Umthombo: Idemokhrasi Ngoku!
Ulawulo olungenayo lweBiden lujongene noxinzelelo olonyukayo lokucinywa kwetyala lemali mboleko yabafundi, into uJoe Biden kubikwa ukuba uyayiqwalasela ngesenzo solawulo, esingayi kufuna iCongress ukuba iwise umthetho. U-Astra Taylor, olilungu le-Debt Collective, uthi ukucinywa kwamatyala omfundi kuya kuba yinzuzo kubatyali kunye noqoqosho olubanzi, kwaye kunokuba yinxalenye yentshukumo enkulu yenkqubela phambili kulawulo lwe-Biden. "Kwakukho umbono kanye emva konyulo ... kuba iidemokhrasi zingayithathi iSenethi ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba ulawulo lweBiden lulawule," utshilo uTaylor. "Kukho izinto anokuthi uBiden azenze ukuba uzimisele ukudlala ibhola enzima, ukuba uzimisele ukuyiqonda le nto yenziwa ngamaRiphabhlikhi, kunye neeDemokhrasi zinokwenza okufanayo."
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Siza kujika ngoku kwi-Astra Taylor. U-Astra Taylor weNdibaniselwano yeTyala. Uqhanqalazo luza njengoko abalawuli be-Biden abangenayo nabo bejongene noxinzelelo olukhulayo lokurhoxisa lonke ityala lemali mboleko yabafundi. NgoLwesithathu, iqela lamaqela angama-200 lithumele ileta kuBiden kunye noSekela Mongameli onyuliweyo uKamala Harris ebabongoza ukuba "basebenzise igunya elilawulayo ukucima ityala labafundi ngomhla wokuqala wolawulo lwabo."
Ke ewe, siguqukela ngoku kumbhali, kumenzi wefilimu, kumququzeleli u-Astra Taylor, olilungu le-Debt Collective esanda kupapasha incwadi enesihloko. Awunakuhlawula, awuzukuhlawula: Ityala lokungathobeli kwezoqoqosho kunye nokupheliswa kwetyala. U-Astra wabhala isandulela sencwadi kunye nesiqwenga esitsha kuyo Guardian ngumxholo lowo Sixelelwa ukuba iBiden ayizukwazi ukufezekisa okuninzi. Simele siyigatye loo mbono. Sijika ngqo kuloo mxholo. Astra, masiqale apho. Kuthetha ukuthini ukuthi kufuneka siwukhabe lo mbono wokuba akukho nto ingako inokufezekiswa ngexesha lolawulo lweBiden?
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Okokuqala, enkosi kakhulu ngokuba nam. Kuyamangalisa ukulandela loo mazwi akhaliphileyo avela kuBameli uCori Bush kunye noAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Indibano ethi "Biden, yiba nesibindi" nayo iyawubamba lo moya. Kwabakho umbono kanye emva konyulo, unyulo olungekapheli, kuba iidemokhrasi zingayithathi iSenethi ukuba akunakwenzeka ukuba ulawulo lweBiden lulawule. Eyona nto intle kakhulu ngalo mzuzu yindlela abantu abathetha ngayo, "Hayi, eneneni sinokuqonda okunzulu malunga nendlela amandla asebenza ngayo kunye namandla onokuthi ube nawo, nokuba ngaba iiDemokhrasi azikwazi ukujika ezo zihlalo zeSenate eGeorgia." Ngokuqinisekileyo ukuphethula ezo zihlalo kuya kuba yinto efanelekileyo, ukugcina ezo zihlalo kunye nokuphumelela ezo zeDemokhrasi kuya kuba yinto efanelekileyo. Kodwa nangona kunjalo, kukho izinto anokuthi uBiden azenze, ukuba uzimisele ukudlala ibhola enzima. Ukuba uzimisele ukuqonda ukuba yiloo nto eyenziwa ngamaRiphabhlikhi kwaye iiDemokhrasi kufuneka zenze okufanayo.
