Zikumveka ngati masewera omaliza. Ku US sabata yatha, chigamulo chachitatu chokhotakhota komanso chosagwirizana kwambiri m'masiku ochepa chidapangitsa kuti ku America kuyesetse kuletsa kuwonongeka kwa nyengo kukhala kosatheka. Kulamulira mokomera dziko la West Virginia, khotilo linagamula kuti bungwe la Environmental Protection Agency siliyenera kuletsa kutulutsa mpweya wa carbon dioxide mโmalo opangira magetsi.
Tsiku lapitalo, ku UK, komiti ya boma ya kusintha kwa nyengo inanena a kulephera "kodabwitsa". ndi oyang'anira a Boris Johnson kuti akwaniritse zolinga zake zanyengo. Ndi zopusa ndi zopotoka ndondomeko zake pa nkhani monga kupulumutsa mphamvu kuti ndizovuta kuwona izi ngati china chilichonse kupatula kulephera mwa mapangidwe. Patsiku la chigamulo cha Khothi Lalikulu, boma la UK lidalengezanso kuti pofuna kuchotsa lamulo loteteza malo ofunikira kwambiri a nyama zakutchire ku UK.
Koma chomaliza kwa ine chinali chisankho chaching'ono. Pambuyo pazaka makumi awiri za ndondomeko zoopsa zomwe zinatembenuza mitsinje yake kukhala zimbudzi zotsegula, Khonsolo ya chigawo cha Herefordshire, kutsatira kusintha kuchokera ku Tory kupita ku ulamuliro wodziyimira pawokha, pomaliza idachita zoyenera. Idapempha boma kuti likhazikitse malo oteteza madzi, kuteteza mtsinje wa Wye ku zoipitsidwa zomwe zimakankhira kugwa kwachilengedwe chonse. Koma m'kalata yomwe idasindikizidwa sabata yatha, nduna ya zachilengedwe ku UK, Rebecca Pow, anakana chilolezo, ponena kuti "zidzakhazikitsa malamulo atsopano ndi apadera kwa alimi ndi mabizinesi omwe ali m'deralo". Izi, ndithudi, mfundo.
Ndi kupepuka kwa chisankho komwe kumapangitsa kukhala kodabwitsa kwambiri. Ngakhale mtengo wa boma ukakhala wochepa, zikuwoneka kuti zatsimikiza kuwononga zabwino zonse ndi zamtengo wapatali za dziko lino. Zimakhala ngati, atumiki akagona, amadzifunsa kuti, โKodi ndachita chiyani kuti dziko la UK likhale loipitsitsa masiku ano?โ
Pomwe tikufunika kuyesetsa kogwirizana padziko lonse lapansi kuti tithawe zovuta zomwe tili nazo - kuwonongeka kwa nyengo, kuwonongeka kwa chilengedwe, kukwera kwa mafunde. mankhwala opangira, kusonkhana kwadzidzidzi kwazakudya padziko lonse lapansi - omwe amagwiritsa ntchito lumo lamagetsi podutsa potuluka.
Nditayamba ntchito ngati mtolankhani wa chilengedwe mu 1985, ndidadziwa kuti ndilimbana ndi anthu omwe ali ndi chidwi chazachuma pazinthu zowononga. Koma sindinaganizepo kuti tsiku lina tidzakumana ndi zomwe zimawoneka ngati kudzipereka kuwononga moyo Padziko Lapansi. Boma la UK ndi Khothi Lalikulu la US amawoneka ngati akulolera kuwononga machitidwe athu othandizira moyo.
Chigamulo cha Khothi Lalikulu sichinali chachisawawa kapena chozikidwa pa mfundo zalamulo zokhazikitsidwa. Zinachokera ku pulogalamu yogwirizana yosintha demokalase ku US ndi ulamuliro wankhanza.
Monga Senator Sheldon Whitehouse adalemba, mazana a madola mamiliyoni mu ndalama zamdima (ndalama zomwe magwero ake sakudziwika) adatsanuliridwa pakusankhidwa ndi kutsimikiziridwa kwa oweruza atatu omwe adasankhidwa ku khoti ndi Donald Trump. Pakati pa magulu omwe akutsogolera makampeniwa anali Achimereka kwa Prosperity, yokhazikitsidwa ndi abale a Koch: tycoons mafuta ndi a mbiri yayitali zopezera ndalama zoyendetsera zolakwa zazikulu. Monga kafukufuku wa Earth Uprising akuwonetsa, pali a kulumikizana kwamphamvu pakati pa kuchuluka kwa ndalama zamafuta ndi gasi omwe aphungu aku US alandila, ndi kuvomereza kwawo kusankhidwa kwa bwalo lamilandu lalikulu la Trump.
