Zaka zambiri zapitazo ndinakhala m’nyumbamo pulofesa wina wosocheretsa wa mbiri yakale amene anaitana nthambi yakumaloko ya Chipani cha Chikomyunizimu cha United States of America (CPUSA) kuuza ophunzira 20 za “Msewu waku America wopita ku Socialism.” Phwando lidapereka chidziwitso chomvetsa chisoni, kutengera zomwe zidagawika kale ndi aliyense mchipindamo, kuti kusankhana mitundu ndi chinthu choyipa. Kutsika kwamsonkhanowo kudabwera pomwe wolemba mbiri wina wakumanzere adanenanso zomwe sizinathandize kwambiri kuti "Karl Marx adalemba buku. Ankatchedwa Capital, osati mtundu.” Mfundo yaikulu inafika pamene pulofesa woyamba, mwiniwake wa anthu ogwira ntchito, anazindikira kuti gawo lamasewera la nyuzipepala yatsiku ndi tsiku ya chipanicho (imene imatchedwabe kuti The Daily Worker) inapereka kaimidwe ka baseball kokha ka American League, kusiya ija ya National League. "Mukuyembekezera bwanji kufikira anthu ogwira ntchito," adafunsa zigawenga za CPUSA (m'modzi mwa iwo adagona nthawi yonseyi), "mukasiya theka la magulu akuluakulu a baseball patsamba lanu lamasewera?" Ananenanso kuti akufuna kuwona momwe timu yomwe amawakonda, The San Francisco Giants, idachita dzulo lake. Sizikupanga nzeru zambiri pazandale, pulofesayu adatsutsa, kuchitira zoseweretsa zodziwika bwino monga baseball kapena mpira wopanda chidwi kapena, monga si zachilendo pakati pa omanzere, kunyoza.
Ichi ndichifukwa chake ndidakopeka ndi zomwe ananena wotsutsa-nkhondo waku Chicago atangotsala pang'ono kuguba kwakukulu kolimbana ndi nkhondo masika apitawa. Potsogolera gulu lake momwe angayambitsire kuguba, wotsutsayo adalongosola otsutsa omwe anasonkhana m'mawu a baseball, kusiyanitsa pakati pa "bwalo lamanja, lamanzere, ndi lapakati." Pazifukwa zina, anawonjezera kuti, "Ndimadana ndi baseball." Anali ndemanga yodutsa, yoiwalika msangamsanga zochitika. Komabe, sindikanachitira mwina koma kuganiza kuti zikusonyeza kuti wokonza mapulaniwa adzakhala ndi nthawi yovuta kuti apite kupyola gulu la ziwonetsero zamtendere zomwe zatembenuzidwa kale zomwe zinali patsogolo pake. Palibe cholakwika ndi - komanso zambiri zomwe mungalimbikitse - kusakaniza chikhalidwe chaching'ono chosangalatsa ndi ntchito yanu yakumanzere yandale.
Sikuti Kupusa Kwawo Kumeneko
M'dziko lamakono la America, komabe, palibe chomwe chili ngati mgwirizano wabwino pakati pa chikhalidwe chakumanzere cha ndale ndi chikhalidwe "chotchuka" chopangidwa ndi makampani, zosangalatsa, anthu otchuka komanso kudya. Pali zochepa kwambiri zakale ndipo pali zochuluka kwambiri zomalizazi, zomwe zimapezeka usana ndi usiku pa zosankha mazana ambiri zomwe zimaperekedwa m'mabokosi owala a nyanja yopanda malire ya mabanja omwe sali okhazikika.
