Muchirongwa chezvinyorwa chakapera neChishanu manheru, mugari wenhaka Tamara Ecclestone akatanga kuratidza kuti "haasi munhu asina maturo, akashata, benzi chairo, asina maturo, asina chinhu"(1). Kuedza uku hakuna kubudirira zvachose. Channel 5 yakamuratidza achitarisira kugadziridzwa kwemusha wake weยฃ45m muLondon, maakapa tabhu ye-ยฃ 1m yakavezwa kubva kucrystal yeMexico, nzvimbo yekutuhwina yepasi pevhu, kirabhu yake yeusiku, yekusimudza Ferrari, mukoto weBowling une crystal- mabhora akaturikidzana nespa uye masaja parlor yembwa dzake shanu, kumuchengetedza dambudziko rekuenda nadzo kuHarrods kuti vhudzi radzo risarwe uye kupendwa nzara. Asi pane chimwe chinhu chakatevedzana chisina kutiudza: yakawanda sei iyi yawakabatsira kubhadhara.
Mudare mavhiki maviri apfuura, baba vake, sahwira weFormula One, Bernie Ecclestone, vakaburitsa pachena kuti chokwadi chekuti chivimbo chemhuri yavo, Bambino Holdings, chaidzorwa neaimbova mukadzi wake kwete kuti iye ndiye angadai akamuponesa โzvinodarika mabhiriyoni maviri emadhoraโ mumutero(2). Iro zita rinoratidza kuti kuvimba kunogona kuve nechekuita nekutsigira kuedza kwemwanasikana wake kutevera dzidziso dzaSt Francis weAssisi.
Ecclestone anga aine hunyanzvi pakushandisa iyo corporate welfare state: kutamiswa nehurumende yehupfumi nesimba kubva kune isu tose kuenda ku1%. Mushure mekunge mukuru uyu aita mupiro kuhomwe yesarudzo yeLabour, Tony Blair akarayira kuti Formula 1 ibviswe pakurambidza kweEU kubhadhara fodya. Hurumende yakavaka nzira itsva yengoro mbiri kuenda kumujaho wake kuSilverstone(3).
Mune dzimwe nyika bhizinesi rake rakawana rubatsiro rwakakura rwehurumende. Russia, semuenzaniso, ichangobva kubvuma kuvakira Mr Ecclestone dunhu, vozozvibhadharira $280m kuti vawane mukana wekuvarega vachiishandisa(4). Ndichishanda muIndia muna 2004, ndakaona maminetsi akaburitswa emusangano wekanzuru umo mumiriri McKinsey akasimbirira kuti nyika yakashata yeAndhra Pradesh - uko mamirioni anofa nezvirwere zvinodzivirirwa - kukosora ยฃ50-75m pagore kutsigira Formula 1. .Maminitsi aya anoratidzawo kuti gurukota guru renyika rakanga rakurudzira mutungamiriri wehurumende yeIndia kuti asunungure bhizinesi reEcclestone pakurambidzwa kwenyika kushambadza fodya(5).
Socialism kune vapfumi, capitalism kune varombo: ndiwo mashandiro anoita hupfumi hwedu. Avo vari pasi vari pasi pekuoma kwemusika wakasununguka. Avo vari pamusoro vakatunhidzwa uye vanodzivirirwa sembwa dzaTamara Ecclestone.
NeChipiri Chancellor, George Osborne, vakafunga pakupedzisira kudzokorora chirongwa chemari yakazvimirira (PFI), iyo makambani anovaka zvivakwa zveveruzhinji akaita purofiti yakakura apo nyika yakachengeta njodzi (6). Asi kana iwe uchifunga kuti sarudzo yaOsborne inomiririra shanduko yakakura mugwara, unozoodzwa mwoyo zvakanyanya. Mazuva maviri gare gare akabvuma kutengesa bhanga rehurumende Northern Rock kuna Richard Branson. Pasi pechibvumirano, nyika inochengeta zvikwereti uku Branson achiwana midziyo: senge PFI. Iko kurasikirwa kwakaenzana ne ยฃ 13 kune wese muteresi (7).
Mumwe munhu asingazotamburi zvisina kufanira kubva pakubatwa kwe ยฃ 13 ndiMat Ridley. Sachigaro weNorthern Rock, aive nebasa, maererano neTreasury select committee, ye "high-ngozi, reckless business strategy" iyo yakakonzera kutanga kubhangi reBritish kubvira 1878 (8). Asati ave sachigaro, chigaro chaanoita kunge akagara nhaka kubva kuna baba vake, Matt Ridley aive mumwe wevanotyisa kwazvo munyika ino yelaissez-faire capitalism. Akatsanangura hurumende se "nhata inozvitsvakira yega pamusana pevanhu vane zvibereko zvakanyanya venyika ino ... hurumende hadzitungamiri nyika, dzinodziparadza." (9)
Chirwere chinozvitsvakira chega chakaburitsa kuyedza kwake kwakashata kuisa pfungwa dzake mukuita, kusvika pa ยฃ27bn. VaRidley vane tarenda vakadzidzei kubva pane zvakaitika izvi? The square root of nothing. Akaenderera mberi nekutsikisa bhuku umo akakurudzira kudzorwa kwebhizinesi ne "parasitic bureaucracy" yehurumende uye akati hurongwa hwemusika hunoita kuti kuzvida "kwakanyatsonaka"(10).
