Zvinonakidza kuona kuti centrist Democratic marudzi (anofanirwa kunge achienda kumakomo mushure meimwezve kunyadzisa kwecentrist) ari kutenderedza kubatwa kunoshungurudza kwemavhoti mazhinji evachena vanoshanda-yepasi-yepakati-kirasi nebato (the Republicans) iyo inoitika inopokana nekushanda-kirasi zvido zvehupfumi uye nechisimba inopindirana neyakaomeswa hyper-hupfumi. Chii icho chikuru cheAmerican socio-electoral derangement zvese nezve?
"Kune zvikamu zvenyika," mukuru we "moderate' Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) Bruce Reed akaudza Wall Street Journal mazuva maviri apfuura, "apo shoko redu riri kusiri kupera nekuti kushushikana nezvenyaya dzetsika uye kuchengetedzeka kuri. vari kutadzisa vanhu vakakwana kuti vasavhote zvido zvavo zveupfumi.” Ichi chinyorwa chinowanikwa munaNovember 4 peji 1 WSJ chinyorwa chakanzi "Akakundwa Zvakare, MaDemocrat Ari Kufunga Shift MuPhilosophy." Chinyorwa chakanzi "Wanted: a Charismatic Leader to Capture Religious Vote and Retake the South"
Dambudziko riri pano nderekuti Reed anongo furatira kusiya bato rake kwakadzama DLC-yakafuridzirwa kusiiwa kweMORAL nyaya yehutongi hwehupfumi, kusiiwa kunobatsira zvakanyanya mukudzvinyirirwa kwevashoma uye vanoshanda-kirasi yevavhoti (yepamusoro kuvhota nevarombo uye vanoshanda-kirasi vanhu. zvingadai zvakatungamirira kukukunda kwaKerry) uye kubudirira kweveRepublicans kutora mavhoti akawanda-akawanda-asina hupfumi, ayo anofambirana nerebere rekuchengetedza-populist 'backlash' vachipokana nemaitiro anotyisa akawandisa erusununguko rwemetropolitan.
Pedyo nekupera kwebhuku rake razvino rinowanzotaurwa Chii Chine Matter neKansas? MaConservatives Akakunda Sei Mwoyo weAmerica (2004), izvo zvese nezve chena yeUS yepakati / yevashandi vekirasi "kuzviparadza" kuenderana neveRepublicans, Thomas Frank ane zvinhu zvishoma zvekutaura nezve nzira yakasununguka yekugadzwa (chii icho" mainstream" midhiya inoda kudaidza "kuruboshwe") Yakarasika Mwoyo weAmerica. Ndinodzokorora zvishoma:
"Ndiani ane mhosva nekuda kwemamiriro ezvinhu aya ekutsveyamisa, eparanoia, uye yevanhu vakanaka vakarasika. Ndapedza yakawanda yebhuku rino ndichitsanangura nzira idzo vavhoti veKansas vanosarudza maitirwo ekuzviparadza, asi zvakangojeka kwandiri kuti rusununguko runokodzera chikamu chikuru chemhosva yechiitiko chekudzokera shure. Liberalism inogona kunge isiri iyo inotyisa, ine simba rese kurangana inoitwa nevanochengetedza, asi kutadza kwayo kwakajeka zvakadaro. Pane imwe nzvimbo mumakumi mana emakore apfuura liberalism yakamira kuva yakakosha kune zvikamu zvakakura zvechinyakare [yekushanda-kirasi] dunhu, uye isu tinogona kutaura kuti rusununguko RAKARASIKA nzvimbo dzakaita saShawnee neWitchita zvine humbowo sezvatinogona kutaura kuti Conservatism AKAKUKUNDA. pamusoro.”
