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Ndinakulira ku America, koma ndinatuluka mwamsanga momwe ndingathere. Palibe amene anadabwa. Kuyambira ndili wamng'ono, zinali zoonekeratu kuti zilakolako zanga zinali zomwe mungatchule "Weimar American" kapena zomwe anthu ambiri ozungulira ine ankazitcha "zodabwitsa": Kukonda kuwerenga kuposa kuonera TV, kuyika ndalama mu nyimbo za pop, ndi chidwi m'malo mochita chidwi. kunyansidwa ndi lingaliro lokumana ndi anthu osiyana ndi ine, kapena kudya zakudya zomwe ndinali ndisanamvepo.
โNdiwe Mpulumutsi Watsopano,โ mwana wina anandikalipira mโkalasi tsiku lina mโchaka cha 1993. Ndinalibe mtima womuuza kuti teremuyo inali kupita kutali pamene anali mwana.
Tsopano, monga munthu wamkulu, ndimagula pa msika wa alimi. Ndine wazaka zapakati, koma ndikudziwa kuti nyimbo za trap ndi chiyani. Ndili ndi malingaliro pa nyengo zatsopano za "The Great Britain Baking Show," motsutsana ndi akale. Ndimadandaula chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa malo ogulitsa mabuku, komabe ndikugula mabuku enieni pa intaneti. Ndimawerenga manyuzipepala odziwika komanso kudya zakudya zaku Vietnamese. Ndapitako ku maukwati a amuna kapena akazi okhaokha komanso March wa Akazi. Ndalankhula mawu akuti "The Golden Age of Television."
Ndikunena izi kuti ndisadzitamande ndekha chifukwa chokhala m'chiuno, koma mosiyana. Sindine chiuno konse - Ndine waku America wabwinobwino kwambiri. Zedi, ndakhala m'mizinda yomasuka - poyamba Austin, kenako Brooklyn ndipo tsopano Philadelphia - moyo wanga wonse wachikulire. Komabe, America ndikudziwa, komwe filimuyo "Get Out" idagunda kwambiri ndipo a Dixie Chicks sanalakwitse - is maiko aku America.
Anthu aku America ngati ine amakhalanso m'matauni ang'onoang'ono ndi ozungulira, monga chilimwe cha zionetsero za Black Lives Matter ndi zizindikiro za Biden/Harris zikuwonetsa. Pali zokometsera zambiri za ife ndi mafuko ambiri, koma zikhulupiriro zonse - kuyamikira kusiyanasiyana, kuvomereza kusintha kwa chikhalidwe cha anthu, chidwi cha chikhalidwe ndi chifundo kwa ena - ndizomwe zimakonda ku America.
Ena aife tiri pano mwachisankho ndipo ena mwamwambo, onyozedwa ndi mikhalidwe yosasinthika monga mtundu kapena jenda kapena malingaliro ogonana. Komabe, mfundo yoti ma Democrat amakonda kupambana mavoti otchuka pazisankho zapurezidenti mobwerezabwereza - ndi zotsatira za 2020, zomwe zimapangitsa asanu ndi awiri mwa asanu ndi atatu omaliza - ndi umboni kuti America yomwe a Donald Trump ndi mafani ake amadana nayo, America iwo. sindikufuna ngakhale kuvomereza kuti ndi Amereka zovuta America.
Ndipo moona, Trump ndi otsatira ake akudziwa. Zowonadi, ndiye ndendende chikhalidwe chaufulu, chikhalidwe cha anthu aku America chomwe chimafotokoza chifukwa chake tikuwona mkwiyo wowopsa, wokulirapo wa ovota a Trump. Ndi chifukwa chake magalimoto onyamula mbendera, makanema amakanema okhudza kuvala zobvala kumaso m'malo opezeka anthu ambiri, malingaliro oyipa achiwembu akujambula ma Democrat ngati ogona omwa magazi komanso mawu oti "MAGA". Ichi ndichifukwa chake amalolera kuthandizira wogwiriridwa yemwe mwachiwonekere ndi wokonda anthu, mwachidwi komanso mwachidwi.
Ndi chifukwa amawona Trump ngati galimoto "yobwezera" chikhalidwe cha ku America chomwe amakhulupirira kuti chikubedwa ndi tonsefe, ndiko kuti, ambiri enieni aku America.
Kupambana kapena kutaya mu 2020, a Trump adachita bwino kwambiri kwa purezidenti yemwe walola anthu aku America 232,000 kuti amwalire ndipo akusiya mamiliyoni ambiri ku matenda kapena umphawi. Izi zitha kuwoneka ngati zosamvetsetseka kwa anthu ambiri omwe amamunyoza, koma ndichifukwa choti ovota amadziwona ali pankhondo yomwe ilipo ndi tonsefe kuti ndi ndani yemwe anganene kuti ndi anthu amtundu wanji ndi zinthu zomwe zilidi "America."
Pali zotsutsana zambiri kumanzere kwa lingaliro lakuti vuto lathu ladziko liri pa chidziwitso ndi chikhalidwe, osati pa chinachake chomwe chiri chosavuta kupeza chogwirirapo, monga zachuma kapena malingaliro.