Ke kukho intshukumo eqhubekayo yokunyanzela abalawuli beBiden ukuba benze oku, kuqala ngokuthi, "Siyazi ukuba unalo la mandla." Ke umzekelo, iBiden inokuqeshwa kusetyenziswa uMthetho weZithuba, uMthetho woHlaziyo lweZithuba eziManyeneyo. La mandla asetyenziswa nguTrump nangona wayeneSenethi kwicala lakhe. Oku kuvumela umongameli ukuba atyumbe izikhundla ezikwinqanaba leKhabhinethi, abantu abaqinisekisiweyo yiCongress okanye abasebenzi abaphezulu kwii-arhente ezithile. Ndicebisa ukuba abantu balandele iDemand Progress kunye neRevolving Door Project, eyenze umsebenzi omkhulu kakhulu kule nto, besithi kukho indlela yokubeka abantu kwizikhundla zolawulo ukuze uqhubele phambili i-ajenda yenkqubela phambili yokuba wonyulwa. ukuqhubela phambili.
Ngenxa yokuba AOC yenziwe yacaca, inkqubela phambili iphumelele kolu lonyulo. Kwaye ngexesha lobhubhani kunye nobunzima bezoqoqosho, asinakukwazi ukuba norhulumente osilelayo ukulawula abantu. Ikwangumdla weDemokhrasi, kuba baya kutyunyuzwa ngo-2022 okanye ngo-2024 ukuba abakwenzi oku. Ngoko ke ndikhuthazwa kakhulu ziintshukumo ezinikela ingqalelo kwezi ntlobo zezinto, ndicinga ngokuqeshwa kwabasebenzi, ukucinga ngezikhundla ezibalulekileyo.
Ndicinga ukuba onke la mathuba oluntu, nokuba sithetha ngotshintsho lwemozulu, nokuba sithetha ngobulungisa kwezoqoqosho, ityala labafundiโsiyakuqonda ukubaluleka kwezikhundla ezifana noNondyebo okanye iOfisi yoLawulo kunye noHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali, kwaye siyaqonda ukuba zonke ziphela. idityanisiwe. Kwaye sifuna abantu abazimiseleyo ukudibana nomzuzu ngokuchasene nezopolitiko zakudala zobungqongqo. Sibafuna abo bantu endaweni ngoku. Ke i-Debt Collective ixhalabele kakhulu, umzekelo, ngemiba-ngoobani abasebenza kwiSebe lezeMfundo, ukuqinisekisa ukuba asiphindwa kulawulo luka-Obama-Biden. Asinakukwazi ukuba ne-Obama 2.0 kwinqanaba leSebe leMfundo.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo sithetha ngolawulo luka-Obama-Biden, ngaphandle kokuba u-Biden angaba ngumongameli onyuliweyo. Ngoku, ungathetha ngoluhlu lweminqweno yamalungu eKhabhinethi? Kuninzi okuthethwa ngako. Kuyabonakala ukuba, uMongameli-onyuliweyo uBiden sele eza kuchaza unobhala wakhe wesebe lezemali. Phakathi kwabo banenkqubela bebesoloko betyhala nguSenator u-Elizabeth Warren, kodwa kukho inkxalabo yokuba ngenxa yokuba ephuma eMassachusetts, enerhuluneli yaseRiphabhlikhi, loo nto ayinakuqinisekisa ukuba ngubani ozakugcwalisa eso situlo seSenethi.
Kwaye kunjalo, i-Senate, akukagqithwanga ukuba ngubani oza kuqhuba i-Senate, ngenxa yee-runoffs ezimbini zaseGeorgia. Kodwa kunokwenzeka ukuba uElizabeth Warren. Ngoku igama elidadayo phakathi kwabanye nguJanet Yellen.
UnoBernie Sanders ofuna ukuba ngunobhala wezabasebenzi. Inkxalabo yokuba ilizwe lakhe, iVermont, irhuluneli ikwayiRiphabhlikhi. UPhil Scott, othi uza kukhetha umntu ozimeleyo, ewe, nguBernie Sanders, onokuthi adibanise neDemocratic Party. Kodwa kuzo zombini ezi meko, unazo ezi rhuluneli zaseRiphabhlikhi ezenza isigqibo sokugqibela. Kuthekani ngeKhabhinethi, ibaluleke kangakanani kwaye aba baviwa, i-Astra?
