Isu tiri vagari, uye VaObama vezvematongerwo enyika. Unogona kusafarira izwi iri. Asi chokwadi ndechekuti iye wezvematongerwo enyika. Ndiye zvimwe zvinhu, zvakare-iye ane hanya zvakanyanya uye akangwara uye anofunga uye anovimbisa munhu. Asi iye wezvematongerwo enyika.
Kana iwe uri mugari, unofanirwa kuziva mutsauko pakati pavo newe-mutsauko pakati pezvavanofanira kuita nezvaunofanira kuita. Uye pane zvinhu zvavasingafaniri kuita, kana ukavajekesera havafanire kuzviita.
Kubva pakutanga, ndaida Obama. Asi kekutanga zvakangondibata bata kuti anga ari wezvematongerwo enyika aive mambakwedza, apo Joe Lieberman aikwikwidza musarudzo yeDemocratic Alliance pachigaro chake cheSeneti muna 2006.
Lieberman - uyo, sezvamunoziva, aive uye anoda zvehondo - aikwikwidza musarudzo yeDemocratic, uye mupikisi wake aive murume anonzi Ned Lamont, aive mumiriri werunyararo. Uye Obama akaenda kuConnecticut kutsigira Lieberman achipokana naLamont.
Zvakandishamisa. Ndinotaura izvozvo kuratidza kuti, hongu, Obama aive uye ari wezvematongerwo enyika. Saka hatifanirwe kutsvairwa mukugashira kusingafungire uye kusina mubvunzo kwezvinoitwa naObama.
Basa redu harisi rekumupa cheki isina chinhu kana kungova cheerleader. Zvakanga zvakanaka kuti isu taiva vatsigiri vemufaro paaikwikwidza, asi hazvina kunaka kuva vatsigiri zvino. Nekuti isu tinoda kuti nyika ipfuure kwayaive kare. Tinoda kuita zororo rakachena kubva pane zvazvaive kare.
Ndakanga ndine mudzidzisi paColumbia University ainzi Richard Hofstadter, uyo akanyora bhuku rinonzi The American Political Tradition, uye mariri, akaongorora mapurezidhendi kubva kuMadzibaba Vakatanga kudzika kuburikidza naFranklin Roosevelt. Paive nevakasununguka uye vanochengetedza, maRepublicans nemaDemocrats. Uye pakanga pane misiyano pakati pavo. Asi akaona kuti vanonzi vakasununguka vaive vasina kusununguka sekufunga kwevanhu — uye kuti mutsauko uripo pakati pevakasununguka nevanochengetedza, uye pakati peRepublicans neDemocrats, wanga usiri musiyano wepakati. Paive netambo yakajairika yaifamba munhoroondo yese yeAmerica, uye vese vatungamiri - Republican, Democrat, liberal, conservative - vakatevera tambo iyi.
Mutambo wacho waiva nezvinhu zviviri: chimwe, urudzi; uye maviri, capitalism. Uye Obama haasati asununguka kune iyo ine simba mbiri nhaka.
Tinogona kuzviona mumatongerwo ataurwa kusvika pari zvino, kunyangwe anga ari muhofisi kwenguva pfupi.
Vamwe vanhu vangati, "Zvakanaka, unotarisirei?"
Uye mhinduro ndeyokuti tinotarisira zvakawanda.
Vanhu vanoti, “Ko, uri muroti here?”
Uye mhinduro ndeyekuti, hongu, isu tiri varoti. Tinoda zvose. Tinoda nyika ine runyararo. Tinoda nyika yakaenzana. Hatidi hondo. Hatidi capitalism. Tinoda nzanga yakanaka.
Zviri nani kubatisisa kuhope idzodzo-nokuti kana tikasadaro, tichanyura tichiswedera pedyo neichi chokwadi chatiinacho, uye chatisingadi.
Ngwarira paunonzwa nezvekubwinya kwehurongwa hwemusika. Hurongwa hwemusika ndihwo hwataive nahwo. Regai musika usarudze, vanodaro. Hurumende haifanire kupa vanhu hutano pachena; regai musika usarudze.
Izvo ndizvo izvo misika yave ichiita-uye ndicho chikonzero tine mamiriyoni makumi mana nemasere evanhu vasina hutano hwehutano. Musika wasarudza izvozvo. Siya zvinhu pamusika, uye kune mamiriyoni maviri evanhu vasina pokugara. Siya zvinhu kumusika, uye kune mamiriyoni nemamiriyoni evanhu vasingakwanisi kubhadhara rendi. Siya zvinhu pamusika, uye kune vanhu vane mamiriyoni makumi matatu neshanu vanoziya nenzara.
