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Baba vangu vakaberekwa muna 1917. Sezvineiwo, vakapona Spanish Flu denda re1918-1919, asi kubuda kwe chikosoro muna 1923 akati hanzvadzi yake mucheche, Clementina. Imwe yendangariro dzababa vangu yekutanga yaive yekuona bhokisi chena rehanzvadzi yavo. Imwe hanzvadzi yakaratidzirwa zvechigarire nescarlet fever. Muna 1923, baba vangu vakarohwa nemotokari vakapedza vhiki mbiri vari muchipatara dehenya remusoro rakatsemuka uye chigunwe chikuru chakatsemuka. Vabereki vake vakabva kune imwe nyika vakanga vasina inishuwarenzi yokurapwa, asi mutyairi wemotokari yacho akapa baba vake US$50 yekubhadhara mari dzokurapwa. Chaizongogara chiri vanga rakatakurwa nababa vangu kweupenyu hwavo hwose pachigunwe chavo chekurudyi.

Gore ra1929 rakaunza Kuderera Kukuru uye nguva dzakaoma. Baba vababa vangu vakanga vasiya mhuri, saka baba vangu, vaiva nemakore 12, vaifanira kupindawo mumba. Vakawana nzira yokufamba nayo mumapepanhau, yavakachengeta kwemakore mana, vachirega chikoro chesekondari pashure pegiredhi regumi kuti vawane mari yokuchengeta mhuri. Muna 1935, kufanana nemamiriyoni emamwe majaya enguva iyoyo, iye akabatanidzwa ari Civil Conservation Corps (CCC), chisikwa cheMutungamiri Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal iyo yakapa basa pamapurojekiti ezvakatipoteredza emhando dzakawanda. Akarwisa moto wemasango muOregon kwemakore maviri asati adzokera kumhuri yake nebasa refekitori. Muna 1942, akapinzwa muchiuto, achidzokera kubasa refekitari pakapera Hondo Yenyika II. Nguva dzakawedzera kushomeka muna 1951 paakave mudzimi wemoto, mushure mezvo akanzwa kuti aikwanisa kutenga imba nekutanga mhuri.

Ndiri kupa iyi nhoroondo yega yega semamiriro ekufanotaura kwababa vangu izvo, nezvikonzero zviri pachena, zvakauya mupfungwa dzangu zvakare nguva pfupi yadarika. Pandakanga ndichiri kuyaruka, aifarira kundiudza kuti: “Ndakava nazvo zvakaoma pakutanga uye zvaiva nyore pakupedzisira. Iwe, Willy, zvakava nyore pakutanga, asi zvinogona kuzokuomera pakupedzisira. " Chiporofita chake chakaramba chiri mandiri, zvichida nokuti kunyange ipapo, pane imwe nzvimbo pasi pasi, ndakatonyumwa kuti baba vangu vakarurama.

Denda reCCIDID-19 rave kubata misoro, yese, uye kudzikira kwepasirese, kana kusiri kushushikana, kunoratidzika kunge kuri pedyo-chokwadi. Musika wemasheya wanga uchikwira uye hupenyu hwevanhu huri kukanganiswa munzira dzakakosha uye dzinotyisa. Baba vangu vaiziva chinoitika chokurasikirwa nomudiwa nokuda kwechirwere, chokushanda nesimba kuti vawane chokurarama nacho munguva dzokushayiwa kukuru, chokurega zvimwe zvinhu nokuda kwokunakira mhuri yomunhu. Zvichienzaniswa naye, ichokwadi kuti, kusvika ikozvino, ndave nehupenyu huri nyore semukuru muAir Force uyezve mudzidzisi wekoreji uye munyori wenhoroondo. Asi pazera ramakore 57, pakupedzisira ndakagadzirira nguva dzakaoma dziri kuuya here? Pane vamwe vedu here?

Uye yeuka kuti aya angori mavambo. Kuchinja kwemamiriro ekunze (rangarira ichangoburwa yeAustralia uye yakakura mhirizhonga) inovimbisa zvimwe nyonganyonga, nyonganyonga, zvirwere zvakawanda. America inoda militarism uye vezvematongerwo enyika vanonyepa vimbisa dzimwe hondo. Chii chinofanirwa kuitwa kudzivirira kana kurerutsa nguva dzakaoma dziri kuuya, tichifunga kuti kufanotaura kwababa vangu kuri kuitika? Chii chatingaita?