Kusalinganika uku kumabweretsa kusiyana kwakukulu kwanzeru zodziwika bwino. Anthu wamba aku America akhoza kukuuzani zambiri za moyo wa anthu otchuka osiyanasiyana komanso nkhani zosintha zenizeni zamakanema osiyanasiyana akanema. Angakudabwitseni ndi chidziwitso chambiri komanso chatsatanetsatane chamasewera akatswiri komanso amgulu, zovuta zachuma zokambilana za mgwirizano wa othamanga, komanso tsatanetsatane wazovuta zamalamulo za othamanga (mwachitsanzo, Kobe Bryant). Ali ndi udindo waukulu pamlandu wogwiriridwa wa a Kobe a Bryant, a John Kennedy Junior ndi maukwati oyipa a Princess Di komanso / kapena kufa komvetsa chisoni, moyo wachikondi wa Ben Affleck kapena gawo laposachedwa la "Survivor." Ngati mumamvetsera wailesi yakanema (chizoloŵezi choyendetsa galimoto komwe "ndimaulula" pakati pa anzanga akumanzere), mumamva kusanthula kulikonse kodabwitsa, komwe nthawi zambiri kumatsogola ndi chidwi chodabwitsa kuchokera kwa oyimbira foni tsiku ndi tsiku.
Oyimba foni awa si "dummies". Ndiwowala kwambiri, ngati wophunzira wakukoleji wopusa yemwe amawonetsedwa mu kanema wotchuka "Clueless," yemwe amatha kupita ku Harvard Law School (monga momwe amachitira motsatizana) koma nthawi zambiri amakhala osalabadira chilichonse chomwe chili chofunikira. Amawonetsa mphamvu zaubongo komanso chisangalalo chokhudzana ndi mafunso monga ngati Barry Bonds akuyenera kapena sakuyenera madola X miliyoni pachaka kapena ngati wokonda mbiri yoyipa wa Chicago Cubs yemwe adapatutsa mpira woyipa pamasewera asanu ndi limodzi a National League Championship Series. ndiye wachititsa kuti gululo liwonongeke mu World Series ndipo ngati wokondayo ayenera kufalitsa dzina lake ndi adilesi yake m'manyuzipepala am'deralo (zidziwitsozo zidawoneka, zomwe zikuwonjezera chiopsezo cha okonda kuphedwa ndi Ana akupha). Pamene anthu ambiri ku Bolivia adalimba mtima molimba mtima zachiwawa zomwe boma limapereka ndalama ku US (osachepera 50 okhala mdzikolo adaphedwa ndi apolisi adzikolo ndi asitikali ankhondo) kutsutsa zomwe boma lawo likufuna kupereka zachilengedwe za dzikolo (ku US), Chicago's. Zowonetseratu komanso anthu ambiri adazindikira matenda komanso mkangano wa kugwa kwa Ana a "epic" komanso nthano yachisoni ya wokonda tsoka.
Funsani anthu wamba aku America za tsatanetsatane wa utsogoleri wa ndale, ndalama, ndi momwe ndondomeko zikuyendera kapena mfundo zaposachedwa za mfundo zaposachedwa za US zokhudzana ndi chikhalidwe cha anthu ndi zakunja, ndipo kuyankha sikosangalatsa. Mumapeza mawu osamveka a chisokonezo ndi kusayanjanitsika ndi zigamulo zochokera ku chidziwitso chochepa kuposa zomwe zimadziwika bwino za zinthu monga filimu yaposachedwa ya Brad Pitt. Anthu ambiri aku America amapita patsogolo pa maudindo okhudza anthu otchuka, zamasewera, ndi “nkhani” za zikhalidwe za anthu ambiri, koma amangofuna kutengera akuluakulu aboma pazandale komanso pazandale. Chitsanzo chodziwika bwino cha chizolowezi chotsatirachi chinali kukonzeka kwa anthu ambiri aku America kuvomereza zonena zabodza za George W. Bush zokhuza chiwopsezo cha Iraq - mogwirizana ndi uphungu wanzeru pa ndale wa mwana wamfumu Britney Spears. Seputembala watha, Spears adakhala pansi ndi katswiri wazandale waku CNN a Tucker Carlson kuti apereke mfundo zotsatirazi: "Zowonadi, ndikuganiza kuti tingodalira Purezidenti pachigamulo chilichonse chomwe angapange ndipo tizingogwirizana nazo."