"Izvi zvinokonzeresa zvishoma, ndinofunga kumhinduro yeDemocratic Party yakanyanya kana kushoma kune yayo rombo rakanaka. Bato reDemocratic Leadership Council (DLC), sangano rakagadzira vanhu vakaita saBill Clinton, Al Gore, Joe Lieberman, naTerry McCauliffe, ragara richimanikidza bato kuti rikanganwe vavhoti voisa pfungwa dzavo pakutsvaga vanhu vakapfuma, vachena. nyanzvi dzakasununguka panyaya dzemagariro evanhu. Zvido zvakakura izvo DLC inoda zvakanyanya kumatare makambani, anokwanisa kuburitsa mipiro yemushandirapamwe-kupfuura chero chinhu chakasimudzwa nevashandi vakarongeka. Nzira yekuunganidza mavhoti uye - zvakatonyanya kukosha - mari yematunhu anoshuvira aya, 'New Democrats' vanofunga, kumira-yakasimba, toti, chinzvimbo chepro-sarudzo uchibvumira kusingaperi panyaya dzehupfumi, nezvehutano, NAFTA, Social Security, mutemo wevashandi, privatization, dergulation, uye zvimwe zvacho. MaDemocrat akadaro anobvisa pachena izvo zvavanonyomba se "hondo yekirasi" uye vanotora marwadzo makuru kusimbisa hushamwari hwavo nebhizinesi. Kufanana nevanochengetedza, vanobvisa nyaya dzehupfumi patafura. Kana vari vavhoti veboka revashandi vanga vari musimboti webato kusvika nguva pfupi yadarika, nhamba dzeDLC dzavachave neimwe nzira yekuenda nayo; MaDemocrat achagara ari nani pane zvehupfumi pane maRepublicans. Kunze kwezvo, ndeupi wezvematongerwo enyika munyika ino inobudirira anoda chaizvo kuva izwi revarombo? Iripi mari nyoro imomo” (Frank, WTHMWK, mapeji 242-243).
Izvo zvakasiyana pane kuumbwa kwaReed. Kune DLC cretin Reed, vashandi vari kutsauswa kubva kune zvavanofarira chaizvo zvehupfumi nevakangwara maRepublicans vanoziva kudzvanya "nyaya yetsika" uye "chengetedzo" mabhatani zvakaringana kuti vanhu vavhote vachipesana nemabhuku avo ehomwe. Kune iyo yakawedzera demokrasi Frank, iyo DLC inochengetedza hupfumi yakabatana neBushcons mukutora nyaya dzehupfumi -- dai ndanga ndichinyora ndima yaFrank ingadai yakati "nyaya dzehupfumi hwevanhu" -- "kubva patafura," nekudaro vachikurudzira pasi- kugumbuka kwekirasi (iyo inosema vaccum) kuyerera mumatanho ekuita. MaDemocrat anogona kunge ari "nani zvishoma" pazvinhu zvehupfumi hwevanhu, asi izvo hazvisi kutaura zvakawanda uye pane hukasha hweDemocratic kuedza kuisa nyaya idzi - dzandinoona senyaya dzeMORAL ECONOMY, kune izvo zvakakosha - pamusoro “liberal” agenda.
Ini ndinofunga kuti kutadza kukuru kweDemocratic chikamu chakakosha chezvakaitika neChipiri. Vanhu vanogona kunge vachivhota vachipesana nezvido zvavo zvehomwe pavanenge 'vasarudza' maRepublicans, asi hazvina kufanana neveDemocrats vese vanonyatsoenderana nenyaya dzehupfumi hwevanhu vasina hupfumi kana kuita chikamu chikuru cheiyo nyoro!
Zuva rakatevera sarudzo (sezvo mhedzisiro yanga ichiri kujeka), munyori anotyisa weNew York Times munyori wenhau Nicholas Kristof akaita seakavaka kubva paZNet column yangu ichangoburwa nekuona kuti vazhinji vevavhoti vekirasi vaizove veRepublican uye bhuku raThomas Frank. inotsanangura chikamu chechikonzero. Koramu yake yaive yakanzi "Kurarama Murombo, Kuvhota Mupfumi." Sezvineiwo uye nekufanotaura zvakakwana, yakagovana kusakwanisa kwaReed kubata basa revakasununguka mukusiya vanhu vanoshanda nevarombo muUnited States. Kurudziro yaKristof yekuti Bato reDemocrtaic rinogona sei "kusanganazve nemoyo," zvimwe zvichibva pakuverenga kwaakaita Frank, ndezvekuti ive isingaite zvetsika seyuppie uye kutaura zvakanyanya maererano nechitendero uye chekutenda. Maye Kristof haana kunyatsosvika kunzvimbo dziri kutaurwa naFrank kuti bato reDemocratic Party rinofanira kubvisa hupfumi hwayo neoliberal yuppie uye kutorazve mavhoti evashandi nekuunza gwara rakaenzana kuhurongwa hwavo hwehupfumi.