Inguva yekufungazve America

Hechino chinhu chimwe pamusoro pekuvhiringidza kukuru kune zvakajairika: vanogona kugadzira mikana yekuchinja kukuru. (Disaster capitalists ziva izvi, zvakare, zvinosuwisa.) Mutungamiri Franklin Roosevelt vakaziva izvi mumakore ekuma1930 uye vakaronga Deal yavo Itsva kumutsiridza hupfumi nekudzorera vanhu vekuAmerica sababa vangu kubasa.

Muna 2001, hutongi hweMutungamiri George W. Bush neMutevedzeri weMutungamiriri Dick Cheney vakakurudzira kuvhiringidza uye kutyisa kwekurwiswa kwe9/11 kuunza pasirese maonero avo Pax Americana, zvinobudirira mauto ehondo anoruramiswa (zvenhema) seanogonesa rusununguko rukuru kune vose. Kupokana kwagara kuripo muchiroto chakadaro kwaive kupusa zvekuti kuita kuti njodzi yeramangwana isadzivisike. Rangarira izvo mubatsiri kuna Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld zvakanyorwa pasi, maawa mashomanana mushure mekurwiswa kwePentagon uye kuputsika kweTwin Towers, semirairo yemukuru wake (kunyanya kana zvasvika pakutsvaga humbowo hwekubatanidzwa kweIraqi): "Enda zvikuru - tsvaira zvose, zvinhu zvine chokuita uye kwete." Uye zvechokwadi vaizoita izvo chaizvo, nekusimbisa "kwete," kusanganisira, hongu, kurwisa kwenjodzi Iraki muna 2003.

Kune vanhu vane pfungwa dzekufambira mberi vachifunga nezvenguva ino yedambudziko, imhandoi yemikana ingatizarurire kana (kana kuti kana) Donald Trump abva kuWhite House? Pamwe ino nguva yekoronavirus ndiyo nguva yakakwana yekufunga kuti zvingarevei kuti isu tiende zvakakura chaizvo, asi pasina hubris yakajairwa kana kurwisa kwakaipisisa kwenyika dzekunze. Kupindura kuCCIDID-19, kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, uye kusarongeka kwehupfumi munyika ino izvo, kana zvasanganiswa, zvinokonzeresa mazinga asingadaviriki ekutambura kusingakoshi, chinodiwa kurongeka kwakasimba kwezvinhu zvedu zvekutanga munyika.

Rangarira, danho rekutanga reFed raive rekuisa jekiseni $ 1.5 tiririyoni mumusika wemasheya. (Izvo zvingadai zvakakwana kukanganwira chikwereti chevadzidzi chazvino.) Utongi hwaTrump zvakare akapikira kubatsira makambani endege, mahotera, uye pamusoro pemakambani ese emafuta uye indasitiri yemafuta, dutu rakakwana kana zvasvika pakuedza kuchengetedza nekupfumisa avo vanosimudzira kleptocratic uye amoral chinzvimbo quo.

Ino inofanira kunge iri nguva yemaitiro matsva echokwadi, anokodzera nyika yemhirizhonga iri kuramba ichikwira uye njodzi, imwe yaizotsanangura imwe itsva, ine demokrasi, shoma bellicose America. Kuti izvi zviitike, heano mazano manomwe, akatarisa - sezvo ndiri mukuru wemauto akarega basa - kunyanya kumauto eU.S., nyaya iri kuramba ichindidya mwoyo, kunyanya sezvo, pari zvino, mauto aya nedzimwe nyika dzekuchengetedzwa kwenyika. kumedza zvinenge 60% ye federal discretionary mari:

1. Kana pakambove nenguva yekudzikisa mari yedu yakawanda uye yekupambadza kwemauto, ndizvozvo. Kwakange kusina, semuenzaniso, chero pfungwa yekuisa mari kusvika ku $1.7 trillion pamusoro pemakore anotevera e30 "kugadzirisa" zvombo zvenyukireya zveAmerica. (Nei zvombo zvitsva zvichidikanwa kutsakatisa vanhu apo “zvekare” zvichiri kushanda zvakanaka?) Mazana okunyengera varwi uye mabhomba - inofungidzirwa kuti Lockheed Martin's kuodza mwoyo F-35 jet fighter chete inodhura $ 1.5 tiririyoni pamusoro pehupenyu hwayo - usaite chinhu kutidzivirira kubva kudenda, mhedzisiro yekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, kana kumwe kutyisidzira kwakanyanya. Zvombo zvakadaro zvinongosimbisa mutemo wezvekune dzimwe nyika wemauto uye chauvinistic uyo unofambisa dzimwe hondo uye matambudziko ekudzosera kumashure emarudzi ese. Uye kutaura nezvehondo, haisi yekupedzisira nguva yekugumisa kubatanidzwa kweUS muIraq neAfghanistan? Kupfuurisa $ 6 tiririyoni yakatoparadzwa pahondo idzodzo uye, munguva ino yenjodzi yepasi rose, zvakatowanda zviri kuraswa pakurwisana kwekusingaperi kwenyika ino mhiri kweGreater Middle East neAfrica. (Zvinenge $4 bhiriyoni mwedzi unoramba uchishandiswa paAfghanistan chete, zvisinei nekutaura kwese nezve "runyararo" ipapo.)