Chitsiru cha Makhalidwe ndi Ndale
Woyambitsa moto wodziwika bwino dzina lake Jim Hightower amasiyanitsa bwino pakati pa kupusa kwenikweni ndi kupusa kwa ndale akamanena kuti "cholakwira chachikulu kwambiri pagulu lathu masiku ano ndi ... Kuchokera kwa otsatsa amakampani kupita kwa olaliki andale, kuchokera ku mabungwe amaphunziro mpaka opanga mapulogalamu azosangalatsa, cholinga chawo ndi chitsiru. Potchula 'zitsiru,' Hightower amatanthauza “kuposa kunena kuti tonse ndife gulu la zidole. Izi ndizongopanga media fluff. ” Komanso:
Mosiyana ndi kukhala mtundu wa anthu opanda nzeru, anthu (makamaka achinyamata) ndi anzeru kuposa kale. Koma n’chifukwa chiyani? Liwu lachi Greek loti 'zitsiru' limatanthawuza anthu omwe mwina anali ndi IQ yayikulu, koma anali otanganidwa kwambiri kotero kuti amangoganizira kwambiri za moyo wawo ndipo anali mbuli komanso osasamalira zodetsa nkhawa za anthu onse komanso zabwino zonse. Anthu oterowo anali otsutsana kwenikweni ndi malingaliro a demokalase a ku Athens a nzika yokangalika yochita nawo ntchito zachitukuko, ndi aliyense kuvomereza maudindo awo kwa wina ndi mnzake komanso kwa anthu onse. Ili ndiye lingaliro lomwe Jefferson ndi Madison adakhazikitsa muzolemba zoyambira dziko lathu, lingaliro lomwe Lincoln adalandira pomwe amalankhula za kuyesetsa kukhala ndi "boma la anthu, la anthu, la anthu," zomwe Justice Louis Brandeis anali kufotokoza. pamene analemba kuti “Ofesi yofunika koposa” m’dziko lathu ndi “ya nzika zaumwini.”
Kukhala nzika yokhudzidwa? Iwalani izi, Jake. Osataya nthawi yanu. Pezani ntchito, khalani pansi, sewerani lotale, musakhale osiyana, imwani mapiritsi, onerani “TV yeniyeni,” gulani zinthu, sewerani motetezeka, khalani mwaukali, musapange mafunde, lipirani maliro anu. . O, komanso pa mafunso akuluwo-monga chilungamo pazachuma, kupita kunkhondo, "kuyambiranso" ufulu / chitetezo, komanso kuchepa kwa demokalase komweko - musapweteke maselo anu ang'onoang'ono poyang'ana pa iwo, chifukwa palibe zambiri zomwe mungachite pa iwo, timadziwa zambiri kuposa inu, ndipo musadandaule ... tidzakusamalirani. Pitani ku bizinesi yanu - khalani chitsiru chabwino. (Jim Hightower, “Musati Mukhale Chitsiru,” Mu Nthawi Zino [September 3, 2003], ikupezeka pa intaneti pa http://www.inthesetimes.com/comments
Vuto lokhalo pakuwunika kwabwino kwa Hightower ndikuphatikiza kwake kwakukulu kwa chikhalidwe chamakampani ndikudzitengera okha. Chikhalidwe chimenecho chimakulitsa chiyanjano chachikulu ku zinthu ndi umunthu kunja kwaumwini, popeza ogula abwino sangakhale olunjika kwambiri mkati.
Kufuna Zomwe Timapeza
Mogwirizana ndi zimene Hightower inanena, nzeru zosiyanasiyana zimene zafotokozedwa pamwambapa sizinangochitika mwangozi kapena kuti anthuwo amadzinenera kuti amakonda zosangalatsa m'malo moganizira zenizeni. Amasankhidwira anthu aku America ndi ambuye amakampani olumikizirana omwe amapereka unyinji wawo wowulutsa, kukopera kosindikiza, ndi mashelufu kuti azikhala opusa (m'lingaliro lachi Greek) zamasewera, zosangalatsa, zogula zamunthu (zomwe zimalamuliranso). nkhani zankhani zambiri panthawi yopuma), komanso zovuta za moyo wamunthu aliyense - omalizawo odzipereka kufunafuna mayankho aumwini ku zovuta za moyo (monga ulaliki wodziwika bwino wazachuma wa Suzy Orman pa udindo wachuma ndi "njira yopita ku chuma," zomveka kuti zimagwira ntchito pamlingo wa banja pawokha, gawo lokhalo latanthauzo kuposa munthu weniweni). Kodi ogula mtengo wocheperawu amapeza zomwe akufuna - monga amanenera mabwana atolankhani - kapena amangofuna zomwe amapeza?
