Kugwa kwa Francis Scott Key Bridge ku Baltimore kwachititsa mantha ku United States. Mlathowu sunamangidwe kuti upirire kugunda kwachindunji kuchokera ku sitima yapamadzi yayikulu ngati dali, zomwe zinagwetsa nyumbayo patangopita mphindi zochepa injini yake italephera kugwira ntchito ndipo inakhala mphamvu yosalamulirika yomwe imathamangira ku mlathowo.
Chochitikachi ndi chizindikiro cha momwe capitalism yopanda malire idapangitsa kuti nkhawa zachitetezo zikhale zachiwiri ku phindu.
The Dali, yoyendetsedwa ndi chimphona chotumiza Maersk, anali kunyamula zambiri kuposa Matani 800 za zinthu zowononga komanso zoyaka moto. Mlembi wa zamayendedwe a Pete Buttigieg adafanizira sitimayo ya matani 95,000 ndi chonyamulira ndege komanso New York Times anafotokoza kuti โPamene mlathowo unamangidwa, zombo zonyamula katundu sizinali zazikulu zomwe zilili masiku ano.โ Ndipotu, zombo zoterezi zakhala nazo kukula mokhazikika kukula kwake pazaka makumi angapo zapitazi. Katswiri wina wa zachuma anauza nyuzipepala ya Times kuti makampani oyendetsa sitima โankachita zimene ankaganiza kuti nโzothandiza kwambiri kwa iwo okhaโkukulitsa zombozoโndipo sankachita chidwi kwenikweni ndi mayiko ena onse.โ Izi nazonso zakakamiza mayiko kutero kukulitsa njira zamadzi kulandirira mabehemoth, nthawi zambiri movutikira anthu.
ena peresenti 90 mwa zinthu zonse zamalonda zimene zimatumizidwa ku mbali ina ya dziko kupita ku ina zimatengedwa ndi madzi. Pamene zilakolako zamakampani zopeza phindu zikuchulukirachulukira, momwemonso malonda ogwirizana padziko lonse lapansi akulirakulira. Ndipo, nkhawa zachitetezo zakhala kumbuyo, malinga ndi kafukufuku wofalitsidwa ndi Jacobin.
Mu 2023, a US Department of Labor adafufuza madandaulo otsutsana ndi Maersk ndipo adatsimikiza kuti kampaniyo idaphwanya lamulo la Seaman's Protection Act pobwezera wogwira ntchito woyimbira. Chomwe chinali pachiwopsezo chinali chakuti, malinga ndi dipatimenti ya Labor, "Ndondomeko Yopereka Malipoti imafuna kuti apanyanja afotokozere zachitetezo ku kampaniyo ndikulola kuti ichepetse zomwe zikuchitika asananene kwa [US Coast Guard] kapena mabungwe ena owongolera." M'mawu ena, Maersk, amene ali mmodzi wa makampani otsogola padziko lonse lapansi, anayesa kudziteteza kwa olamulira a boma.
Zochitika zofananira zosokoneza chitetezo pantchito yopezera phindu zachitika ku Boeing, imodzi mwamafakitole. opanga ndege apamwamba kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Ndege ya Alaska Airlines mu Januware 2024 itakakamizidwa kutera mwadzidzidzi pomwe ndege ya Boeing 737 Max idataya gulu lapakati pa ndege, New York Times idasindikiza nkhani yodabwitsa kwambiri: "Boeing Amayang'anizana ndi Kusamala Kwambiri Pakati pa Chitetezo ndi Kuchita Zachuma.โ Nkhaniyi ikuwonetsa zovuta kwa oyang'anira a Boeing: "Kodi agogomeze chitetezo kapena momwe chuma chikuyendera?"
Nyuzipepala ya The Times inafotokoza kuti, kwa zaka zambiri kampaniyo โimayangโana kwambiri kuchulukitsa phindu ndi kulemeretsa eni ake masheya ndi zopindula ndi kugawana nawo, ndipo sikukwanira pa kuika ndalama mu uinjiniya ndi chitetezo.โ
Ndikoyenera kunena zodziwikiratu: Ndege yopanda chitetezo si ndege, ndi msampha wa imfa. Ndipo komabe, mkati mwa dongosolo la capitalist, zonse zimatengera kusanthula kwa mtengo wa phindu. Ngati mtengo wachitetezo chamakampani ngati Boeing kapena Maersk ukuposa phindu lazachuma, sizoyenera kwa oyang'anira ndi eni ake. Ngakhale ndege ya Alaska Airlines mothokoza sikunaphepo nthawi ino, mazana a anthu omwe adakwera 737 2018 ndi 2019 analibe mwayi. Ogwira ntchito m'mafakitale a Boeing ku Washington ndi South Carolina komwe amasonkhanitsidwa ndege akuyenera kugwira ntchito mwachangu komanso kunyalanyaza chitetezo pofuna kuthamangitsa ndege mwachangu momwe angathere.
