Nkhaniyi yasinthidwa kuchokera m'buku latsopano la Norman Solomon "Made Love, Got War," lomwe langosindikizidwa ngati a. e-book yaulere.
Lamulo lalikulu lomaliza la 2021 linali lamulo lololeza $ 768 biliyoni pakugwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo mchaka chamawa. Purezidenti Biden adasaina patatha masiku awiri tchuthi cha Khrisimasi cholemekeza Kalonga Wamtendere.
Ziwerengero za dollar zitha kuwoneka ngati zosamveka pazenera, koma zikuwonetsa kukula kwa mania. A Biden adapempha $ 12 biliyoni yokha kuposa bajeti yankhondo ya Purezidenti Trump ya chaka chatha - koma sizinali zokwanira kwa ochita malonda a Bipartisan mu Nyumba ndi Senate, zomwe zidalimbikitsa $ 37 biliyoni m'malo mwake.
Ponseponse, ndalama zomwe zimagwiritsidwa ntchito pankhondo zimawononga pafupifupi theka la ndalama zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito posankha - pomwe mapulogalamu othandizira m'malo mopha amakhala pazakudya zochepa m'maboma ambiri am'deralo, maboma, ndi mayiko. Ndi njira yosayimilira yolimbikitsa dziko lankhondo kuti ligwirizane ndi zofunikira za neoliberal. Ngakhale kuti mapindu ochulukirachulukira akupindulitsa anthu apamwamba ndi kulemeretsa anthu olemera kale, zotulukapo za kusalingana kopambanitsa kwa ndalama zikufooketsa chiyembekezo cha ambiri.
Mphamvu zamabizinesi zimakakamiza pafupifupi chilichonse, kaya chisamaliro chaumoyo kapena maphunziro kapena nyumba kapena ntchito kapena njira zothanirana ndi vuto lanyengo. Chomwe chilipo ndi dongosolo la ndale la chuma.
Nkhondo yamagulu ku United States yakhazikitsa zomwe zimafanana ndi oligarchy. Dongosolo lazachuma la ziro, lomwe limatchedwa corporate capitalism, likugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zake nthawi zonse kuti lipereke mphotho ndi kulanda. Mphamvu zazikulu zankhondo zamagulu - zovutitsa mosagwirizana ndi anthu amitundu pomwe zikuvulazanso azungu mamiliyoni ambiri - zikupitilizabe kusokoneza ufulu wachibadwidwe wa anthu kuphatikiza chilungamo chofanana ndi chitetezo chachuma. M'dziko lenileni, mphamvu zachuma ndi mphamvu zandale. Dongosolo lomwe limagwiritsa ntchito ndalama ndi luso loyendetsa anthu popanda izo.
Mawu akuti "Sindingathe kupuma,โ anabwerezedwa kangapo ndi Eric Garner mโgulu la apolisi opha anthu ambiri, ndipo anthu ambiri amene mayina awo sitidzawadziwa. Kuphatikizika kwa chisalungamo chaufuko ndi ukapitaliste wolusa ndiwo madera owopsa kwambiri, kumene ambiri amakhala mwapangโonopangโono kapena mwadzidzidzi amataya zinthu zofunika pamoyo. Kukambitsirana kwa mawu monga "kusankhana mitundu" ndi "umphawi" kumakhala kosavuta, kutengera zotsatira za anthu, pomwe moyo wosadziwika umasokonekera chifukwa cha kupanda chilungamo kwanthawi zonse, nkhanza zanthawi zonse, momwe zinthu zimakhalira.
Nkhondo yolimbana ndi demokalase tsopano ikuchitika ku United States. Kuposa kale lonse, chipani cha Republican ndi gawo lachisankho laulamuliro wa azungu osachita manyazi komanso zoopsa monga kudana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha, kudana ndi amuna kapena akazi okhaokha. Kukaniratu kwanyengo kwa chipanichi sikungosokonekera. Njira yake yolimbana ndi mliri wa Covid yakhala ngati kukumbatirana kwa imfa m'dzina la kudzikonda kwamunthu payekha. Ndi oweruza ake a Khothi Lalikulu m'malo, "Grand Old Party" yachepetsa ufulu wovota ndi ufulu wochotsa mimba. Pazonse, pankhani zapakhomo, mgwirizano wapagulu uli pakati pa neoliberalism ndi neofascism. Ngakhale maudindo onyansa a utsogoleri wa demokalase ndiambiri, kunena mofatsa, zipani ziwirizi zikuyimira zigawo ndi zolinga zosiyanasiyana kunyumba. Sichoncho pa nkhani za nkhondo ndi mtendere.
