Tinoti chii nguva ino? Haisi zera reruzivo: kudonha kwemafambiro akakurumbira edzidzo kwakasiya nzvimbo yakazadzwa nekushambadzira uyerangano rwenhema. Senguva yematombo, zera resimbi uye zera remuchadenga, zera redhijitari rinotaura zvakawanda nezvezvigadzirwa zvedu asi zvishoma nezvenzanga. The anthropocene, umo vanhu vanoshandisa simba guru pane biosphere, inokundikana kusiyanisa zana rino remakore kubva kune rakapfuura 20. Ichinjoi yakajeka yenzanga inoratidza nguva yedu kubva kune inoitangira? Kwandiri zviri pachena. Iyi iNguva Yekusurukirwa.

Apo Thomas Hobbes akataura kuti mumamiriro ezvinhu echisikigo, chiremera chisati chamuka kuti tidzivise, takanga tabatanidzwa muhondo “mumwe nomumwe achirwa nomunhu wose”, haaigona kunge akanganisa zvakanyanya. Takanga tiri zvisikwa zvokugarisana kubva pakutanga, nyuchi dzinoyamwisa, dzaitsamirana chose chose pane mumwe nomumwe. Mahomini ekumabvazuva kweAfrica angadai asina kurarama husiku humwe chete. Isu takaumbwa, kusvika pamwero mukuru kupfuura chero mamwe marudzi, nekusangana nevamwe. Nguva yatiri kupinda mairi, yatiri kurarama takaparadzana, haina kufanana neripi zvaro rakapfuura.

Mwedzi mitatu yapfuura takaverenga kuti kusurukirwa kwava chinhu denda pakati pevechidiki. Iye zvino tinodzidza kuti idambudziko rakangofanana nerevanhu vakuru. Ongororo yakaitwa neIndependent Age inoratidza kuti kusurukirwa kwakanyanya muEngland kunokanganisa hupenyu hwe 700,000 varume uye 1.1m vakadzi pamusoro pe50, uye ari kusimuka nekumhanya kunoshamisa.

Ebola haigoni kuuraya vanhu vakawanda sezviri kuitika chirwere ichi. Kuzviparadzanisa nevamwe ndicho chikonzero chikuru chekufa kwekutanga sekuputa midzanga gumi neshanu pazuva; kusurukirwa, tsvakurudzo inoratidza, ndizvo zvinouraya zvakapetwa kaviri kupfuura kufutisa. Dementia, BP, kudhakwa uye tsaona - zvese izvi, sekuora mwoyo, paranoia, kufunganya uye kuzviuraya, zvinova. zvakanyanya kupararira kana ma connections akagurwa. Hatigoni kurarama tiri toga.

Ehe, mafekitori akavhara, vanhu vanofamba nemota panzvimbo yemabhazi, shandisa YouTube kwete bhaisikopo. Asi shanduko idzi dzoga dzinotadza kutsanangura kukurumidza kwekuparara kwevanhu. Shanduko dzemagadzirirwo idzi dzakaperekedzwa nepfungwa inoramba hupenyu, iyo inomanikidza nekupemberera kuparadzaniswa kwedu nevamwe. Hondo yemunhu wese achipokana nemunhu wese - kukwikwidza uye kusarudzika, nemamwe mazwi - ndiyo chitendero chenguva yedu, chinoruramiswa nengano yevaridzi vega, vatengesi vega, vanozvitangisa, vanozvigadzira varume nevakadzi, vachienda ivo voga. Kune zvisikwa zvakawanda zvemagariro evanhu, zvisingagoni kubudirira pasina rudo, hakuna chinhu chakadai senzanga, kungova nehugamba humwechete. Chinokosha kukunda. Zvimwe zvacho icollateral damage.