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba sibeke phambili-ndicinga ukuba into yokuqala ekufuneka yenziwe ngabalawuli beBiden kukubeka phambili ukhetho olunesibindi olunjengo-Elizabeth Warren. USarah Bloom Raskin ngomnye umntu abantu abanomdla kuye. Ndicinga ukuba wayeseNondyebo phantsi kuka-Obama kwaye uthethe izinto ezinomdla ngokwenene malunga nemozulu kunye namandla kaNondyebo ukumisa utshintsho lwemozulu. Ke kukho ezi dynamics ekufuneka ziqwalaselwe.
Nokuba ngaba iiDemokhrasi zineSenethi yinkxalabo enkulu. Ukuba abakwenzi oko, into ekumele ukuba ibekho, kwaye nemibutho iyayenza le nto, kukwenza uluhlu lwabantu abasele bekurhulumente. Ngoko ke abantu abanezikhundla kwiikomishoni ezizimeleyo ngaphakathi kurhulumente abanokuthi baqeshwe ngoMthetho weZithuba. KwiSebe leMfundo, amanye amagama adadadisiweyo nguRandi Weingarten we AFT, iAmerican Federation of Teachers. Ukuba nentloko yombutho wootitshala kwiSebe leMfundo kuya kuba yinkqubela phambili ebonakalayo.
Kodwa asiyazi into eza kwenzeka. Asikho kwinqanaba apho sinokuphumla lula. Kodwa ndicinga ukuba njengabantu abakumbutho, kufuneka sibonakalise ukuba sinikela ingqalelo emandla kule nto kwaye siyayiqonda indlela ezibaluleke ngayo ezi zikhundla. Kwakhona, kufuneka sijonge izinto ezifana nezi WBO, I-Ofisi yoLawulo kunye noHlahlo-lwabiwo-mali ngokunjalo, uhlobo lwee-arhente ezikruqulayo ngakumbi asiyi kuhlawula ingqwalasela enkulu ukuba eneneni zinempembelelo xa sicinga ngamandla esipaji.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Kwintshayelelo yencwadi entsha Awunakuhlawula, awuzukuhlawula: Ityala lokungathobeli kwezoqoqosho kunye nokupheliswa kwetyala, ubhala uthi, โUkuba asilungelelanisi, abantu abanamatyala baya kuhlala bengene nzulu emngxunyeni wemali. Kulo bhubhani, abanye ababolekisi bemihla yokurhola babiza inzala esondele kwi-800% kwimali-mboleko yexesha elifutshane, bethatha ithuba labantu abangenayo enye indlela yokugcina uphahla phezu kweentloko zabo okanye ukubeka ukutya etafileni. Ukungaqeshwa kwabantu abaninzi ngokungabikho komnatha wokhuseleko osebenzayo konyusa ubuninzi bamatyala, oko kuphembelela ukusasazwa kobutyebi obungalinganiyo ngokuhambelana nemigca yobuhlanga eqikelelwayo. "
Singena kwiveki yeholide. Kukho iibhloko zabantu ezinde kwimigca yokutya kulo lonke eli lizwe. Amaqela esisa, amaqela okutya anikezela ngeeturkeys okanye naluphi na uhlobo lokutya aphelelwa kukutya. Amanani abantu abangaphangeliyo ayenyuka. Sithetha ngezigidi zabantu abaza kuphulukana nezibonelelo zabo zokungaphangeli. Ngaba ungathetha ngawo wonke umba wetyala kunye nento ocinga ukuba inokwenzeka?
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Ukuba sematyaleni kwaba yingxaki enkulu phambi kokuba Covid isifo esikho elizweni jikelele. Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka siqale apho. Kwangoku, ukutshona kwekhaya kwakusele kufikelele kwinqanaba lembali. Eyona nto yeyokuba ukufikelela kwityala kugqume imivuzo edodobalisayo kunye nokungalingani okuyothusa ingqondo. Ke into ekufuneka beyenzile abantu, kuba bengahlawulwa ngokwaneleyo, kufuneka baboleke ukuze bahlawule. Ngoko ke, ngaloo ndlela, abantu baphangwa kabini. Uphangwa emsebenzini ngokuhlawulwa umvuzo wobuhlwempu, uze unyanzeleke ukuba uboleke kwaye uhlawule inzala ukuze uphile. Ngoko ke kufuneka siboleke imali ukuze sifumane imfundo ukuze sifumane umsebenzi. Umndilili obolekayo ngoku unemali emalunga ne-32,000 yeedola. Iyanyuka inyuka minyaka le. Abantu kufuneka bathathe imali-mboleko yomhla wokuhlawula ukugcina uphahla phezu kwentloko yabo. Siyazi ukuba uphando lubonisa ukuba abantu bathanda ukubeka izinto eziyimfuneko kumakhadi abo okuthenga ngetyala. Sithetha izinto ezisisiseko ezifana nokutya, isondlo.
