Fungidzira kana tsika inotonga yeAmerican media-politics yakanangana nehurongwa hweUS uye nzanga nemaitiro akafanana ainoshanda kune dzimwe nyika nehurumende. Nhepfenyuro dzeAmerica dzinogara dzichimutsa hasha dzehunhu mukupindura mhosva dzinoparwa nevavengi seIran, Syria, Hamas, neLibya. Kusiyana neizvi, haina zvishoma zvekutaura pamusoro pekubhomba kweWashington kwakaipisisa uye kuparadzwa kwemapato emuchato, zvikoro, uye zvipatara muAfghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, kana nezve chokwadi chekuti mamirioni matatu eIraqi akafa nguva isati yakwana nekuda kwetsotsi reUnited States. kupinda nekupinda munyika yavo (2003-inhasi) - diki diki diki rakashata rinoonekwa serisingakodzeri kudhindwa muNew York Times 'yazvino peji yepeji yekushuma yeinotevera inoshamisa tsinhiro kubva kuna Barack Obama's "defense" secretary Robert Gates: "Iraq yanga iri inoshamisa nyaya yebudiriro yeUnited States zvechiuto.”1 Kurwadziswa nekupondwa kwevaratidziri vegutsaruzhinji nevanorwira kodzero dzevanhu kunoenderera mberi pasina kutaura kwakakosha kana kushatirwa kubva kuNorth America vezvenhau nevezvematongerwo enyika muHonduras, nzvimbo yekurwisana kwebapiro rekurudyi iyo hutungamiriri hwaBarack Obama hwakanyepedzera kupikisa kwenguva pfupi ndokuzotsigira zvakasimba.2
“Vanhu Vanoda Kuchinja Kwechokwadi”
Mipimo yakapetwa kaviri zvakare yakajeka mukuti vezvenhau vane mukurumbira vanotsanangura sei zvematongerwo enyika emukati memarudzi akasiyana. Heino ndima yekurwira demokrasi muEgypt papeji yekutanga ye Times neChishanu chapfuura:
“'Vanhu vanoda shanduko, shanduko chaiyo,' Va[Sherif] Nafie [mubatsiri wekudzidzisa mudhipatimendi rekutapa nhau reCairo University] vakadaro…. "Vanhu vari kunetsekana kuti nguva yekuchinja iyi ichapera vasina kuwana kodzero dzavo," akadaro Ehab al-Kharat, chiremba wepfungwa ari kuronga bato idzva, Egypt Social Democratic Party. “
"'Aka ndekekutanga munhoroondo yeEgypt kuti vanhu vatore chikamu mukufambisa masangano nemasangano avo," akadaro. “Democracy haisi nyaya yekuvhota nezvematongerwo enyika padanho renyika chete — ndeye mafambisirwo aunoita sangano rako, mafambisirwo aunoita nharaunda yako diki, inyaya yekuva nekutaura mune zvese zvehupenyu hwako. ' ”
"Dambudziko, sezvakataurwa naVaNafie, nderekuti vaIjipita havana ruzivo rwekupa uye kutora democracy, saka kusundidzira shanduko kunoratidzwa neruvengo rwakakura uye kusavimbana."3
“Vapfumi Vanodaidza Mutambo”
Egypt ine urombo - kurwira kwayo kuwana "American-style democracy" ichave yakareba uye yakaoma! The Times haina chekutaura nezve basa rakakosha iro mauto ekunze eUS nehupfumi "rubatsiro" rwakatora nguva yakareba (kusvika nhasi) mukukanganisa demokrasi muEgypt, mhiri kweMiddle East, uye nepasirese. Panguva imwecheteyo, Chirevo cheThe Times chakaratidza fungidziro yakadzika midzi uye yakaratidza fungidziro yekuti vagari vemuAmerica (vashoma kwazvo vakambobvunzwa nezverutsigiro rweUS kuhurumende dzehutongi muEgypt nekumwewo) vanofarira demokrasi inoshanda. Asi vanodaro here?