Vana vekuBritain havachashuvi kuve vatyairi vezvitima kana vanamukoti - vanopfuura chikamu chimwe chete muzvishanu vanoti "vanongoda kupfuma": hupfumi uye mukurumbira ndizvo. zvishuwo chete zve40% yeavo vakaongororwa. Ongororo yehurumende muna Chikumi yakaratidza izvozvo Britain ndiro guta guru rekusurukirwa reEurope. Isu takaderera pane vamwe vekuEurope kuti tive neshamwari dzepedyo kana kuziva vavakidzani vedu. Ndiani angashamisika, apo kwose kwose tinokurudzirwa kurwa sembwa dzarasika pabhini reguruva?

Isu takashandura mutauro wedu kuratidza shanduko iyi. Kutukana kwedu kwakanyanya kukundwa. Hatichatauri nezvevanhu. Iye zvino tinovadaidza kuti vanhu. Izvi zvakapararira zvakanyanya, izwi rekuti atomising rave zvekuti kunyangwe masangano anorwira kusurukirwa anorishandisa kutsanangura bipedal masangano aimbozivikanwa sevanhu. Hatikwanise kupedzisa mutsara tisina kuzvibata. Kutaura pachangu (kuzvisiyanisa kubva kune ventriloquist's dummy), ndinosarudza shamwari dzangu pane dzakasiyana-siyana uye zvinhu zvangu kune izvo zvisiri zvangu. Kunyangwe izvo zviri izvo zvandinoda zvangu, zvichizivikanwa sekuda kwangu.

Imwe yemigumisiro inosuruvarisa yekusurukirwa ndeyekuti vanhu vanotendeukira kumaterevhizheni avo kuti vanyaradzwe: zvikamu zviviri kubva muzvishanu zvevanhu vakuru vanotaura kuti. mwari ane ziso rimwe ndiro boka ravo guru. Kuzvirapa uku kunowedzera chirwere chacho. Tsvagiridzo yakaitwa nenyanzvi dzezvehupfumi paYunivhesiti yeMilan inoratidza izvozvoterevhizheni inobatsira kufambisa chishuvo chemakwikwi. Inosimbisa zvakasimba kupesana kwekuwana mari-mufaro: chokwadi chokuti, sezvo mari yenyika inokwira, mufaro hausimuki nawo.

Kushuvira, uko kunowedzera nemari, kunovimbisa kuti nzvimbo yekusvika, yekugutsikana kwakasimba, inodzokera pamberi pedu. Vatsvakurudzi vakawana kuti avo vanoona TV yakawanda vanowana kugutsikana kuduku kubva kumwero wakapiwa wemari kupfuura avo vanongoona zvishoma. TV inomhanyisa hedonic treadmill, ichitimanikidza kuti tivavarire zvakatonyanya kuchengetedza mwero wakafanana wekugutsikana. Iwe unongo funga nezve maokisheni emadziro-kumadziro paTV yemasikati, Dhiragoni, Mudzidzi uye makumi ezviuru emhando dzemakwikwi ekuita basa anopembererwa nesvikiro, kubatwa zvakanyanya nemukurumbira nehupfumi, pfungwa inopararira, mukuiona. , kuti hupenyu huri kune imwe nzvimbo kunze kwaunenge uri, kuti uone kuti nei izvi zvingadaro.

Saka zvine basa rei? Chii chatinowana kubva muhondo iyi yezvose zvinopesana nevose? Makwikwi anofambisa kukura, asi kukura hakuchatiiti kuti tipfume. Nhamba dzakaburitswa svondo rino dzinoratidza kuti, nepo mari yevatungamiriri vekambani yakakwira neinopfuura chikamu chimwe chete muzvishanu, mihoro yevashandi pamwe chete yakadzikira zvakanyanya mugore rapfuura. Mabhosi anotambira - ndine hurombo, ndinoreva kutora - ka120 kupfuura avhareji yenguva yakazara mushandi. (Muna 2000, yaive ka47). Uye kunyangwe kana makwikwi akatiita kuti tive vapfumi, hazvizoiti kuti tifare, sezvo kugutsikana kunobva mukukwira kwemari kwaizodzikiswa nekushuvira kwemakwikwi.