2. Pamwe chete nekugumisa zvirongwa zvezvombo zvakaipisisa uye hondo dzemvura, haisi nguva yekuti U.S. itange kudzikisa zvinoshamisa "tsoka" dzayo dzehondo panyika ino? Zvinenge 800 US mauto ari pasi kutenderedza pasirese nenzira yakare isati yamboitika pamutengo wegore kune imwe nzvimbo kuchamhembe kwe100 bhiriyoni. Kucheka nhamba dzakadaro muhafu mumakore gumi anotevera chingave chinangwa chinopfuura chinogoneka. Kucheka zvachose "mitambo yehondo" inotsamwisa muSouth Korea, Europe, uye kumwewo kwaizova kusinga nzwisisike. North Korea neRussia zvechokwadi dzakadziviswa nekuratidzira kunoshamisa kwesimba remauto rinoparadza here?

3. Huya ufunge nezvazvo, nei US ichida simba remauto nekukurumidza kuti rirwe hondo mbiri huru dzekunze panguva imwe chete, sezvo Pentagon inoramba ichisimbirira kuti tiite uye kuronga, muzita re "kudzivirira" nyika yedu? Heino chirevo chakasimba: kana ukawedzera 70,000 Special Operations mauto to 186,000 Marine Corps vashandi, U.S. inotova neuto rine simba rinokurumidza kurwisa rinosvika 250,000 mauto. Zvino, wedzera muHondo's 82nd uye 101st Airborne zvikamu uye 10th Mountain Division. Zvauinazvo zvinopfuura simba remauto rakakwana kupa kuchengetedzwa kweAmerica chaiko. Mamwe mapoka ese eMauto anogona kudzikiswa kuita makadhi, anokwidziridzwa chete kana miganhu yedu ichityisidzirwa nehondo. Saizvozvo, gadziridza iyo Air Force neNavy kuti isasimbise zviripo "global strike” chiono cheaya masevhisi, uchibvisa sevhisi nyowani yaDonald Trump, iyo Space Force, uye pfungwa isina musoro yokupinza hondo mugwara rakaderera. America haisati yatove nehondo yakakwana here pano pasi redu diki?

4. Dzosera gwaro, kwete nekuda kwezvinangwa zvehondo. Ita kuti ive chikamu chepurogiramu yebasa renyika yekuvandudza America. Yave nguva yekuti itsva Civil Conservation Corps yakatarisana nekusimudzira Green New Deal. Yasvika nguva itsva Works Progress Administration kuvakazve zvivakwa zveAmerica uye kusimbisa tsika yedu, sezvakaitwa nesangano iri mumakore ekuderera kukuru kwehupfumi. Yave nguva yekubatanidza vechidiki mukushandira nyika ino. Kutarisana neCOVID-19 kana denda remangwana raizove nyore kana paine nekukurumidza vakadzidziswa vabatsiri vekurapa vanogona kubatsira mahara vanachiremba uye vanamukoti kuti vatarise nyaya dzakanyanya kuoma. Kugadzirisa kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kungangoda mamwe majaya nemhandara vachirwisa moto wemasango kumahombekombe ekumadokero, sezvakaita baba vangu vachiri muCCC - uye munyika inochinja-chinja mamiriro ekunze hapazoshomeka mamwe mapurojekiti anodiwa kuchengetedza pasi redu. Haisi nguva here kuti vechidiki veAmerica vapindure runhare kubasa? Zvichiri nani, haisati yasvika here nguva yatakavapa mukana wekunyatsoisa America, pane ivo pachavo, kutanga?