Abantu ngokuqinisekileyo bantywila ematyaleni onyango kuba sihlala kwilizwe elingenalo ukhathalelo lwezempilo jikelele. Ityala lezonyango, njengoko uBernie Sanders wayesoloko echaza kwindlela yephulo, yeyona nto ibangela ukungabikho kwemali kweli lizwe. Ukuba uhlala kwilizwe elinokhathalelo lwempilo jikelele, ityala lonyango alikho. Ke ezi ziingxaki zezopolitiko.
Ngoko ke sililizwe labantu abanamatyala. Uninzi lwabantu, i-75% yabantu, banamatyala. Abantu baseMelika basweleka-ngaphambi kobhubhani, abantu baseMelika babesifa ngokwe-avareji ngama-62,000 eedola zamatyala. Ubhubhani uyafika, izigidi zemisebenzi ziyaphuncuka kwaye oku kube yingxaki engxamisekileyo nangakumbi. Siyazi ngaphambi kobhubhane ukuba abantu babengenazo iidola ezingama-400 zongxamiseko. Kwenzeka ntoni xa umvuzo wakho uphela? Ungena nzulu nangakumbi ematyaleni, ubunjubaqa, ukusilela. Kwaye zonke iziphumo zengqondo nezomzimba eziza naloo nto. Sonke siyazi ukuba amatyala anzima kakhulu. Imbi kwimpilo yethu.
Ngoko ke ezi ziingxaki zesakhiwo, kwaye i-Debt Collective, eyimanyano yabatyalwayo, ifuna izisombululo zesakhiwo. Ke njengabasebenzi beququzelela emsebenzini kwaye bafuna imivuzo ephezulu, izibonelelo, iimeko zengqesho ezifanelekileyo, sikholelwa ukuba abatyalayo kufuneka baququzelele. Ngoko abantu abanamatyala abahlanganisi iofisi okanye umgangatho womzi-mveliso, kodwa sinokuhlanganisana size silungelelanise ngokuchasene nabo sibatyala imali. Oko kunokuba liqumrhu labucala njengebhanki, okanye kwimeko yemali mboleko yabafundi, urhulumente wobumbano. Urhulumente wobumbano ubambe uninzi lwamatyala abafundi, isixa esikhulu kakhulu, ngaphezu kwama-95%.
Ke sizama ukwakha amandla omntu onamatyala ngalo mzuzu, kwaye sigxininisa inyani yokuba kwingxaki enje, le sihlala kuyo, into esiyidingayo yimali ebantwini, njengezo zibonelelo zokungaphangeli, iitshekhi zeedola ezili-1200. oko bekunganelanga. Abantu bafuna imali, inkxaso yemali ukuze baphile, kodwa kufuneka sidibanise loo nto ngenkqubo yokucinywa kwamatyala, ejubhile. Ngaphandle koko, ezo ntlawulo zemali ziza kuhlawula amatyala abantu.
Ngapha koko, siyazi ukuba i-1200 ye-stimulus yetshekhi eyayithunyelwe ebantwini yayithunyelwe nje ekuhlawuleni amatyala kuba yiloo nto ababeyenza abantu. Babehlawula amatyala abo endaweni yokuchitha imali kuqoqosho eyayiza kubonelela ngokunyuka kwezoqoqosho. Kwaye ibonisa ukuba eyona nto iphambili kukuhlawula amatyala abo, yiloo nto abayoyikayo.