Ndani amalipira mtengo wa hubris wamakampani wotere? Ogwira ntchito pachiwopsezo komanso anthu onse. Pankhani ya ngozi ya mlatho wa Baltimore, onse Antchito a 22 m'bwalo la Dali anali ochokera ku India ndipo kuganiza kwawo mwachangu podziwitsa akuluakulu kuti sitimayo idataya mphamvu idathandizira kuwonetsetsa kuti ovulala achepa. Polemba izi, iwo khalani ogwidwa m'chombomo ndi wantchito m'modzi amachiritsidwa kuchipatala chifukwa chovulala pang'ono.
Pakadali pano, anthu asanu ndi mmodzi omwe akuganiziridwa kuti amwalira ndi awiri omwe adapulumutsidwa kumadzi ozizira onse anali ogwira ntchito ochokera kumayiko ena. Mexico ndi Central America, akugwira ntchito yomanga mlathowo monga gulu la anthu omanga.
Awa ndi mtundu womwewo wa anthu omwe amazunzidwa chifukwa cha tsankho komanso kunyozedwa ndi azungu ku US virulently kusankhana mitundu a gulu la a Dali pa social media. Ndipo masabata angapo m'mbuyomo, woimira Georgia wosasunthika wosasunthika Marjorie Taylor Greene adanyoza Purezidenti Joe Biden pakulankhula kwake kwa State of the Union ponena za mzimayi wachizungu yemwe "adaphedwa ndi anthu osaloledwa," poyesa kukwapula chipwirikiti chotsutsana ndi anthu othawa kwawo.
Greene adawoneka wosakhudzidwa konse ndi mfundo yakuti ogwira ntchito yomanga ku US matalala osawerengeka ochokera kumadera aku Latin America osamukira kumayiko ena ndipo ambiri amamwalira chifukwa chovulala chifukwa cha ntchito. Malinga ndi Bureau of Labor Statistics, mu 2022, "Ogwira ntchito ku Puerto Rico kapena Latino obadwa kumayiko ena adawerengera 63.5 peresenti (792) yakufa kwa ogwira ntchito ku Puerto Rico kapena Latino (1,248)."
Okhometsa misonkho amalipiranso mtengo wopezera phindu pamabizinesi ndikuwononga chitetezo. US Army Corps of Engineers zikuoneka kuti ndi amene akutsatiridwa ndi ntchito yaikulu yoyeretsa pa ngozi ya mlatho wa Baltimore. Ndipo, Purezidenti Biden analengeza kuti boma โlidzalipira ndalama zonse zomangiranso mlathowo.โ Pakadali pano, Grace Ocean Private, kampani ya ku Singapore yomwe ndi eni ake a Dali, ikuyembekezeka kugwiritsa ntchito lamulo la panyanja lomwe lakhalapo zaka mazana ambiri kuti lichepetse udindo wakeโlamulo lomwelo lomwe eni ake a RMS Titanic adagwiritsa ntchito kuchepetsa awo.
Pankhani ya Boeing, boma la Washington mu 2013 linapatsa kampaniyo misonkho yayikulu kwambiri kuposa kale lonse m'mbiri ya boma posinthana ndi nyumba fakitale yake ndikulimbikitsa kukhazikitsidwa kwa ntchito. Mtengo kwa okhometsa msonkho unali pafupifupi $9 biliyoni. Ndipo, chifukwa bwanamkubwa waku Washington adalephera kusungitsa ntchito kuti achepetse misonkho yayikulu, Boeing ndiye adachita njira zonse ziwiri pomwe adachepetsa ndalama zogwirira ntchito pochepetsa pafupifupi 15 peresenti ya ogwira ntchito m'boma zaka zingapo pambuyo pake. Washington pomaliza anathetsa kuleka msonkho koma Boeing amakololabe madola mamiliyoni ambiri m'zilimbikitso zina za boma zomwe zimagwirizanitsidwa ndi kupanga ndege.
Ndikofunikira kwambiri kuwunikira ngozi zomwe zimachitika chifukwa chamakampani omwe amapeza phindu pachitetezo ndi anthu. Zochitika izi sizodziwika kapena zosayembekezereka. Ndiwo mtengo wochitira bizinesiโmtengo umene tonsefe timalipira mโndalama ndi miyoyo.
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