Kupesana nemafungiro makuru eUS senyika yepakati pekurudyi, vanhu vekuAmerica vane pfungwa dzakawanda dzekufambira mberi uye dzegutsaruzhinji. Huwandu hwakawanda hwedata rekuvhota hunopesana nefungidziro yakapararira uye inotungamira vezvenhau trope yekuti United States i "nyika yepakati-yekurudyi" - kunyangwe nyika inochengetedza. Ongororo dzezvematongerwo enyika dzinoratidza kuti veTea Partiers vari kuratidza hunhu hwavo pachena kune veruzhinji vasingade, avo vanoona kushomeka kwerutsigiro rwehurumende kune inofambira mberi, kwete "hurumende huru" pachayo, sedambudziko guru riri kushungurudza hurongwa hwezvematongerwo enyika. Maonero eruzhinji ari kufambira mberi maererano nerutsigiro rweruzhinji rwegutsaruzhinji neruboshwe rwevakasununguka mamiriro [4]:
* Zvikamu makumi matanhatu nepfumbamwe kubva muzana zvevavhoti vemuUS vanobvuma kuti "hurumende inofanirwa kutarisira avo vasingakwanisi kuzvichengeta" (Pew Research, 2007).
* Makumi mashanu nevana kubva muzana yevavhoti vanobvuma kuti "hurumende inofanira kubatsira vanoshaya kunyangwe zvichireva chikwereti chikuru" (Pew Research, 2007
* Makumi mashanu nesere muzana vanotenda kuti hurumende yeUS inofanirwa kunge ichiitira vagari vayo zvakawanda, kwete zvishoma (National Elections Survey, 2004).
* Kaviri sevanhu vekuAmerica vanodzosera mamwe masevhisi ehurumende uye kushandisa (kunyangwe izvi zvichireva kuwedzera mutero) sezvinoita avo vanotsigira mashoma masevhisi uye kuderedzwa kwekushandisa (National Elections Survey, 2004).
* Makumi matanhatu nemana kubva muzana evaAmerica vaizobhadhara mitero yakakwirira kuvimbisa hutano kune vese vagari vemuUS (CNN/Opinion Research Corporation Poll, Chivabvu 2007).
* Makumi matanhatu nepfumbamwe kubva muzana vanofunga kuti ibasa rehurumende yemubatanidzwa kupa hutano kune vese vagari vemuUS (Gallup Poll, 2006).
* Zvikamu makumi masere kubva muzana zvinotsigira kukwidziridzwa kwakatemerwa nehurumende pamuhoro wepasi (Associated Press/AOL Poll, Zvita 2006).
* Makumi masere nematanhatu kubva muzana vanoda kuti Congress ipasise mutemo wekukwidza muhoro wepasirese (CNN, Nyamavhuvhu 2006).
* Makumi manomwe nerimwe muzana vanofunga kuti mitero pamakambani yakaderera (Gallup Poll, Kubvumbi 2007).
* Makumi matanhatu nematanhatu muzana vanofunga kuti mitero kune vanhu vane mari yepamusoro yakaderera (Gallup Poll, Kubvumbi 2007).
* Makumi mashanu nepfumbamwe muzana anofarira mibatanidzwa, aine 29 muzana chete isina kunaka (Gallup Poll, 2006).
* 61 muzana yevanhu vekuAmerica vanotsigira kodzero yevashandi vehurumende kuti vavepo uye vabvumirane pamwe chete vakamiririra vashandi vehurumende (USA Today-Gallup, 2011).
* Makumi mashanu nembiri muzana anowanzo tsigira mibatanidzwa mukukakavadzana kwevashandi, nepo 34 muzana chete inotsigira manejimendi (Gallup Poll, 2006).
* Ruzhinji rwakasimba rwevavhoti vokuAmerica vanofunga kuti “mubvunzo wokukurumidzira wetsika” wenyika ungave “makaro nokudisa zvenyika” (33 muzana) kana kuti “urombo nokusaruramisira kwoupfumi” (31 muzana). Zvikamu gumi nezvitanhatu chete kubva muzana zvinoona kubvisa pamuviri uye 16 muzana vanosarudza kuroora kwengochani se "mubvunzo unonyanya kukosha wetsika" (Zogby, 12). Nokudaro, 2004 muzana yechiverengero chavagari vapasi inofunga kuti kusaruramisira nokusaenzana ndidzo “nhau dzetsika” dzinotungamirira munyika.