Nthawi zambiri zimawonedwa m'magulu opita patsogolo ngati muvotera anthu aku America pazandale monga chisamaliro chaumoyo wapadziko lonse kapena koleji yaulere, anthu ambiri aku America - kuphatikiza kuchuluka kwa ma Republican - amathandizira mfundo zambiri zotsamira kumanzere komanso "zamphamvu". Izi nthawi zambiri zimatengedwa ngati umboni woti ma Democrat akutayika chifukwa ndi amantha kwambiri, ndikuti akalandira mfundo zolimba mtima, zopita patsogolo, apambana.
Momwe mtima wanga umafunira kukhulupirira kuti, komabe, sizowona. Tikudziwa chifukwa onse a Hillary Clinton ndi a Joe Biden adasunthira kumanzere - motsata ndale zaposachedwa za demokalase - ndipo sizinachite chilichonse kuwongolera mavoti awo.
Zomwe sizikutanthauza kuti ma Democrat sayenera kuvomereza mfundo zachuma zomwe zikupita patsogolo. Iwo ayenera, chifukwa ndi chinthu choyenera kuchita. Koma palibe chifukwa chokhulupirira kuti zingathandize kapena kuvulaza mwayi wawo wachisankho, chifukwa palibe njira yopambana mavoti a Trump America. Kuti 45% ya dziko, yomwe ili ndi mphamvu zambiri chifukwa cha Electoral College ndi dongosolo lopanda chilungamo la Senate, limangodandaula kwambiri ndi nkhani za nkhondo za chikhalidwe kusiyana ndi ndondomeko.
Monga Paul Campos ku Lawyers, Guns, and Money adalemba Lachitatu m'mawa, โphunziro lachisankhochi nโchakuti zilibe kanthu kuti pulezidenti wa Republican amachita kapena sachita chiyaniโanthu amene amamuvotera samasamala, bola ngati awapatsa zokwanira zimene akufuna. ndipo zomwe akufuna ndi ulamuliro wadziko komanso kukhala ndi Libs. โ
Pakhala pali nyimbo zabwino zotsutsa m'zaka za Trump. Chomwe chili chodabwitsa pazambiri - monga Childish Gambino's "This Is America," Janelle Monae's "Americans" ndi RuPaul's "American" - ndi momwe amayang'ana kwambiri lingaliro ili la tanthauzo la kukhala waku America.
"Ndine waku America, waku America, ngati inunso," ndi mawu osamveka bwino a nyimbo ya RuPaul, yomwe imasewera kumapeto kwa gawo lililonse la chiwonetsero cha RuPaul m'zaka zaposachedwa.
Ndikutsutsa kuti RuPaul ali, ngati chiri chonse, ngakhale Zambiri Amereka. Iye ndi woyimba nyumba, mfumukazi yokoka komanso wowonetsa masewera, zonsezi ndi miyambo yaluso yobadwira ku America. Izi sizosadabwitsa, chifukwa zinthu zambiri zomwe zimapangitsa kuti chikhalidwe cha dziko lino chikhale chosangalatsa komanso chapadera komanso chokondedwa padziko lonse lapansi chimachokera kwa anthu omwe ali ndi 45% yaulamuliro wathu: Magulu a Queer, madera osayera, madera akumidzi odzaza ndi anthu. alendo.
Ngakhale mapiko akumanja aku America ali ndi ubale wosagwirizana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu aku America omwewo omwe amadana nawo kwambiri. Kuchokera kwa mafani a Trump kuvina monyozeka kwa Anthu Akumudzi pamisonkhano yake ya zipewa zofiira momwe ma beats a hip-hop amathiriridwa ndikuyikidwa mu nyimbo zonyansa za "bro country" ndi magulu monga Florida-Georgia Line ku chirichonse chomwe Kid Rock akuchita: Mzimu wa Pat Boone umakhalabe wolimba. dziko lino, losungidwa ndi anthu omwe akufuna kuba luso lazojambula ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu ena aku America asanawagwetse.
Ndikanakonda ndikanakhala ndi mayankho ambiri ku mavuto athu. Ndikukhumba kuti chisankho chathu chikhale chotopetsa koma chofunikira monga chisamaliro chaumoyo ndi ndondomeko ya msonkho, m'malo mogwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chida chovuta pa nkhondo zachikhalidwe. Ndikukhumba kuti 45% ya aku America omwe sakonda kapena sakonda ma hipper pang'ono komanso ochulukirapo ambiri angosangalala ndi kutisiya tokha. Ndikadakhala kuti kulibe Fox News komanso kulibe Rush Limbaugh komanso abwenzi oyera okhala ndi ma tattoo oyipa omwe amawongolera kusatetezeka kwawo kwachimuna kuti agule mfuti ndikulakalaka "olera" pazama TV.
Koma sinditero. Zikumveka ngati vuto losathetsedwa, kugwidwa ndi anthu ochepa omwe amakwiya kwambiri omwe amangokulirakulira komanso owawa chifukwa ali ndi mphamvu zochulukirapo pamasankho athu. Koma ndivuto lomwe tili nalo, ndipo sitidzayambanso kuganiza zothetsa vuto lathulo mpaka titayangโana maso athu.
Amanda Marcotte ndi wolemba ndale wamkulu ku Salon komanso wolemba "Troll Nation: Momwe Ufulu Unakhalira Zilombo Zopembedza Lipenga Zinakhazikitsidwa Pa Rat-F * cking Liberals, America, ndi Choonadi Chokha.โ Tsatirani iye pa Twitter @AmandaMarcotte ndikulembera kalata yake yandale yazaka ziwiri zilizonse, Chipinda Choyimilira Chokha.
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