Ngoko ke kufuneka sidibanise iinkqubo zokunceda kunye nokucinywa kwamatyala. Kwaye kukho iifowuni eziphuma kuzo zonke iindawo zokucima ityala lezonyango, ukucinywa kwerenti. Kwaye iDebt Collective ibikhokele kwidabi kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo yokucinywa kwamatyala abafundi. Kwaye ngoku kungxamisekile etafileni kwaye kuxoxwa ngayo eWashington, kwaye siye satyhala abaphathi beBiden ukuba bazibophelele ekurhoxisweni kwangoko kwe-10,000 yeedola. Kufuneka sibatyhalele phambili, kwaye kufuneka sibatyhale ukuba basebenzise amandla olawulo ukwenza oko.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ndifuna ukuthetha nzulu malunga namatyala omfundi, Kodwa okokuqala, ngo-2005, emva koko uJoe Biden, owathi, ecaleni kwabantu abaninzi baseRiphabhlikhi, wayethanda uMthetho ka-2005 woBugebenga oThintelweyo kunye noMthetho woKhuseleko loMthengi, umthetho oyilwayo owenze kwanzima ngakumbi ukufaka isicelo sokubhanga. Umzi-mveliso wamakhadi okuthenga ngetyala, uninzi lwayo olusekwe kwikhaya lase-Biden eDelaware, nayo yalixhasa eli bhili kwaye yabhala ezinye zezilungiso eziphambili kwibhili. Olu lutshintshiselwano phakathi kukaBiden, ngelo xesha owayelilungu leKomiti yeNkundla yeSenethi, kunye noElizabeth Warren, ngelo xesha wayengunjingalwazi wezomthetho waseHarvard, ngoku sele eyiSenator.
UELIZABETH WARREN: Baye bacudisa ngokwaneleyo kwezi ntsapho kwinzala kunye neentlawulo kunye neentlawulo ezingazange zihlawule inqununu.
SEN. JOE kwezinye iilwimi IBIDIDI: Mhlawumbi ke kufuneka sithethe ngamaxabiso enzala. Mhlawumbi yiloo nto ebekumele ukuba sithetha ngayo, hayi ukutshona.
UELIZABETH WARREN: USenator, ndiza kuba ngowokuqala. Ndimeme.
SEN. JOE kwezinye iilwimi IBIDIDI: Hayi, ndiyazi ukuba uya kwenjenjalo. Kodwa masibize umhlakulo ube ngumhlakulo! Ingxaki yakho kwiinkampani zekhadi letyala ngamazinga enzala, ukusuka kwindawo yakho. Ayisiyiyo malunga nebhili yebhanki.
UELIZABETH WARREN: Kodwa uSenator, ukuba awuyi kulungisa loo ngxaki, awukwazi ukususa i-shred yokugqibela yokukhusela ezi ntsapho.
SEN. JOE kwezinye iilwimi IBIDIDI: Ndiyifumene. Kulungile. Ewe, ungunjingalwazi olungileyo kakhulu.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: Ke, Astra Taylor, ukuba unokuchaza apho uBiden emi khona-ewe, wayeyiSenator ixesha elide evela eDelaware, ikhaya leenkampani zekhadi letyala, ebonwa kakhulu ebhedini kunye nabo-ukuba uphi namhlanje, kwaye luhlobo luni lwe Izivumelwano azenzileyo nalapho ucinga ukuba kufuneka abekho.
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Indima ka-Biden kwingxaki yamatyala omfundi ibuyela emva ngo-1978 xa wayexhasa uMthetho woNcedo lwaBafundi beNgeniso ePhakathi, owawususa imiqobo kwimali-mboleko yomanyano. Ke ubandakanyeke kakhulu ekwandiseni ukuboleka imali ngelixa ephinda erhoxisa ukhuseleko lokungatshoni, njengoko ikliphu sele ibonisile. Ewe, wayeyiSenator ixesha elide evela eDelaware, ikomkhulu lekhadi letyala lehlabathi. Ngoko le yirekhodi yakhe yomkhondo. Asinayo inkohliso malunga nokuba sijongene nabani.
Kwaye ndicinga ukuba le yenye yezibonelelo zolawulo lweBiden: akukho mntu ucinga ukuba unguMesiya. Siyamazi ukuba ungubani na. Umthetho oyilwayo wokutshona ngo-2005 wawunobugqwetha. Yabhalwa ngamashishini ekhadi letyala, iinxalenye zayo, njengoko ubonisile. Ngokwenyani yavalwa phantsi kukaClinton kwaye emva koko uBiden wayilwela ngokuzimisela kwaye yapasiswa phantsi kolawulo lukaBush. Ngoko le asiyorekhodi elikhuthazayo ngeendlela ezininzi.