* Ingori 29 muzana yevanhu vekuAmerica vanotsigira kuwedzera kwekushandisa kwehurumende pa "kudzivirira" (izwi rinoda kuziva rePentagon, iro rinotora inenge hafu yekushandiswa kwechiuto kwevanhu uye kuchengetedza zvinopfuura zvigaro zvemauto zve1000 zvakapararira munyika dzakawanda dze120 pasi rose. pamusoro). Kusiyana neizvi, 79 muzana inotsigira yakawedzera kushandiswa kwehutano hwehutano, 69 muzana inotsigira yakawedzera mari padzidzo, uye 69 muzana inotsigira yakawedzera mari paSocial Security (Chicago Council on Foreign Relations, "Global Views," 2004)
* Makumi manomwe nesere kubva muzana evaAmerica vanotsigira kushandisa "madhora emutero ... kubatsira kubhadhara ... zvitambi zvechikafu uye rumwe rubatsiro kune varombo," nepo 80 muzana inotsigira kupihwa mari yemutero ye "zvirongwa zvekudzidzisazve vanhu vane mabasa akabviswa" ( National Inequality Ongororo, 2007).
* 67 muzana yevanhu vakuru vekuAmerica vanotsigira "kuva nebato rechitatu rezvematongerwo enyika richakwikwidza vamiriri kana Mutungamiri, Congress, uye mahofisi ehurumende achipikisa maRepublicans nemaDemocrats" (CNN/Gallup/USA Today 1999).
Asi saka chii? MuUS nhasi, zvematongerwo enyika zvinowanzoita sezvishoma pane kutsanangurwa kwazvakaita nemuzivi weProgressive Age wekuAmerica John Dewey: "mumvuri wakaiswa munzanga nebhizinesi." Mamiriro chaiwo eruzhinji anofamba zvakasiyana, kazhinji anopokana zvakaringana kubva pamaonero eruzhinji mu "demokrasi huru pasi rose." Zvichipesana nedzidziso yedemocracy yekuzivikanwa kwehurumende nevanhu (vazhinji vane mukurumbira), hapana kana imwe yemafungiro akanongedzwa pamusoro anoita seane basa zvakanyanya kana zvasvika kune mutemo. Seizvo aimbove munyori wepepanhau reTimes Bob Herbert nguva pfupi yadarika uye chinyararire akanyora muchikamu chake chekupedzisira che "bepanhau renhoroondo," nyika "mabatiro emasimba chaiwo akadzorwa zvachose nevezvemari nevemakambani makuru. Hazvina basa izvo vanhuwo zvavo vanoda” muUS, Herbert akabvuma pachena - chirevo chinoshamisa. "Vapfumi vanodaidzira rwiyo, uye vezvematongerwo enyika vanotamba ... Vevowo vekuAmerica havana mukana chaiwo wekupinda mumikoto yemasimba, asi unogona kubheja tikiti rako rekupedzisira reLotto iro vakuru vako vakasarudzwa vanoteerera kana mari yekambani ichitaura."
Ichi chirevo chinoshamisa makore maviri nehafu mushure mesarudzo yemutungamiri wenyika iyo Herbert nevamwe vazhinji vemasangano akasununguka vakarumbidza sekukunda kweshanduko inofambira mberi. Vanhu vekuAmerica muna 2008, sevanhu vekuEgypt nhasi, vaida "shanduko, shanduko chaiyo" - chimwe chinhu chaitarisirwa nemachipangamazano aObama pachine nguva sedambudziko rinoda "tarisiro yekutarisira" yakakodzera uye "kugadziriswa kwetarisiro" - mabasa aiitwa chipangamazano waObama Samantha. Masimba anonzi "akakosha kumba uye kune dzimwe nyika" muna Kukadzi we2008.5