Vepamusoro 1% vane 48% yehupfumi hwenyika, asi kunyangwe ivo havasi kufara.Ongororo yakaitwa neBoston College vevanhu vane mari inosvika mamiriyoni makumi manomwe nemasere emadhora vakawana kuti naivowo vakabatwa nekushushikana, kusagutsikana uye kusurukirwa. Vazhinji vavo vakashuma kunzwa kusachengeteka mune zvemari: kuti vasvike panzvimbo yakachengeteka, vakatenda, vaizoda, paavhareji, inenge 78% yakawanda mari. (Uye kana vakaiwana? Hapana mubvunzo kuti vaizoda imwe 25%). Mumwe akapindura akati haaizosvikako kusvika ave ne$25bn mubhanga.

Nekuda kweizvi, takatsemura nyika yechisikigo, takadzikisira mamiriro edu ehupenyu, takapa rusununguko rwedu netarisiro yekugutsikana kune inomanikidzirwa, atomising, isina mufaro hedonism, umo, tapedza zvimwe zvese, tinotanga kuzvibata isu pachedu. Nekuda kweizvi, takaparadza hunhu hwevanhu: kubatana kwedu.

Hongu, kune zvirongwa zvekunyaradza, zvine hungwaru uye zvinofadza seVarume muSheds uye Kufamba Bhora rakagadzirwa nemasangano anobatsira vanhu vakura vari voga. Asi kana tichida kuputsa hurongwa uhwu tosangana zvakare, tinofanira kutarisana nehurongwa hwekudya kwenyika, hwekudya nyama hwatakamanikidzwa.

Hobbes's pre-social situation yaive ngano. Asi isu tiri kupinda mune post-social mamiriro madzitateguru edu angadai akatenda zvisingaiti. Hupenyu hwedu huri kuramba husina kunaka, hwakapusa uye hurefu.


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George Monbiot ndiye munyori wemabhuku anonyanya kutengesa Kupisa: nzira yekumisa kupisa kwepasi; The Age of Consent: manifesto yehurongwa hwenyika hutsva uye Captive State: kutorwa kwemakambani kweBritain; pamwe chete nemabhuku ekufambisa ekuferefeta Poisoned Arrows, Amazon Watershed uye No Man's Land. Anonyora koramu yevhiki nevhiki yebepanhau reGuardian.

Mukati memakore manomwe enzendo dzekuferefeta muIndonesia, Brazil neEast Africa, akapfurwa, akarohwa nemapurisa emauto, kuputsikirwa nechikepe uye kubaiwa mucoma ine chepfu nemavu. Akadzokera kubasa kuBritain mushure mekunzi akafa muchipatara cheLodwar General Hospital kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumadokero kweKenya, abatwa nechirwere chemalaria.

MuBritain, akapinda mumigwagwa yekuratidzira. Akapinzwa muchipatara nevarindi, avo vakarovera simbi mutsoka, ichipwanya bhonzo repakati. Akabatsira kuwana Iyo Nyika Ndeyedu, iyo yakatora ivhu munyika yese, kusanganisira 13 maeka eprime real estate muWandsworth yeGuinness corporation uye yakanangana nehofori superstore. Varatidziri vakarova Guinness mudare, vakavaka eco-village uye vakabatirira pasi kwemwedzi mitanhatu.

Akabata kushanya kuyanana kana professorship kumayunivhesiti eOxford (mutemo wezvemamiriro ekunze), Bristol (uzivi), Keele (zvematongerwo enyika) uye East London (sainzi yezvemamiriro ekunze). Parizvino ari kushanyira purofesa wekuronga paOxford Brookes University. Muna 1995 Nelson Mandela akamupa Mubairo weUnited Nations Global 500 webudiriro yakanaka yezvakatipoteredza. Akahwina zvakare mubairo weLloyds National Screenwriting wescreenplay yake The Norwegian, mubairo weSony wekugadzira nhepfenyuro, Sir Peter Kent Mubairo uye OneWorld National Press Award.

Muzhizha 2007 akapihwa dhigirii rekuremekedza neYunivhesiti yeEssex uye kuyanana kwekuremekedza neCardiff University.

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