Iwe haugone kuisiya kumusika. Kana wakatarisana nedambudziko rehupfumi sezvatiri kutarisana naro izvozvi, haugone kuita zvakaitwa kare. Iwe haugone kudira mari munzvimbo dzepamusoro dzenyika-uye mumabhangi nemakambani-uye unovimba kuti neimwe nzira inodonha.
Ndechipi chimwe chezvinhu zvekutanga zvakaitika apo Bush Administration yakaona kuti hupfumi hwaive mudambudziko? A $700 bhiriyoni yekubhadhara, uye ndiani watakapa mabhiriyoni mazana manomwe emadhora? Kumasangano ezvemari akakonzera dambudziko iri.
Apa ndipo painge pachiri kuenderera mberi chirongwa chePresident, uye zvakandirwadza kuona VaObama vakamira ipapo, vachitsigira uku kubvisirwa mari kukuru kumakambani.
Izvo Obama aifanira kunge achitaura: Hei, mira zvishoma. Mabhangi haana hurombo. Iwo maCEO haana hurombo. Asi kune vanhu vasina basa. Kune vanhu vasingakwanisi kubhadhara zvikwereti zvavo. Ngatitorei 700 bhiriyoni uye tipe zvakananga kune vanhu vanoida. Ngatitorei $1 trillion, ngatitorei $2 trillion.
Ngatitorei mari iyi tipe zvakananga kune vanhu vanoida. Ipei kuvanhu vanofanira kubhadhara zvikwereti zvavo. Hapana munhu anofanira kudzingwa. Hapana munhu anofanira kusiiwa nezvinhu zvake panze mumugwagwa.
Obama anoda kushandisa zvimwe bhiriyoni imwe kumabhanga. SaBush, haasi kuzvipa zvakananga kuvaridzi vemba. Kusiyana nemaRepublicans, VaObama vanodawo kushandisa madhora mazana masere emabhiriyoni emadhora sechirongwa chavo chekusimudzira hupfumi. Izvo zvakanaka-pfungwa yekukurudzira yakanaka. Asi kana iwe ukanyatsotarisisa chirongwa, chakawandisa chinopinda mumusika, kuburikidza nemakambani.
Inopa mazororo emutero kumabhizinesi, vachitarisira kuti vachahaya vanhu. Kwete—kana vanhu vachida mabasa, haupi mari kumakambani, uchitarisira kuti zvimwe mabasa achagadzirwa. Unopa vanhu basa nekukasika.
Vanhu vazhinji havazive nhoroondo yeNew Deal ye1930s. The New Deal haina kuenda kure zvakakwana, asi yaive nemamwe mazano akanaka kwazvo. Uye chikonzero icho Chibvumirano Chitsva chakauya kune aya mazano akanaka ndechekuti pakanga paine kusagadzikana kukuru munyika ino, uye Roosevelt aifanira kuita. Saka akaitei? Akatora mabhiriyoni emadhora akati hurumende yaizopinza vanhu basa. Wabva kubasa? Hurumende ine basa rako.
Somugumisiro weizvi, mabasa akawanda anoshamisa akaitwa munyika yose. Mamirioni akati wandei vechidiki vakaiswa muCilian Conservation Corps. Vakapota nenyika, vachivaka mabhiriji nemigwagwa nenzvimbo dzekutamba, uye vachiita zvinhu zvinoshamisa.
Hurumende yakagadzira chirongwa chemubatanidzwa. Yakanga isiri kuzomirira kuti misika isarudze izvozvo. Hurumende yakamisa chirongwa uye yakahaya zviuru zvevatambi vasingashandi: vanyori vemitambo, vatambi, vaimbi, pendandi, vavezi, vanyori. Chii chakanga chiri muuyo? Mhedzisiro yacho yaive kugadzirwa kwe200,000 zvidimbu zveunyanzvi. Nhasi, kutenderera nyika, kune zviuru zvemifananidzo yakapendwa nevanhu vari muchirongwa cheWPA. Mitambo yakaitwa munyika yose nemitengo yakachipa zvikuru, zvokuti vanhu vakanga vasati vamboona mutambo muupenyu hwavo vakakwanisa kuenda.
Uye ichi chingori chidiki chezvinogona kuitwa. Hurumende inofanirwa kumiririra zvido zvevanhu. Hurumende haigone kupa basa rekumiririra zvinodiwa nevanhu kumakomputa nemabhanga, nekuti havana hany’a nezvinodiwa nevanhu. Vanongofunga nezve purofiti.
Mukati memushandirapamwe wavo, VaObama vakataura chimwe chinhu chakandibata sehungwaru - uye kana vanhu vakataura chimwe chinhu chakangwara, unofanirwa kuchirangarira, nekuti vanogona kusabatirira pachiri. Ungatofanira kuvayeuchidza nezvechinhu ichocho chokuchenjera chavakataura.