Ini handifunge kuti bato richamboita izvozvo, nenzira, ndosaka ndazorodzwa nemhedzisiro yakaipa Chipiri mune imwe pfungwa yakakosha: ini handichafanira kutamba nevecentrist liberals zvakare.
Zvino kudivi risinganakidze rebhuku raFrank. Frank anopotsa zvimwe zvinhu zvakakosha mumufananidzo mukuru wekuti sei uye nei vazhinji varombo, vanoshanda-kirasi, uye vachena vepakati-yepakati (hongu vachena, nenzira) vanovhota Republican mazuva ano. Rudzi, zvakanaka rusaruraganda, uye pseudo-mubhadharo "mubhadharo wepfungwa" waanopa kune vachena vanoshaya (ona WEB Dubois naDavid R. Roediger) chikamu chikuru cheiyo equation kupfuura Frank anoda kubvuma.
Uyezve pane iyi nyaya diki - yakashaikwa zvachose mubhuku raFrank, rakaburitswa makore matatu mushure meNine-Eleven - yeinonzi Reed "chengetedzo." Makore anodarika makumi matatu apfuura, mundima yaikurukura nezvekushandiswa kweUS Cold War policy yekutyisidzira kunofungidzirwa kuti kukuru kweSoviet kupembedza kudeurwa kweropa kwemaimperiya muSoutheast Asia, Noam Chomsky akataura kuti hurumende yeUS "haina tarisiro yekugutsa chero munhu nemakakatanwa ayo. , asi kungodyara nyongano, tichivimba nekombamiro yomuzvarirwo yokuvimba nechiremera ndokudzivisa nhau dzakaoma nedzinovhiringidza. Mugari akavhiringidzika anotendeukira kune dzimwe purstuis, uye zvishoma nezvishoma, sezvo nhema dzehurumende dzinodzokororwa zuva nezuva, nhema dzinova chokwadi. " Mugari "anoroverwa mumutsara nekutya kuti tichakurirwa nemuvengi wekunze kana tikarega kungwarira." (Nekuda kwezvikonzero zveHurumende, p.53).
Hatingave nenhaurirano yakakomba yezvakaitika neChipiri tisina kutaura nezvechinyakare Owellian anoshandisa kutya kurovera vanhu mumutsara, tichivakurudzira kuti vape muhutongi hwavo uye hutsinye pasi peamburera yevakuru vakuru venatonal [mu. -]security state.
Tiri munzira isu tingadawo kufunga nezve kusanganisa DuBois naChomsky kufungisisa nezvemubairo wepfungwa wakaremerwa uyo imperialist butt-kicking grants kune ruzhinji rwevanhu, chikamu chakanaka icho chinotsamira (pamazinga akaderera ehupfumi hwemagariro) pabasa rechiuto, uye kune basa rinoitwa ne imperialism panguva imwe chete yekudzika kusaenzana kwenyika uye kuderedza manzwiro ekusachengeteka (ayo anotakura hupfumi hwakasiyana-siyana) zvokuti vatenzi "vakachenjera" (ini ndinongofunga zvisina tsika) mukurima.
Heino mashoko akataurwa naJames Madison anoenderera mberi aine kukosha kunokatyamadza kwemamiriro ezvematongerwo enyika emuAmerica mukuvamba kwezana remakore rechi21: “Zvisungo zvaisungirwa rusununguko pamba zvakambogadzirwa kubva muzvombo zvakagadzirirwa kuzvidzivirira kune chaivo, chinonyepedzera, kana kuti njodzi dzekufungidzira kunze kwenyika" (1799).
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