Aita nepaaigona napo kuti aparadze nyika inoyamwa ropa, akadzokera kuchigaro chemhuri yake kuBlagdon Hall, yakagara makiromita gumi nemashanu emapurazi, kunogara vanaRidleys - vasingaparadzirwe zvakadaro - pamarendi kubva kuvaridzi vavo, nemaoko. kubva kuCommon Agricultural Policy uye mubhadharo kubva kumigodhi yemarasha yakavhurika (15). Hapana anga aita uncouth zvakakwana kuti ataure pfungwa yekuti anogona kubhadhariswa chikamu chekurasikirwa kwe ยฃ11m Northern Rock yakapa mubhadhari weparasitic. Haisi iyo 400% inofanirwa kutakura mari yejongwe ravo.
Kunyange mukati medambudziko iri, apo varombo vari kurohwa nenyundo kumativi ose, hurumende ichiri kutsvaga kuendesa hupfumi hwavo hushoma kuvapfumi. Mwedzi wapera dhipatimendi rebhizinesi raVince Cable rakanyora mitemo mishanu yebasa iyo mabhizinesi angade kupikisa. Pakati pazvo pakanga paine muhoro wepasirese wepasi uye mubhadharo wepamutemo wevarwere (12).
NeChishanu, David Cameron akavhura nhaurirano naAngela Merkel pamusoro pedambudziko reEurozone. Zvaaida zvikuru zviviri zvaive zvekuti pasave nemutero weRobin Hood pakutengeserana kwemari uye kuti nguva yekushanda, iyo inodzivirira makambani kushandisa vashandi vavo, inofanira kukurukurwazve (13,14).
Kungodzidzisa kwaaive asina kukurukura. Muchokwadi, sekutaura kwandinogona kutaura, hapana wevatungamiriri veEurope vasati vazvitaura mumisangano yavo, kunyangwe ichitora inenge hafu yekushandisa kweEU. Iyo ndiyo nzira yezvekurima yerubatsiro, iyo ikozvino inodhura vateresi veBritish ยฃ 3.6bn pagore (15).
Isu tinoda kufungidzira kuti mari iyi inotsigira vafudzi vane ruzivo vanosunga mabhurugwa avo nebailer twine, asi vanobatsirwa zvikuru vanhu vakaita saRidleys. Kuwanda kwauinayo ivhu, ndiko kuwedzera kwerutsigiro rwaunowana kubva kuhurumende. Iyo Common Agricultural Policy inzvimbo huru yerubatsiro kune vanhu vakapfuma muEurope: maarisitocrats uye plutocrats vane hukuru hukuru. Vezvematongerwo enyika veBritain vanonyepedzera kuti inodzivirirwa chete nemaFrench. Izvi zvinonetsa: muna Kukadzi komiti yeHouse of Commons yaida kuti kwete chete kuti hurongwa hwerubatsiro hurambe huripo asi kuti tinofanira kudzoreredza mari dzevakuru, tichikurudzira varimi kugadzira chikafu chisingade (16).
Svondo rapfuura Guardian akafumura hurongwa hunoita seuranda hwakamanikidzwa nehurumende. Kuti vakwanise kuwana iyo ยฃ53 pasvondo yavanowana muJob Seekers 'Allowance, vechidiki vari kumanikidzwa kushanda vasingabhadharwe kwemavhiki masere kumakambani akaita seTesco, Poundland, Argos neSainbury's(17). Vamwe vevarombo munyika, nemamwe mazwi, vari kusungirwa nehurumende kupa rubatsiro kune mamwe mabhizinesi akapfuma, nekuvapa mabasa avo.
Kune vahosi vehutano hwemakambani vanoisa mabhati avo ekristaro, hapana chivharo chekubatsira, hapana chisungo chekushanda, mune dzimwe nguva hapana mutero. Mhosva yakaganhurirwa, hurumende dzepachivande dzekunze, kudzikisira uye zvipo zvehurumende zvinovimbisa kuti hazvitakuri chero muripo wekuti kirasi yavo yaita isu tose. Vanorarama nemari yedu, vachizvidza vanhu vadiki vanovatsigira.
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