Palibe umboni wasayansi wodziyimira pawokha wosonyeza kuti anthu amakonda zosangalatsa kuposa zenizeni. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, zomwe akuluakulu azama TV amachitira "zenizeni" zimalimbikitsa kuti anthu ambiri azichoka ku demokalase ndi magulu a anthu popangitsa moyo wa ndale ndi wapagulu kukhala wosamveka. Kuwonetsa kuvomerezana kokhazikika kwa osankhika pa momwe nkhani ziyenera kukhazikitsidwa ndi kusankha mitu, nkhani zodziwika bwino zimakhazikika m'malingaliro ang'onoang'ono omwe amakakamiza kufalitsa nkhani mokondera, zosokoneza, komanso zosalimbikitsa. Ndizoletsedwa kuwuza anthu zomwe zikuchitika kunyumba ndi kunja, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kwambiri kwa anthu wamba omwe ali ndi nthawi yokwanira kuti adziwe ngati Iraq ilidi ndi "zida zowononga" (kuyiwala kuti Amalume Sam. ali ndi WMD yochulukirapo kuposa dziko lililonse m'mbiri) kapena chifukwa chake US (yomwe ikuyenera kukhala chizindikiro chaufulu wapadziko lonse) ili ndi omangidwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi (kupereka zitsanzo ziwiri mwa zitsanzo zosawerengeka) popanda kuchita nawo kafukufuku wodziyimira pawokha wotopetsa. Pansi pa nthawi ya Orwellian ndi Huxlean (Dziko Latsopano Lolimba Mtima la Aldous Huxley likuwonetsa tsogolo loyipa momwe olamulira opondereza adasangalatsa anthu ambiri mpaka kufa ndale) mphamvu zamabungwe akuluakulu atolankhani, zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano zimawonetsedwa mwachisokonezo, chosagwirizana, chosalimbikitsa ( kupanduka kwachiwembu kwa ogwira ntchito ndi alimi aku Bolivia sikungawonekere momveka bwino komanso koyenera), motsimikiza / motsimikiza (komwe tidauzidwa kangati kuti kuwukira kwa Bush ku Iraq kunali "kosapeweka" monga momwe anthu ambiri padziko lapansi adatsutsira. Zolinga za "nkhondo" za ku America?) ndi mafashoni opembedza mphamvu omwe akuwoneka kuti atitumiza ife tonse kuthamangira ku sit-coms, personal finance gurus, World Wrestling Federation (WWF), Dr. Phil ndi / kapena akuluakulu amisala am'deralo ndi akuluakulu azachipatala. . Osachepera MTV, WWF, ma sit-coms ndi makanema amakanema ndi zabodza komanso zongopeka, zomwe sizimanamizira kuchita china chilichonse kupatula kutiika m'tulo tabwino, aluntha komanso ndale.
Umu ndi momwe mfiti zamakampani za media Oz zimafunira. Oyang'anira ma TV ndi omwe amawathandiza ndi othandizana nawo alibe chidwi chofuna kulimbikitsa anthu kuti amvetse bwino ndikuchitapo kanthu pazochitika zandale ndi zandale. Safuna kusokoneza zokonda zamphamvu ndi magawo amsika (kuphatikiza awo) powunikira zowona kwambiri pazithunzi zawo zamphamvu, zowongolera komanso zotulutsa zokopa komanso malo osindikizira.
Iwo sali osadziwa za chiyambukiro chonyozeka cha chikhalidwe chawo chodziwika bwino cha anthu ambiri pa chikhalidwe cha luntha lotchuka ndi kuthekera kwa anthu ndi chidwi chodzilamulira mwa demokalase. Amadziwa bwino za mgwirizano wapoizoni komanso waulamuliro womwe ulipo pakati pa nkhani ndi zosangalatsa za maufumu awo akuluakulu olumikizirana - mutu womwe ndibwereranso mu ndemanga yamtsogolo pazasangalalo zamakampani aku America.
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