Zipani zonse ziwirizi zikupitilizabe kulimbana ndi zomwe Martin Luther King Jr. anazitcha "misala yankhondo." Pamene King anafotokoza za kuwononga ndalama zachipongwe pankhondo yakutali monga โchubu china cha ziwanda, chowononga,โ anali kudzudzula mphamvu zimene zimapirira ndi kubwezera. Masiku ano, misala ndi kukana sizilinso chimodzimodzi. Gulu lankhondo limagwira ntchito ngati mwala wopatulika wa chikhulupiriro ku America ngati dziko limodzi lokhalo lofunikira padziko lonse lapansi. Mabajeti a Pentagon a Gargantuan amatengedwa mopepuka, monga momwe amaganizira kuti ali ndi ufulu wophulitsa mayiko ena mwakufuna kwawo.
Bajeti iliyonse ikupitilizabe kuphatikiza ndalama zambiri zogulira zida za nyukiliya, kuphatikiza ndalama zazikulu zomwe zimatchedwa "kusintha" kwa zida zanyukiliya. Chowonadi chomwe bukhuli linatchula pamene linasindikizidwa koyamba - kuti United States inali ndi zida za nyukiliya zikwi khumi ndipo Russia inali ndi chiwerengero chofanana - sichilinso chowona; oyerekeza ambiri amati nkhokwezo tsopano pafupifupi theka lalikulu. Koma zimene zikuchitika panopa nโzoopsa kwambiri. Mu 2007, Doomsday Clock idasungidwa ndi Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists adayang'anira kuyandikira kwa dziko ku chiwonongeko pa mphindi zisanu mpaka pakati pausiku pakati pausiku. Pamene 2022 idayamba, manja ophiphiritsa anali pamasekondi zana ku Midnight. Umu ndi momwe mpikisano wa zida za nyukiliya ukulirakulira, wolimbikitsidwa ndi makampani ankhondo omwe amapeza phindu. Zolankhula zokwezeka zokhudza kufunafuna mtendere sizimathetsa chisonkhezero chankhondo.
Ndi kuchoka kwa asitikali aku US ku Afghanistan, zaka khumi zachitatu zazaka za zana lino zikukonzekera kutulutsa makwinya atsopano mu malingaliro aku America a hegemonic. Ali m'njira, Joe Biden wanenanso mfundo yayikulu yofikira pawiri mu buku lodziwika bwino la George Orwell, 1984: โNkhondo Ndi Mtendere.โ Polankhula ku United Nations m'dzinja la 2021, Biden adalengeza kuti: "Ndiyima pano, kwa nthawi yoyamba m'zaka makumi awiri, United States siili pankhondo. Tatsegula tsamba.โ Koma tsamba lotembenuzidwalo lidakhala lakupha popanda mathero owonekera. United States inakhalabe pankhondo, ikuphulitsa mabomba ku Middle East ndi kwina kulikonse, ndipo zambiri sizinabisidwe kwa anthu. Ndipo kuchuluka kwa ziwawa zaku US ku Russia ndi China kudakulitsa chiwopsezo cha kulimbana kwankhondo komwe kungayambitse nkhondo yanyukiliya.
Kuwona bwino za tsogolo la USA ndizotheka kokha mukanyalanyaza mbiri munthawi yeniyeni. Pambuyo pa zaka zinayi za utsogoleri wapoizoni wa Trump, mtundu wa Biden waufulu wamakampani umapereka kusakaniza kwa mankhwala ophera tizilombo komanso poizoni wopitilira. Chipani cha Republican, chomwe tsopano ndi neofascist, chili pachiwopsezo chotenga ulamuliro wa boma la US pofika pakati pazaka khumi. Kupewa zoopsa zotere kumawoneka ngati kopanda mphamvu kwa akuluakulu a Democratic Party omwewo omwe adatsegulira njira kuti a Donald Trump akhale purezidenti poyambirira. Kuwona zenizeni za momwe zinthu zilili pano - kumveketsa bwino momwe tafika kuno komanso komwe tili - ndikofunikira kuti tichepetse masoka omwe akubwera ndikuthandizira kupanga tsogolo labwino. Mfundo zofunika kwambiri ziyenera kunenedwa. Ndipo anachitapo kanthu.
Norman Solomon ndiye mtsogoleri wadziko lonse wa RootsAction.org komanso wolemba mabuku khumi ndi awiri kuphatikiza Made Love, Got War: Close Encounters with America's Warfare State, lofalitsidwa mu kope latsopano ngati e-book yaulere mu Januwale 2022. Mabuku ake ena ndi monga War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Ideath. Anali nthumwi ya Bernie Sanders kuchokera ku California kupita ku 2016 ndi 2020 Democratic National Conventions. Solomon ndiye woyambitsa komanso director wamkulu wa Institute for Public Accuracy.
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