Pomwe oweruza ovomerezeka adakhazikitsidwa, ma network omwewo adayamba kugwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo zandalama kuwongolera zisankho zawo. Amatero kudzera mu "chidule cha amicus": malangizo opita kukhothi omwe akuchirikiza udindo wa wodandaula. Njira yoweruzira milandu imayenera kusasunthika ndi kukakamizidwa kwa ndale, koma mwachidule za amicus zakhala zida zamphamvu kwambiri pazida zonse zokopa anthu. Monga Whitehouse akunenera, omwe amapereka ndalama zachidulezi "sikuti 'abwenzi a khothi' - nthawi zambiri, amakhala abwenzi enieni a oweruza omwe adawayika kukhothi".
Ngakhale kuti oligarchs ena amalowerera m'mabwalo amilandu, ena amagwira ntchito bwino kunja kwake, kupotoza malingaliro a anthu pazigamulo zotere kudzera m'mawu ambiri ofalitsa nkhani. Palibe amene, motsutsa, wachita zambiri kuti aletse kuchita bwino kwa chilengedwe kuposa Rupert Murdoch.
Pankhani imeneyi, khoti lalikulu lasochera kupitirira udindo wake womasulira lamulo, m'gawo la akuluakulu ndi aphungu: kupanga lamulo. Ikukhazikitsa mfundo zomwe sizingafanane ndi demokalase, ngati atavoteredwa. Polanda ulamuliro wa mphamvu zowongolera, imakhazikitsa chitsanzo chomwe chingalepheretse pafupifupi chisankho chilichonse chademokalase.
Zonsezi zingawoneke ngati zosamvetsetseka. Chifukwa chiyani wina angafune kuwononga dziko lamoyo? Zoonadi ngakhale mabiliyoni ambiri amafuna dziko lokhalamo komanso lokongola? Kodi sakonda kukwera m'madzi m'matanthwe a coral, usodzi wa salimoni m'mitsinje yopanda madzi, kusefukira pamapiri a chipale chofewa? Timavutika ndi kusamvetsetsa chifukwa chake anthu otere amachita monga momwe amachitira. Timalephera kusiyanitsa zokonda ndi zokonda, komanso zokonda ndi mphamvu. Nโzovuta kwa ife amene sitifuna ulamuliro pa ena kuti timvetse anthu amene amatero. Chotero timadodoma ndi zisankho zomwe amapanga, ndipo timazinena ndi zifukwa zina zosayembekezereka. Chifukwa chakuti sitikuwamvetsa, ndife amene timatengeka mosavuta.
Nkhani zoulutsira nkhani nthawi zambiri zimaimira zofuna za ndale ngati kuti ndi zokonda zandale chabe. Kaลตirikaลตiri zimakhala zokopa ndi ndalama za ndale zomwe zimayambitsa chisankho chomwe chimafotokozedwa m'nkhani. A Conservatives salola kuti ziweto zochulukirachulukira komanso kuthirira zimbudzi kutsanulira zinyalala m'mitsinje chifukwa amakonda kuipitsa. Amachita izi m'malo mwazokonda zamphamvu zomwe akumva kuti ali nazo, monga makampani amadzi ndi omwe ali ndi masheya awo, mabungwe olimbikitsa zaulimi komanso atolankhani a mabiliyoni.
Koma ngakhale zokonda zachuma zimalephera kufotokoza bwino zomwe zikuchitika. Oligarchs omwe akufuna kuthetsa demokalase yaku US apita kutali kwambiri ndikupeza phindu lawo. Sizilinso za ndalama kwa iwo. Ndi za mphamvu zopanda pake: za kuyang'ana dziko likugwada pamaso pawo. Chifukwa cha kuthamanga kwa mphamvu uku, iwo ataya Dziko lapansi.
Milandu yonseyi ikuwonetsa kusatetezeka kwa ndale komweko: kumasuka komwe demokalase imaphwanyidwa ndi mphamvu ya ndalama. Sitingathe kuteteza dziko lamoyo, kapena ufulu wa kubereka kwa amayi, kapena china chilichonse chomwe timachiyamikira mpaka titapeza ndalama kuchokera ku ndale, ndikuphwanya maufumu ofalitsa nkhani omwe amanyoza chivomerezo cha ndale chodziwitsidwa.
Kuyambira 1985, ndauzidwa kuti tilibe nthawi yosintha dongosolo: tiyenera kuyang'ana pa nkhani imodzi yokha. Koma sitinakhalepo ndi nthawi yoti tisasinthe dongosolo. M'malo mwake, chifukwa cha njira Makhalidwe a anthu akhoza kusintha mwadzidzidzi, kusintha kwadongosolo kumatha kuchitika mwachangu kwambiri kuposa kuwonjezereka. Mpaka titasintha machitidwe athu andale, ndikupangitsa kuti olemera asagule zosankha zomwe akufuna, sitidzataya milandu yokha. Titaya chilichonse.
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