VaObama vaitaura nezvehondo muIraq, uye akati, "Hakusi kuti tinofanira kubuda muIraq." Akati "buda muIraq," uye hatifanire kuzvikanganwa. Tinofanira kuramba tichimuyeuchidza: Kubva muIraq, kunze kweIraq, kunze kweIraq-kwete gore rinouya, kwete makore maviri kubva ikozvino, asi kunze kweIraq ikozvino.
Asi teererawo chikamu chechipiri. Mutongo wake wose waiva wokuti: “Hazvina kukwana kubuda muIraq; tinofanirwa kubuda mundangariro dzakatitungamira kuIraq. "
Ndeapi mafungiro akatipinza muIraq?
Ndiwo mafungiro anoti simba richaita hunyanzvi. Mhirizhonga, hondo, vanobhomba—kuti vachaunza demokrasi nerusununguko kuvanhu.
Ndiwo mafungiro anoti America ine kodzero yakapihwa naMwari yekupinda nechisimba kune dzimwe nyika kuti dzibatsirike. Tichaunza budiriro kune veMexico muna 1846. Tichaunza rusununguko kumaCubans muna 1898. Tichaunza democracy kumaPhilippines muna 1900. Unoziva kubudirira kwatakaita pakuunza democracy pasi rose.
VaObama havasati vabuda mumafungiro ehumishinari aya. Anotaura nezvekutumira makumi ezviuru zvemamwe mauto kuAfghanistan.
Obama murume akangwara kwazvo, uye zvirokwazvo anofanira kuziva imwe yenhoroondo. Iwe haufanirwe kuziva zvakawanda kuti uzive nhoroondo yeAfghanistan yave makumi emakore nemakumi emakore nemakumi emakore nemakumi emakore emasimba eWestern achiedza kumanikidza kuda kwavo kuAfghanistan nechisimba: maChirungu, maRussia, uye zvino maAmerican. Chii chave chiri muuyo? Muuyo wacho wave nyika yakaparadzwa.
Aya ndiwo mafungiro anotumira mamwe mauto makumi maviri nerimwe kuAfghanistan, uye anoti, sezvakaita Obama, kuti tinofanira kuva nemauto makuru. Moyo wangu wakarwadza Obama paakataura kudaro. Sei tichida mauto makuru? Tine bhajeti rakakura remauto. VaObama vataura nezvekucheka bhajeti remauto muhafu kana chimwe chikamu? Aihwa.
Tine mabhesi emauto munyika dzinopfuura zana. Tine zvigaro zvemauto gumi nemana paOkinawa chete. Ndiani anotida ikoko? Hurumende. Vanowana zvikomborero. Asi vanhu havanyatsotidi ikoko. Pave nekuratidzira kukuru muItaly vachipokana nekugadzwa kwenzvimbo yemauto eUS. Pave nekuratidzira kukuru muSouth Korea uye paOkinawa.
Chimwe chezviito zvekutanga zveObama Administration kwaive kutumira makomba ePredator kunobhomba Pakistan. Vanhu vakafa. Chirevo ndechekuti, "Oo, isu takanyatso kurongeka nezvombo zvedu. Tine michina yazvino. Tinogona kunanga chero kupi uye kurova chete zvatinoda. "
Aya ndiwo mafungiro e tekinoroji infatuation. Ehe, ivo vanogona chaizvo kusarudza kuti vachabhomba iyi imba imwe chete. Asi pane dambudziko rimwe chete: Havazivi kuti ndiani ari mumba. Vanogona kurova motokari imwe neroketi kubva kure. Vanoziva kuti ndiani ari mumotokari? Aihwa.
Uye gare gare-mushure mokunge mitumbi yabudiswa mumotokari, mushure mokunge mitumbi yabudiswa kunze kwemba-vanokuudza, "Zvakanaka, pakanga pane vatatu vaifungidzirwa magandanga muimba iyo, uye hongu, kune vamwe vanhu vanomwe vakaurayiwa, kusanganisira vana vaviri, asi takawana vanofungidzirwa kuti magandanga.
Asi cherekedza kuti shoko racho ndi“kufungidzirwa.” Chokwadi ndechekuti havazive kuti magandanga ndiani.
Saka, hongu, isu tinofanirwa kubuda mumifungo yakatipinza muIraq, asi isu tinofanirwa kuziva iyo pfungwa. Uye Obama anofanira kudhonzwa nevanhu vakamusarudza, nevanhu vanomufarira, kuti vasiye mafungiro iwayo. Isu tisu tinofanira kumuudza kuti, “Kwete, uri munzira isiri iyo nepfungwa yehondo iyi yekushandisa simba kuita zvinhu munyika. Hatingaite chero chinhu nenzira iyoyo, uye ticharamba tiri nyika inovengwa munyika. "
VaObama vataura nezvechiono chenyika ino. Unofanira kuva nechiratidzo, uye zvino ndinoda kuudza Obama kuti chiono chake chinofanira kuva chii.