5. Uye kutaura nezve "America Chekutanga," chirevo chisingaperi cheTrumpian, haisati yasvika nguva yekuti vanhu vese vekuAmerica vazive kuti denda repasi rose nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze zvinoita chiseko chemadziro uye kusimudzira nyika, kwete kutaura nezvazvo. zvematongerwo enyika zvinoparadzanisa, kutsausa, uye kuita kuti vakawanda vaomerwe? Mutungamiri Dwight D. Eisenhower kamwe akati kuti vanhu vekuAmerica chete ndivo vanogona kurwadzisa America zvechokwadi, asi pane zvinokonzeresa izvozvo: vanhu vekuAmerica chete ndivo vanogona kuponesa America zvechokwadi - nekubatana, kutarisa kumatambudziko edu, uye kusimudzirana. Kuti uite kudaro, zvinonyanya kukosha kumisa kutya-mongering (uye kudziya). SaMutungamiri Roosevelt ane mukurumbira akati mukutaura kwake kwekutanga mukati meKuderera Kukuru, "Chinhu chimwe chete chatinofanira kutya kutya pachako." Kutya kunotitadzisa kufunga zvakajeka, kubatira pamwe zvizere, kuchinja zvinhu zvakanyanya senzanga.

6. To cite Yoda, tenzi weJedi, tinofanira kusunungura zvatakadzidza. Somuenzaniso, America magamba chaiwo haifaniri kuva "varwi" vanouraya kana nyeredzi dzemitambo dzinokanda bhora uye dunk basketballs. Tiri kupupura magamba edu echokwadi ari kuita izvozvi: vanachiremba vedu, vanamukoti, uye vamwe vashandi vekurapa, pamwe nevekutanga kupindura, uye avo vashandi vanogara muzvitoro zvegirosari, ma pharmacy, nezvimwe uye vanoramba vachitishandira isu tese kunyangwe paine njodzi yekubata chibvumirano. coronavirus kubva kune vatengi. Vese vari kuramba nekuzvipira kutyisidzira vazhinji vedu isu tisina kufanoona kana kuramba kubata zvakakomba, kunyanya, chokwadi, President Donald Trump: denda rinodarika miganhu nemiganhu. Asi vanhu vekuAmerica vanogona here kudarika miganhu nemiganhu yepfungwa dzedu? Tinogona here kuuya kuzoshanda nekuzvipira kuponesa nekuvandudza hupenyu hwevamwe? Tingava, mupfungwa yakati, vanoda vanhu here?

7. Chekupedzisira, tinofanira kuwedzera rudo rwedu kuti rwusanganise zvakasikwa, pasi redu. Nokuti kana tikaramba tichibata nyika dzedu, mvura dzedu, uye matenga edu semagaba nemabhini emarara, vana vedu nevana vavo vachagara nhaka yenguva dzakaoma zvikuru kupfuura nguva yazvino, zvakaoma sezvazvingava.

Izvo zvinonyatsoenderana nemazano manomwe aya kuramba pfungwa dzechiuto dzehutsinye uye pfungwa yemubatanidzwa yekubiridzira kune uyo anoona vanhu nepasi rino zvakanyanya. Haisi nguva yekuwanazve chiono chepasi chatakagovana pamwe chete panguva yeApollo mwedzi mishoni: a nzvimbo yebhuruu isina kusimba inoyangarara murima rakasvibira rechadenga, imba isingatsivike yekuchengetwa nekuremekedzwa sezvo pasina imwe nzvimbo yekuti tiende? Zvikasadaro, ndinotya kuti kufanotaura kwababa vangu kuchaitika kwete kwandiri chete, asi kune zvizvarwa zvinouya uye nenzira dzaasina kumbofungidzira.

Mumiriri akasiya basa lieutenant colonel (USAF) uye purofesa wenhoroondo, William Astore TomDispatch dzose. Yake yega blog ndeye Bracing Views.

Chinyorwa ichi chakatanga kuoneka paTomDispatch.com, weblog yeNational Institute, iyo inopa kuyerera kwakadzikama kwemamwe masosi, nhau, uye maonero kubva kuna Tom Engelhardt, mupepeti wenguva refu mukutsikisa, co-muvambi weAmerican Empire Project, munyori we Kupera Kwekukunda Tsika, seyenoveli, Mazuva Ekupedzisira Ekudhinda. Bhuku rake razvino ndereRudzi Rusina Kugadzirwa Nehondo (Haymarket Books).

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