Hutongi hwaObama nekukasira uye neushingi hwakava chiyeuchidzo chikuru kune chekare chiFrench chiti plus ca change plus c'est la meme yakasarudzwa (kana zvakanyanya kushanduka zvinhu zvakanyanya kuramba zvakafanana). Nekuremerwa kwayo kukuru kwevamiriri vezvemari vane hyper-opulent, kuramba kwavo kuita nyika uye kutema parasitic yakakura-yakanyanya (yakanyanya simba) -kutadza-kutadza masangano emari ayo akaomesa hupfumi, kupasa kwayo bhiri rekuvandudza hutano iro hombe chete. Inishuwarenzi nemakambani ezvinodhaka anogona kuda (zvichienderana nezano raRahm Emmanuel kumutungamiri wenyika: "regai zvirikufambira mberi"), kucheka kwayo chibvumirano che auto bailout icho chakapa mubairo mukuru wendege, kukanganisa kwayo kwakakomba kwepasi rose kuedza kuderedza kuburitsa kabhoni kuCopenhagen, kuramba kwayo. kufambisira mberi zvirongwa zvakakomba zvemabasa eruzhinji (zvakasvibira kana neimwe nzira), kusaremekedza zvipikirwa zvevashandi nemamwe matunhu ane mukurumbira, uye kumwe kunyengera kwe "nheyo inofambira mberi" (rimwe divi remari yezvipikirwa inochengeterwa vatsigiri vayo vemakambani), " shanduko” uye “tariro” (mashoko akakosha emushandirapamwe aBill Clinton muna 1992) hutungamiri hwaBarack Obama hwakaratidza zvine hungwaru simba rekunyepedzera reizvo Edward S. Herman naDavid Peterson vanodana “udzvanyiriri husina kusarudzwa hwemari.” [5A] Sezvakataurwa naBill Greider muThe Washington Post pakutanga kwehutungamiriri hwaObama, “Vanhu kwese kwese [va]dzidza chidzidzo chisina kujeka pamusoro pesimba, ndiani anaro uye ndiani asina. [Vakaona] Washington ichimhanya kuti inunure zvishuwo zvemari zvakakonzera njodzi. Ivo [vakaziva] kuti hurumende ine mari yakawanda yekushandisa apo vanhu vakarurama vanoida.”[5B] "Vanhu vakarurama" vanowanikwa pakati pechikamu chepamusoro mukati mechikamu chimwe chete chepamusoro icho chine chikamu chinosvika makumi mana kubva muzana chehupfumi hweAmerica uye chikamu chikuru che "vakuru vakasarudzwa nedemocracy," zvichiita kuti US iende kure nekure maindasitiri / post-.
"Dai Anga ari maRepublicans chete kuti atiparadze"
Parizvino vanhu vekuAmerica vanodzidza "chidzidzo chisina kujeka" chaGreider nemaDemocrats pachinzvimbo chezita chedemocracy inotungamirwa nekambani. Ichi chidzidzo chakakosha pamusoro pehutongi hwehutongi hwehutungamiriri hwehurumende hune hunyanzvi hwe "millennial" (18-29 years old) vavhoti nevagari, avo sarudzo dzaJohn McCain dzingadai dzakasimbisa pfungwa yekuti humambo hweAmerica nekusaenzana. zvese nezve maRepublicans ari musimba.
Chidzidzo chave kudzika gore rino. Vachitaura zvekunyepa kuti vanhu vekuAmerica vakataura mukukunda musarudzo dzemaRepublicans muna Mbudzi 2010, VaObama vekurudyi vakawedzera kuita danho rekuti vahwine kuvimbika kwevatambi vepamusoro mubhizinesi. Akaenderera mberi nemaitiro ake ekusaremekedza “hwaro” hwake hune rusununguko uye hunofambira mberi (hwaiva nevanhu vakanzi nemukuru wevashandi vaObama Rahm Emmanuel vakadanwa kuti “vanhu vane hurombo”) nekubvuma kutsigira kuderedzwa kwemitero kwaGeorge W. Bush vapfumi kupfuura zuva ravo rekutanga rekunyura kwezuva ra2010. Vachigamuchira bhizinesi renhema uye reRepublican Tea Party vanoti vashandi vehurumende "vanobhadharwa zvakanyanya" ndivo vari kutungamira kukwira kwekushomeka kwehurumende uye kuderera kwehupfumi, VaObama vakaraira kumisa kwemakore maviri pamuhoro wevashandi vehurumende uye mabhenefiti. Akaburitsa Op-Ed mune plutocratic edhita mapeji eThe Wall Street Journal - chinyorwa chinorumbidza. "free market capitalism" se "simba guru rekubudirira iro nyika yati yamboziva") uye yakataura kuti hurumende inowanzoisa “mitoro isina mufungo pabhizimisi” ine “mugumisiro unoodza mwoyo pakukura nemabasa.
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