Ndikakuuzani kuti ndichirikiza ufulu wa amayi bola ngati sindidzatsutsidwa kugwiriridwa, mungaganize kuti ndikufunika maphunziro anzeru komanso makhalidwe abwino aumunthu. Ndikanena kuti ndimakonda ufulu malinga ngati sindikanalimbana ndi ukapolo, mungayambe kubwerera mโmbuyo pangโonopangโono.
Komabe pa Seputembara 1st, m'mawu omwe sizachilendo, a Kupita Patsogolo Tsiku ndi Tsiku Adanenanso membala wa Bungwe la Sukulu ya Charlottesville, Ned Michie, yemwe adatsutsa chigamulo chothandizira zochitika zokondwerera Tsiku la Mtendere Padziko Lonse:
"Ndimakonda zamtendere komanso zopanda chiwawa," adatero Michie, "koma, mwachitsanzo ... ."
Ndi chinthu choseketsa pamtendere ndi nkhondo: muyenera kusankha pakati pawo. Sasakanizana bwino kuposa ufulu ndi ukapolo. Simungakonde mtendere popanda kutsutsa nkhondo. Ndipotu, simungathe kuthandizira mtendere popanda kutsutsana ndi makina omwe amachititsa kuti nkhondo zitheke. Ndipo makinawa ali ku Charlottesville konse, komwe amapereka anthu ambiri am'deralo ntchito.
Komabe, kupanga ntchito ndi chinthu china chomwe simungachithandizire popanda kutsutsa zomwe Purezidenti Dwight Eisenhower zaka 50 zapitazo. anachenjeza za "gulu lankhondo ndi mafakitale."
Zingakhale bwanji zimenezo? Ndiloleni ndifotokoze.
Charlottesville ndi kwawo kwa National Ground Intelligence Center, yomwe tsopano ili kumpoto kwa tawuni koma m'tawuni yomwe idakhala nyumba ya SNL Financial. The malo atsopano a NGIC imakhalanso ndi National Geo-Spatial Intelligence Agency ndi DIA, Defense Intelligence Agency. Yunivesite ya Virginia yamanga malo opangira kafukufuku pafupi. Palinso Justice Advocate General's Legal Center yolumikizidwanso ndi UVA Law School. Ndiye pali Virginia National Guard, omwe amakonda kuteteza mayiko, osati awa.
Zotsatsa zomwe akufuna kuderalo zimapereka ntchito "zofufuza zida zamankhwala ndi mankhwala" ku Battelle Memorial Institute (yomwe ili ku UVA Research Park) ndikupanga zida zamitundu yonse zamaboma amitundu yonse ku Northrop Grumman. Ndiye pali Teksystems, Pragmatics, Wiser, ndi ena ambiri okhala ndi mapangano a Pentagon mafuta.
Olemba ntchito amalemberanso ntchito kuno ku Northern Virginia ndi Concurrent Technologies Corporation, Ogsystems, Defense Logistics Agency, BAE Systems, ndi zina zambiri. BAE, yomwe nthawi zambiri imakhala ndi zotsatsa zobiriwira zamasamba mu patsogolo, adalipira chindapusa cha $400 miliyoni chaka chatha ku boma la US kuti kuthetsa milandu yopereka ziphuphu ku Saudi Arabia kugula zida zake.
Kuchokera ku 2000 mpaka 2010, makontrakitala ankhondo 161 ku Charlottesville adakoka $919,914,918 kudzera m'mapangano 2,737 ochokera kuboma. Zoposa $8 miliyoni za izo zinapita ku yunivesite ya Bambo Jefferson, ndipo magawo atatu mwa anayi a izo ku Darden Business School. Ndipo chizolowezi chimakwera nthawi zonse.
Makontrakitala a 161 amapezeka m'mafakitale osiyanasiyana kupatula maphunziro apamwamba, kuphatikizapo: Nautical system ndi kupanga zida; kupanga akhungu ndi mthunzi; msonkhano wadera wosindikizidwa; owerengera nyumba; ntchito zaumisiri; malo ochitira masewera osangalatsa; kafukufuku ndi chitukuko mu biotechnology; ogulitsa magalimoto atsopano; kusindikiza kwa intaneti; ogulitsa mafuta amafuta; ndi mgwirizano wa 2006 ndi Pig Daddy's BBQ.
