piliona, ʻo wai ka mea mālama?
ʻO ke ʻano o ka lawelawe ʻana o ke aupuni i ke kālā o ka lehulehu e like me ke kono ākea i ka palaho. ʻOiai he mea paʻakikī ke hōʻike ʻana i ka hewa o kēlā me kēia kanaka, ʻo ke kumu i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ai kēia kālā ke kono nei i ka ʻike.
Ke hoʻohui ʻoe i nā huaʻōlelo corruption a me United Kingdom, pane ka poʻe me ka pīhoihoi a me ka huhū. ʻO ka palaho, ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei mākou, he mea ia e kū nei ma waho. ʻOiaʻiʻo, inā ʻoe e nānā i nā kūlana paʻi ʻia e Transparency International, ua like ka UK me kekahi o nā ʻāina maʻemaʻe loa o ka honua. Akā, he mea hana kēia o nā kuʻina haiki a lākou e hoʻohana ai.
E like me kā Jason Hickel i kuhikuhi ai kāna puke ʻO ka Māhele, ʻo ka ʻaihue a nā luna ma nā ʻāina ʻilihune ma waena o $20 a me $40 biliona i ka makahiki. Nui ke kālā, a hoʻopilikia i ka maikaʻi a me ke aupuni demokala ma ia mau ʻāina. Akā ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o kēia helu e nā kahe kālā ʻole mai nā ʻāina ʻilihune a me ka waena waena i hoʻonohonoho ʻia e nā hui multinational a me nā panakō. ʻO ka hui noiʻi US Ka Pono Waiwai honua Ua manaʻo ʻo ia he $1.1 trillion i kēlā me kēia makahiki ke kahe hewa ʻole mai nā aupuni ʻilihune, i ʻaihue ʻia mai iā lākou ma o ka ʻauhau ʻauhau a me ka hoʻoili kālā ʻana i loko o nā hui. Ke kumukūʻai kēia hana ma lalo o Saharan Africa ma kahi o 6% o kāna GDP.
Ke hilinaʻi nei ka poʻe hao wale i nā aupuni huna e hana a hūnā i kā lākou kālā ʻaihue. ʻO ka papa kuhikuhi no ka ʻauhau ʻauhau i paʻi ʻia e ka Tax Justice Network e hōʻike ana ʻo nā ʻāina ʻekolu i hana nui i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i kēia ʻaihue ʻo ia ka British Virgin Islands, Bermuda a me nā mokupuni ʻo Cayman. ʻO lākou a pau he mau ʻāina Pelekane. ʻO Jersey, kahi hilinaʻi Pelekania, hele mai i ka ʻehiku ma ka papa inoa. ʻO kēia mau wahi he mau satelite kūpono o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lākana. Akā, no ka mea, aia lākou i waho, ke kūlanakauhale hiki ke pōmaikaʻi iā "nā hana ʻino ... ʻoiai e ʻae ana i ke aupuni Pelekania e mālama i ka mamao ke kū mai nā hōʻino." ʻO ka hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Lākana mai ke kūʻokoʻa o nā kānāwai ʻike o UK e hana i kahi apo o ka hūnā.
ʻIke ʻia hoʻi ʻo UK ke kapikala hoʻopiʻi kālā o ka honua. In he ʻatikala pōʻino no ka Guardian, ua hōʻike ʻo Oliver Bullough i ka maʻalahi o ka hūnā ʻana i kāu ʻaihue ʻaihue a me nā hoʻolālā hoʻopunipuni ma ʻaneʻi, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi loophole nui ma ke kānāwai ʻoihana: ʻaʻohe mea e nānā i nā kikoʻī o ka kuleana āu e komo ai i ka wā e hana ai i kāu hui. Hiki iā ʻoe, ʻoiaʻiʻo, ke kapa iā ʻoe iho ʻo Mickey Mouse, me kahi helu i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma Mars, a haʻalele me ia. Ua ʻike ʻo Bullough i nā mea nona ma ka pūnaewele ʻo Companies House i kapa ʻia ʻo "Xxx Stalin" a me "Mr Mmmmmm Xxxxxxxxxxx", nona ka helu i hāʻawi ʻia ʻo "Mmmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmm, MMM". Ua ʻike ʻia kahi noiʻi he 4000 mau mea nona nā hui, e like me kā lākou kikoʻī i waiho ʻia, aia ma lalo o ʻelua mau makahiki.
Ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā ʻike hoʻopunipuni, hiki i nā mea nona nā hui ma UK ke komo i ka hana ʻoihana o ke kālā haumia, me ka makaʻu ʻole i ka hopu ʻia. ʻOiai ʻo ka ʻōnaehana inoa inoa ʻoihana o UK hōʻike ʻia ma ke ʻano he mea hana i ka nui loa o ka honua i ike i ke kala kala-kala, ka ʻO Danske Bank hōʻino, ua makapo ke aupuni.