Chiratidzo chinofanira kunge chiri cherudzi runofarirwa pasi rose. Ini handitomboti kudiwa-zvinotora nguva kuti ndivake kune izvozvo. Rudzi rusingatyi, rusingade, rusina kuvengwa, sezvatinowanzoita, asi nyika inoonekwa seine runyararo, nekuti takabvisa zvigaro zvedu zvemauto kubva munyika dzese idzi.
Hatidi kushandisa mazana emabhiriyoni emadhora pabhajeti remauto. Tora mari yese yakagoverwa kuzvigaro zvemauto uye bhajeti remauto, uye-ichi chikamu chekusunungurwa-unogona kushandisa mari iyoyo kupa munhu wese hutano hwemahara, kuvimbisa mabasa kune wese asina basa, kubhadharwa kwechokwadi. rendi kumunhu wese asingakwanise kubhadhara rendi, kuvaka nzvimbo dzekuchengeta vana.
Ngatishandisei mari kubatsira vamwe vanhu pasirese, kwete kutumira mabhomba uko. Kana njodzi dzichiitika, vanoda zvikopokopo kuti vatakure vanhu kubva mumafashamo uye kubva munzvimbo dzakaparadzwa. Vanoda zvikopokopo kuti vaponese hupenyu hwevanhu, uye zvikopokopo zvatopera kuMiddle East, kubhomba nekudzura vanhu.
Chinodiwa kutendeuka kwakazara. Tinoda nyika inoshandisa zviwanikwa zvayo, hupfumi hwayo, nesimba rayo kubatsira vanhu, kwete kuvakuvadza. Ndizvo zvatinoda.
Ichi chiratidzo chatinofanira kuchengetedza kurarama. Hatifanirwe kugutsikana zviri nyore toti, “Ah zvakanaka, mupe zororo. Obama anofanirwa kuremekedzwa. "
Asi iwe hauremekedze munhu kana iwe uchivapa cheki isina chinhu. Iwe unoremekedza mumwe munhu paunomubata seakaenzana newe, uye semumwe munhu waunogona kutaura naye uye mumwe munhu anokuteerera.
Havasi Obama vezvematongerwo enyika chete. Zvakaipisisa, akakomberedzwa nevezvematongerwo enyika. Uye vamwe vavo vakasarudza iye pachake. Akasarudza Hillary Clinton, akasarudza Lawrence Summers, akasarudza vanhu vasingaratidzi chiratidzo chekutyora kubva kare.
Isu tiri vagari vemo. Hatifanire kuzviisa pachinzvimbo chekutarisa nyika nemeso avo toti, "Zvakanaka, isu tinofanirwa kubvumirana, isu tinofanirwa kuita izvi nezvikonzero zvezvematongerwo enyika." Aiwa, tinofanira kutaura zvatinofunga.
Iyi ndiyo nhanho yaive nevanobvisa Hondo isati yasvika, uye vanhu vakati, "Zvakanaka, unofanirwa kuzvitarisa kubva pamaonero aLincoln." Lincoln aisatenda kuti basa rake rekutanga raive rekubvisa uranda. Asi bato rinopesana neuranda rakaita, uye vavhoti vakati, "Hatisi kuzozviisa munzvimbo yaLincoln. Tichataura zvatiri pachedu, uye tichazvitaura zvine simba zvekuti Lincoln achafanira kutiteerera. "
Uye bato rinopesana neuranda rakakura zvakakwana uye rine simba zvekuti Lincoln aifanira kuteerera. Ndiwo mawaniro atakaita Chiziviso cheRusununguko uye chegumi nenhatu neregumi nechina uye chegumi neshanu Amendments.
Ndiyo yaive nyaya yenyika ino. Uko kufambira mberi kwakaitwa, chero kupi zvako kwekusaruramisira kwakapidigurwa, zvave zviri nekuti vanhu vakaita sevagari vemo, uye kwete sevezvematongerwo enyika. Havana kungochema. Vakashanda, vaiita, vakaronga, vakaita mhirizhonga kana zvakakodzera kuti vazivise vanhu vane simba. Uye ndizvo zvatinofanira kuita nhasi.
Howard Zinn ndiye munyori we "A People's History of the United States," "Voices of a People's History" (naAnthony Arnove), uye "Masimba Hurumende Haagone Kudzvinyirira." Kutenda kuna Alex Read naMatt Korn nekunyora hurukuro yaZinn musi waKukadzi 2 muresitorendi yeBusboys and Poets muWashington, D.C., kubva pakaitwa izvi.
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