Kubwerera mu Marichi, a latsopano Yorker Magazini ina inanena kuti DARPA, bungwe la Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, "inaitana akatswiri anthanthi, akatswiri a chikhalidwe cha anthu, akatswiri a chikhalidwe cha anthu, akatswiri a maganizo, asayansi a ndale, ndi "ists" okhudzana ndi Boar's Head Inn ... ophunzira: 'Nkhani ndi chiyani?'
DARPA ndi bungwe lomwelo lomwe lasuntha kuchoka ku njovu zakupha makina ndi nkhondo za telepathic mpaka kuphulika kwa frisbees, mavu a cyborg, ndi Captain America osadya chakudya ndi osagona. A DIA, nawonso mbali iyi ya ntchito ya "nzeru", ankaphunzitsa akazitape amatsenga (amuna omwe amayang'ana mbuzi ngati angapeze mbuzi) pamalo ena ku Nelson County yotchedwa Nelson. Monroe Institute.
Ntchito, ntchito, ntchito zankhondo kulikonse komwe mukuwona. Ndipo komabe, madola mabiliyoni onse omwe boma lathu limagwiritsa ntchito pa usilikali limapanga (mwachindunji ndi mosalunjika) ntchito zocheperapo, ndi ntchito zotsika mtengo kusiyana ndi zomwe madola mabiliyoni omwewo angaperekedwe m'mafakitale ena kapena ngakhale kuchepetsa msonkho kwa anthu ogwira ntchito. Kuwongolera kachigawo kakang'ono ka ndalama zomwe timagwiritsa ntchito pankhondo kupita ku maphunziro, mphamvu zobiriwira, chithandizo chamankhwala, ndi kuchepetsa msonkho kungapangitse ntchito kwa munthu aliyense wosagwira ntchito kapena wosagwira ntchito mdziko muno (29 miliyoni aiwo) komanso kwa iwo omwe ataya ntchito zamakampani ankhondo pakusinthaku. Kusintha koteroko kungasiya usilikali ndi ndalama zambiri kuposa momwe zinalili zaka 10 zapitazo.
Kodi tili ndi vuto la ngongole? Vuto la ulova? Kapena vuto lankhondo chabe?
Ndalama zankhondo zaku US m'madipatimenti ambiri zakwera kwambiri m'zaka khumi zapitazi ndipo tsopano zikupanga theka la ndalama za federal discretionary. Komabe Dipatimenti ya Chitetezo sinafufuzidwe mokwanira m'zaka za 20, ndipo kuyambira 2001 silinathe kuwerengera $ 2.3 trilioni mwa $ 10 trilioni kapena zomwe zinaperekedwa panthawiyo. United States ikhoza kuchepetsa ndalama zake zankhondo ndi 80 peresenti ndikukhalabe ndalama zapamwamba kwambiri zankhondo padziko lonse lapansi.
Kuchoka ku malo opangira mafakitale ankhondo kungachepetsenso nkhondo. Dziko lathu pakali pano likulimbana ndi nkhondo za drone zomwe zimapanga adani mwa kupha anthu osalakwa, makamaka chifukwa Central Intelligence Agency inapanga bungwe lankhondo za drone ndipo likufuna kuzigwiritsa ntchito. Akatswiri ochokera m'dziko lonselo komanso mkati mwa asilikali adzasonkhana ku Charlottesville kuyambira September 16 mpaka 18 kuti akonze njira yosiyana, yomwe imathandizira mtendere ngakhale zitatanthawuza kutsutsa nkhondo. Aliyense akhoza kulembetsa kuti akakhale nawo pa MIC50.org.
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David Swanson akuthandizira kukonza msonkhano wa MIC50 ku Charlottesville. Nkhani yake yakale mu Hook inali a 2008 yang'anani kuopsa kwa makina ovota, ndipo buku lake laposachedwapa ndi "War Is A Lie."
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