Kwaye njengoko benditshilo ngaphambili, iQela leTyala lalisemlo kunye nolawulo luka-Obama, ulawulo luka-Obama-Biden. Sikhokele ugwayimbo lwamatyala lwabafundi obenziwe ngabafundi abavela kwiikholeji ezifuna inzuzo. Aba bafundi babeqhathiwe. Babexokisiwe. Kwaye iSebe lezeMfundo liye lawaxhasa kwaye lawakhupha ngebheyile la maqumrhu azenza ngathi anika imfundo kanti akunjalo. Bashiya abafundiโabasebenzi abakumgangatho ophantsi, abantsundu nabantsundu, oomama abangenamaqabane omtshato, amagqalaโbengcwatywe ematyaleni, bengawufumani umsebenzi ababewuthenjisiwe. Kwaye olo lawulo lwasilela ngokupheleleyo ukusebenzisa amandla analo ukunceda aba bafundi. Ngapha koko, abaninzi ababesakuba ngamagosa eSebe le-OBiden lamagosa e-Ed bemka kwangoko kolo lawulo ukuya kusebenza kwicandelo lekholeji lengeniso. Bangena nje kulaa mnyango ujikelezayo.
Ke ngoko besimemelela abalawuli beBiden, kunye nabaninzi bethu esisebenzisana nabo kwindawo yemfundo, ukuba bahlukane nesi siko. Kwaye kukho imiqondiso yokuba phantsi koxinzelelo, uyakwenza oko. Emva kokuba uJoe Biden ephumelele ukutyunjwa kweDemokhrasi, washukuma kwaye ekugqibeleni wamkela ngokusesikweni ukuxolelwa kwamatyala omfundi. Ewe kunjalo, siyazi ukuba uBernie Sanders wayenomgaqo-nkqubo wokucinywa kwamatyala omfundi ngokupheleleyo. Yiloo nto exhaswa yi-Debt Collective. Sicinga ukuba yonke ipeni kufuneka icinywe kuba ezo mboleko akufuneki zibekho kwasekuqaleni. Akufunekanga siboleke ngekamva lethu ukuze nje sifumane imfundo. USenator u-Elizabeth Warren ulungile kakhulu kulo mbandela. Uye watyhala isicwangciso esinamabhongo samatyala omfundi kwaye usaqhuba nanamhlanje. Ke uBiden uthathe izinto ezithile zeso sicwangciso. Usafuna ukuya phambili.
Njengoko benditshilo, ngenxa Covid, uthe ngokukhawuleza uya kucima i-$ 10,000 yetyala labafundi. Oku kubandakanyiwe kwisicwangciso sakhe sokulingana ngokobuhlanga. Unesithuba eside esiPhakathi malunga noku. Umbuzo ngoku ngowokuba uza kuyenza njani loo nto, kwaye uzakwenza ngakumbi. Kwaye sizimisele ukwakha intshukumo yokuqinisekisa ukuba ulawulo lweBiden lucima ngaphezulu kwe-10,000 yeedola zamatyala omfundi. Kwakhona, sikholelwa ukuba kufuneka ayirhoxise yonke loo nto, kwaye asebenzise igunya esele linalo iSebe lezeMfundo ekuthiwa yi compromise and settlement.
Ulawulo lweBiden lunokucima onke amatyala omfundi ngosuku lokuqala. Uphando lwezomthetho oluvela kwiQela leTyala libonisa oku kunokwenzeka. I-Senators uWarren kunye no-Schumer baye bayamkela le ngxabano yomthetho. Kwaye eneneni ulawulo lukaTrump sele lusebenzise eli gunya ukurhoxisa inzala kwimali mboleko yabafundi kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo ngenxa yobhubhane. Ke sikwixesha elinomdla kakhulu apho uxinzelelo lukawonkewonke lunokwenza umahluko omkhulu kwaye lujike uJoe Biden kumntu oqhubele phambili ingxaki yamatyala omfundi kumongameli othe ekugqibeleni wancedisa ukuyibuyisela umva.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: I-Astra, ukuba sinokunqumla i-spectrum yezopolitiko, kwaye njengoko singena kweli xesha leeholide sifumana iBhayibhile, ukucinywa kwetyala ngokucacileyo ayisiyombono entsha. KwiDuteronomi 15, ekupheleni kweminyaka esixhenxe, kufuneka uwacime amatyala. Buyela kulaa mbali yejubhile yetyala.