He puke hou a weliweli na ka mea kākau moʻolelo Financial Times Tom Burgis, Kleptopia, e hahai ana i ke au o ka honua o ke dala haumia, a me na pepehi kanaka a me na kidnappings e pono ai ke malama ia mea. Ua ʻike hou ʻo ia, ʻo kēia kālā, ʻoiai paha e loaʻa mai ia ma Rūsia, ʻApelika a i ʻole ka Middle East, e hele ana ma Ladana. ʻAʻole hiki mai ka pepehi kanaka a me ka ʻaihue ʻana ma ʻaneʻi, ʻoiaʻiʻo: he maʻemaʻe kā mākou mau panakō a me nā kui kuʻi. Manaʻo ka National Crime Agency i ka hoʻopiʻi kālā uku ʻia ka UK £ 100bn i ka makahiki. Akā ʻoi aku ka nui o ka poʻe waiwai. Me ke kālā hiki mai ka poʻe e holo ana i ka hopena o kā lākou mau hewa, hoʻokipa ʻia i kēia ʻāina ma o ke aupuni “visa gula” papahana: kahi ʻulaʻula i waiho ʻia no ka poʻe waiwai loa.
ʻAʻohe o kēia mau hiʻohiʻona i nā wehewehe kūhelu o ka palaho. ʻO ka palaho ka hana a ka poʻe liʻiliʻi. Akā ʻo nā kleptocrats ma nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻaihue nui ma Lākana. ʻO ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka palaho o nā mea ʻē aʻe ke kumu o ka nui o ka waiwai o kēia ʻāina. Ke hoʻomaka ʻoe e hoʻomaopopo i kēia, ʻo ka paio a ka mea kākau o O Gomora, ʻo Roberto Saviano, ʻo ia ʻo UK ka ka lāhui kolohe loa ma ka Honua, hoʻomaka ka manaʻo.
ʻO kēia mau hana ka hoʻomau ʻana o ka ʻaihue colonial: kahi ala e huki ʻia ai ka waiwai nui mai nā ʻāina ʻilihune a i loko o nā lima o ka poʻe waiwai nui. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka waiwai nui a me ka like ʻole o UK ma luna o ka ʻaihue colonial: ʻo ka ʻāina a me ka hana i ʻaihue ʻia ma ʻIlelani, ʻAmelika a me ʻApelika, nā kānaka i ʻaihue ʻia e ka hoʻoluhi ʻana. He $45 trillion ke koko mai India.
E like me ko makou kaawale ana ia makou iho mai na mahiko kauwa Beritania ma ka Caribbean, manaʻoʻiʻo ʻAʻohe o lākou pili iā mākou, i kēia manawa ua hoʻokaʻawale mākou iā mākou iho mai nā hewa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻo Pelekania, ʻo ka hapa nui o ia mea e hana ʻia ma ka Caribbean. ʻOi aku ka nui o kāu aʻo ʻana, ʻoi aku ka nui o kou hoʻomaopopo ʻana ʻo ia ka mea e pili ana: ʻo ka larceny nui ka pou a puni ka politika Pelekane.
ʻO kahi Brexit no-deal, ʻo ia ʻo Boris Johnson me he mea la he oluolu, e hoʻopaʻa i ke kūlana o UK ma ke ʻano he entrepot honua no ka hewa i hoʻonohonoho ʻia. Ke wehe ʻia nā kaohi nawaliwali o ka EU, ma lalo o kahi aupuni i ʻike ʻole ʻia i ke kuleana kumu, ʻoi aku ka maopopo o ka leka a mākou e hoʻouna aku ai i ke koena o ka honua ma mua o kēia lā: e hele mai e holoi i kāu waiwai pio.
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He mea maikaʻi a koʻikoʻi ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi kuanaʻike a me ka pōʻaiapili mai George Monbiot e pili ana i ka palaho. ʻO nā lāhui waiwai a me ka poʻe ʻilihune he mau manaʻo e pili ana i ka palaho, e like me nā manawa a pau, e hoʻomāinoino i nā aupuni ʻoi aku ka ikaika a hoʻokuʻu aku i nā lāhui nui a waiwai. ʻO nā aupuni nui aʻoi aku ka ikaika e like me UK a me ka US he akamai lākou i ka palaho,ʻaʻole wale ma ko lākou mau'āina pono'ī akā i ko lākou mau pilina "kolo" me nā mea liʻiliʻi.