Kukhala wolemba zandale wankhanza nthawi zambiri kumandipangitsa kudzimva ngati woyang'anira m'nkhokwe ya akavalo, ndikufosholo ndowe mosalekeza. Ndi ntchito yosokoneza, yonunkha - koma kumbali yowala, zinthuzo ndi zambiri, choncho ntchitoyo ndi yokhazikika. Zowonadi, tsopano ndine katswiri wodziwika bwino wochotsa zinyalala, popeza ndapanga katswiri wocheperako koma wofunikira: kuyeretsa zinthu zamahatchi zomwe ma politicos osasamala komanso mitundu yosasamala ya media imangotaya mawu oti "populist."
Monga momwe mungaganizire, m'chaka chino cha chipwirikiti padziko lonse, ndakhala wotanganidwa kwambiri. Populism - mawu owoneka bwino osonyeza chiphunzitso cholimbikitsa cha kusamvana komanso gulu lazandale-zachuma-chikhalidwe lomwe lili ndi mizu yozama m'mbiri yopita patsogolo ya America - laipitsidwa nthawi zonse mu 2016 ndi osankhika omwe amawagwiritsa ntchito molakwika ngati mawu ofanana ndi umbuli ndi tsankho:
Pamene anthu akumanja, odana ndi Asilamu m'maiko ochepa aku Europe adapita kumalire adziko lawo kukaletsa othawa kwawo aku Syria omwe akuvutika kuti asadutse ku Europe, atolankhani ambiri adatcha anthu omwe akuwatsutsawo kuti "anthu ambiri."
Anthu osankhika ku Great Britain, omwe adakangana ndi Brexit, adadzudzula voti ya anthu awo kuti atuluke mu European Union chifukwa cha tsankho la anthu ogwira ntchito ku Briteni.
Ali ku United States, zenizeni zenizeni zikuwonetsa kuti "Donald" adasokoneza oimira mabungwe ndi ndale, omwe adakana kuti Trump adakwiyira anthu, mosasamala adati kukwera kwake kumangokhala "populist" ma bumpkins omwe adavomereza kuukira kwake konyoza akazi. , Mexicans, Asilamu, mamembala a mgwirizano, othawa kwawo, anthu olumala ndi omenyera nkhondo, pakati pa ena. Zowonadi, akuluakulu apamwamba adanyoza Trump kuti ndi "wotchuka."
Pepani, koma ngati bilionea wa bilionea blowhard ndi wokonda kutchuka, ndiye kuti ndine wopikisana naye mumpikisano wake wa Miss Universe.
Populism si kalembedwe - ndipo izi ndizofunikira kuzindikira panthawi ino ya "The Donald" - komanso sikutanthauza "kukwiyitsidwa kotchuka." Populism ndi chiphunzitso chandale chokhazikika chomwe chimachirikiza anthu wamba pakulimbana kwawo kwa demokalase kopitilira mphamvu pamiyoyo yawo.
M'mwezi wa June wathawu, ndinali wodabwitsidwa kuti mosakayikira wosewera wamkulu pa mpikisano waupulezidenti wa chaka chino anandipatsa thandizo lalikulu pakutsuka manyowa kuchotsa malingaliro a demokalase a anthu enieni. “Sindinakonzekere kuvomereza kuti mawu ena amene akhala akuchulukirachulukira ndi okhudza anthu,” anatero mnzanga woscrub. Ananenanso kuti ndale “siimayamba kutchuka” mwa kunyozetsa anthu amitundu, zikhalidwe, zipembedzo ndi mayiko ena.
“Simuyeso wa anthu ambiri. Kumeneko ndi nativism kapena xenophobia kapena zoipa kwambiri. Kapena ndi kusuliza chabe. Kotero ine ndingolangiza aliyense kuti asamale kuti adziwike mwadzidzidzi kwa aliyense amene amabwera panthawi ya nkhawa zachuma kuti iwo ndi 'wotchuka.' Kodi akhala kuti? Kodi akhala akutsogolo kwa anthu ogwira ntchito? Kodi akhala [akuyesetsa] kutsegulira anthu ambiri mwayi?”
Mukuwauza, Bernie! Koma dikirani. Ameneyo sanali Sanders. Anali a Barack Obama akupereka maphunziro osakhazikika pazachiphunzitso za anthu ambiri pamsonkhano wa atolankhani wa June 29.
Zowona, Obama mwiniwake sanakhalepo wokonda kuchitapo kanthu. Koma iye anali wolondola pa zomwe populism siili. Ananenanso kuti anthu enieni amavomereza mfundo zademokalase zophatikizana komanso kutsagana ndi anthu ambiri, zomwe pakali pano zikuwukiridwa mwankhanza ndi gulu labodza lotsogozedwa ndi a Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, ndi ena othawa kwawo omwe amatuluka thovu.
Ngakhale kuti kusonkhezera tsankho lodana ndi osamukira kudziko lina chifukwa cha kupindula kwa ndale kuli kochititsa manyazi ndi kuphulika kwa anthu, ndithudi si zachilendo kapena zachilendo m’dziko lathu. Komanso sichosagonjetseka. Kwa zaka zoposa 200, dziko la US lakhala likuphulika nthawi ndi nthawi za zonyansa zoterezi kuchokera m'kati mwa ndale, komabe mibadwo ya anthu aku America yagonjetsa bwino mkwiyo wa xenophobic wa nthawi yawo potsutsa tsankho ndi chikhalidwe chomwe chilipo cha anthu kuti anthu onse analengedwa mofanana. Ndipotu pafupifupi mabanja athu onse anachokera kwina.
Jim Hightower ndi wothirira ndemanga pawailesi, wolemba, wolankhula pagulu komanso wolemba bukuli Sambirani Motsutsana ndi Panopa: Ngakhale Nsomba Yakufa Imatha Kuyenda Ndi Madzi Ake (Wiley, March 2008). Amasindikiza mwezi uliwonse Hightower Lowdown, lolembedwa ndi Phillip Frazer.
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