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Ewe, ijubhile inesithethe eside. Apha sinokuthembela kumsebenzi wongasekhoyo kunye nomkhulu we-anthropologist uDavid Graeber. UDavid Graeber wayengumhlobo wam. Wandingenisa kwiqela le-Occupy Wall Street waza wandifunela unobangela wokunganyangeki ematyaleni. Kwincwadi yakhe entle Ityala: Iminyaka yokuqala engama-5000, uthetha malunga nendlela kwintlalo yamandulo, kwakukho la majubhile exesha, ukusula isileyiti.
Ngokusisiseko, uluntu beluya kuqhekeka ngenxa yamatyala. Abantu baqalisa ukuzithengisa kunye nabantwana babo ebukhobokeni. Kwaye kukho ukuqondwa ukuba abantu badla ngokufakwa ematyaleni ngenxa yeemeko ezingelotyala labo. Mhlawumbi yayizivuno ezimbi okanye mhlawumbi kwakukho imfazwe. Kwaye ukugcina uluntu lungaqhekeki kubini, kunye nokunciphisa amandla, ukunciphisa amandla ababolekisi, kuya kubakho olu kuxolelwa ngamaxesha athile. Ke kwakukho imithetho kaHammurabi, edume kakhulu ukusuka ngo-1750 BC, ethi kufuneka kubekho ukuxolelwa kwamatyala.
Ke le ayingombono wekamva eliqaqambileyo. Le yinto enemvelaphi enzulu yembali. Kwaye kukho imigaqo-nkqubo ebalulekileyo yokucinywa kwamatyala kule mihla. Izifundiswa kunye neengcali zezoqoqosho ezijonga eli xesha zihlala zikhomba eJamani emva kweMfazwe yesibini yeHlabathi apho amatyala aye acinywa khona ukuze iJamani ibe nethuba lokuphinda iqalise uqoqosho lwayo, ibe ngummangaliso woqoqosho.
Ke inxalenye yekhwelo yejubhili yinxalenye yesi siko elide. Kwaye zombini luhlobo lwengxabano yokuziphatha kwaye ithi la matyala atshabalalisa ubomi babantu. Banemiphumo eyintlekele ekuhlaleni. Asinako ukufikelela njengoko uluntu lunazo ezo. Kodwa ke kukho uhlobo lwento esebenzayo yezoqoqosho, eyokuba iya kulunyusa uqoqosho kuye wonke umntu. Wonke umntu uya kuba ngcono ukuba siyawasusa la matyala, ngokusekelwe kwingqiqo yokuba amatyala angenakuhlawulwa awanakuhlawulwa. Ngoko masijongane naloo nyaniso.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: I-Astra, ngaphambi kokuba uhambe, bendifuna ukukubuza malunga nokuba kwenzeka ntoni ngoku ngoMongameli uTrump nokuba uyibona njengesoyikiso esibi kakhulu. Wenze ifilimu Yintoni Idemokhrasi? UnoMongameli ngoku umema kwi-White House namhlanje iinkokeli zendlu yowiso-mthetho yaseMichigan. Ubiza intloko ekwinqanaba elisezantsi leBhodi yeWayne County ebifuna ukwenza iivoti zingasebenzi eDetroit, ivoti enkulu yase-Afrika yaseMelika, emva koko watyhalela umva ekwenzeni oko ngesikhalo esikhulu sikawonke-wonke kumacala ezopolitiko. Kwaye emva koko uTrump wamtsalela umnxeba. Kwaye kwakhona, ubize abezomthetho baseMichigan ukuba baye eWashington, DC, namhlanje. I-Biden iphumelele urhulumente ngeevoti ezingaphezu kwe-150,000. Elinye lamagqwetha kaTrump lihlaba ikhwelo kwizindlu zowiso-mthetho kumazwe ajikelezayo ukuba zingayihoyi ivoti edumileyo ukuze kunyulwe abaxhasi bakaTrump kwikholeji yonyulo. Kutheni le nto singagqibeli ngokuba nzulu kangakanani le nto kwaye iyingozi kangakanani le njengesoyikiso kwidemokhrasi, kwaye ukuba ucinga ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba uya kuphumelela njengoko ehlala phantsi kwi-White House, engabonwa luluntu kangangeentsuku.
I-ASTRA IXESHA LOKUJONGA: Ndicinga ukuba esi sisoyikiso esibi kakhulu kwidemokhrasi. Ndiyathetha, uTrump, nokuba akaphumelelanga, uya kwenza umonakalo ongapheliyo. Inxalenye yenjongo kukujongela phantsi ingqiqo yokuba semthethweni kolu lonyulo, ukuhlwayela ukudideka. Kodwa ndiyacinga ukuba ukwalatha kwinto ekufuneka siyithathele ingqalelo ngokwenene, eyindlela uMgaqo-siseko wethu oyilwe ngayo kunye nendlela olusebenza ngayo unyulo lwethu. Bendiyixhalabele kakhulu idemokhrasi. Ndibhale okuninzi ngayo kwiminyaka yakutshanje, ndenza le filimu.
Kwaye ndicinga ukuba nathi asifane sinikele ingqalelo kulwakhiwo lwenkqubo yethu yezopolitiko kunye nendlela engenademokhrasi enzulu ngayo.
Sigxile rhoqo kwiminyaka emine ekuphumeni ivoti, ekuqinisekiseni ukuba abantu bayavota. Oko kubaluleke kakhulu kuluntu apho kukho ukucinezelwa okungaka kwabavoti, apho uxinzelelo lwabavoti lunobuhlanga. Ijolise ngokukodwa ekudambiseni impembelelo yenkqubela phambili. Kuba, ekugqibeleni, olu luluntu olunenkqubela phambili enkulu; oko akubonakali nje kulawulo lwethu.
Kodwa kufuneka sinikele ingqalelo kungekuphela nje ekufikeleleni kwibhokisi yokuvota, kodwa sihlengahlengise ezi zakhiwo zezopolitiko. Kaloku inyani yeyokuba iipalamente ziyabanyula abavoti. Kwaye inyani kukuba ikholeji yonyulo ayinademokhrasi ngokunzulu. Ngoko ngandlela-thile kufuneka sakhe iintshukumo zentlalo. Kuninzi ekufuneka sikwenzile njengemibutho yezentlalo, kodwa inye into ekufuneka siyenzile kukuqalisa ukuthatha nzulu umngeni wohlaziyo lwedemokhrasi. Kufuneka singacingi nje ngokufikelela kwivoti, kodwa ukwenza imithetho yomdlalo ibe yedemokhrasi ngakumbi. Kuba oko kuya kunceda zonke ezinye iintshukumo zethu.
Izinto esizikhathalelayo ziphuma kuloo nto, nokuba ijongene nokutshintsha kwemozulu okanye ingaba idala uluntu apho abatyalayo bengahluthwanga kwaye baxhatshazwe njengabo. Ukuba sifuna ukulingana kwezoqoqosho, oko kuya kuphuma kule mibuzo yenkqubo yethu yezopolitiko. Ke ngaloo ndlela, ndiyathemba ukuba oku kungasebenza njengefowuni yokuvusa. Andiqondi ukuba uya kuphumelela, kodwa isalatha kwiintlekele ezinokubakho endleleni kwaye kufuneka siqale ukulwa loo milo ngoku.
NGABA INDAODA ELUNGILE: U-Astra Taylor, sifuna ukubulela ngokuba kunye nathi, umququzeleli we-Debt Collective, umbhali wentshayelelo yencwadi yabo entsha. Awunakuhlawula, awuzukuhlawula: Ityala lokungathobeli kwezoqoqosho kunye nokupheliswa kwetyala. Siza kudibanisa kwi-op-ed yakho Guardian enesihloko Sixelelwa ukuba iBiden ayizukwazi ukufezekisa okuninzi. Simele siyigatye loo mbono. Kwakhona umlawuli wefilimu Yintoni iDemokhrasi? kunye nomlobi wencwadi Idemokhrasi isenokungabikho, kodwa siyakuyikhumbula xa ingasekho. Xa sibuya, siya eCairo. Iqela eliphambili lamalungelo oluntu laseYiphutha libanjiwe, inkokeli yalo, kuqhushululu olungazange lubonwe ngaphambili. Hlala nathi.
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