Ngendlela emangalisayo, eyamkelekileyo, yokubingelela uCornel West uye wavakalisa injongo yakhe yokufuna umongameli wase-US ngo-2024. Ekuboneni kokuqala, oku kubonakala ngathi kukuphazamiseka okungenakulinganiswa konyulo lwesizwe olubulalayo ngumntu ongazange abe ngumpolitiki kwaye akanalo. ithemba lokuba ngumongameli. Ukubeka umnqwazi wakhe kwiringi kunethemba elincinane lokutsala iivoti ngaphandle nje kweqhekeza labemi beli. Ukanti kunyulo olusondeleyo njengoko kubonakala kunokwenzeka, iNtshona njengomgqatswa weqela lesithathu unokuphumelela iivoti ezaneleyo zokunceda umgqatswa wephiko lasekunene le-neo-fascist njengoTrump okanye uRon DeSantis bamatshise uloyiso oluyintlekele e-US kwaye luyingozi kwihlabathi. Kwangaxeshanye abantu baseMelika abalufanelanga ukhetho olungcono kuneBiden v. Trump? Kwaye iCornel West ngobunyani obuncomekayo icebisa ukuba le ayisiyonto ikude, kodwa yinto enokwenzeka ngokusemthethweni ukuba ipolitiki iya kuxhasa isiqalo esitsha.
Ingxoxo echaseneyo enjalo ithi ukuba iNtshona isebenzise ipulpiti yomgqatswa womongameli ukukhalisa isilumkiso malunga nokuza kwe-neo-fascism eMelika inokunceda ukuzisa eyona nto uyoyika kakhulu kwaye ayithiyileyo. Kuyavunywa ukuba le yinkxalabo enzulu ekufuneka iphononongwe, kodwa ukunikezela kwiingxabano ezinjalo kufuna ukuthula xa kujongwe ukhetho oluneziphene olunikwe abavoti. Ngaphambili, umngeni ongumqondiso wobumongameli unesiphumo sokungabandakanyi kwingxoxo-mpikiswano yesizwe umbuzo obalulekileyo wobunkokheli bezopolitiko obamkelekileyo e-US malunga neenkxalabo ezinjengobuhlanga obucwangcisiweyo, ubungxowankulu obunoburhalarhume, i-hyper-militarism, imfuduko/indawo yokuhlala kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lwendalo. Le, kunye neminye imiba ephambili, kudala yonwabela ukuxhaswa kwamaqela amabini amakhulu ezopolitiko abangela uqhushululu ekuhlaleni, ukutshatyalaliswa kumazwe angaphandle, kunye namathuba okufumana ukubekwa phantsi kwezixhobo, uphuhliso oluzinzileyo lwendalo, kunye nokulingana ngokubhekiselele kwimbuyekezo yezoqoqosho, izohlwayo kunye nokuthotywa kwezixhobo. ukhuseleko loluntu.
Ngokucacileyo, ezi nyaniso zisisiseko zinciphisa abavoti ukuba bakhethe phakathi komongameli we-Biden oqhuba imfazwe eminye iminyaka emine okanye ukunika uTrump ogqithisayo kwi-neo-fascist ithuba lesibini lokuqhubela ilizwe ekubeni libe yindawo yokuzimela geqe kudidi lwebhiliyoni kunye nabancinci bobuzwe. Mhlawumbi, ukuba i-US ibingelolizwe lokuqala lomkhosi wehlabathi kwimbali yehlabathi, kodwa inye kuphela kumagunya amaninzi aphakathi, ukhetho lwe-Biden lunokwenza umahluko owaneleyo ngokwemilinganiselo yobuntu njengoko yenze ukuba ugqatso lwaseNtshona lugxothwe njengelinye ilizwe. umzekelo womboniso ongenankathalo we-narcissism. Kodwa oku akunjalo apha.
Impendulo kaBiden kuhlaselo lwaseRussia eUkraine yayingeyiyo enye efuna ukupheliswa kwangethuba kunye nokulalanisa ngezozakuzo. Kunoko yakhetha ukuthumela izixhobo ezikumgangatho ophezulu kunye noncedo oluninzi lwezoqoqosho e-Ukraine ukuze ikwazi, kunye nokukholisa urhulumente wayo ukuba agcine imfazwe 'njengeLon njengoko kuthatha.' I-NATO / i-US ibonakale ingakhuthazwa kangako kukhuselo lwe-Ukraine okanye ukuxhasa isiqhelo seCharter ngokuchasene nobundlobongela kunokuba nomdla omkhulu wokuhlazisa uPutin, ukoyisa iRussia, kunye nokulumkisa iTshayina. Akunjalo kuphela. UBiden wongeze inqanaba le-geopolitical lokuhlangana kwimfazwe etshabalalisayo emhlabeni e-Ukraine, ngenkolelo ecacileyo yokuba ukoyisa iRussia kuya kukhokelela i-China ukuba ilahle naliphi na ithemba lokubandakanya iTaiwan. Le ajenda ijolise ngaphezu kwayo yonke into ekwandiseni i-US unipolar ubungangamsha njengento esisigxina yehlabathi emva kweMfazwe ebandayo, ngokufanelekileyo i-'Monroe Doctrine for the whole world.' Elo nyathelo lixhokonxayo lenziwa phantsi komngcipheko wokunyuka kwenyukliya kunye nokwenzeka kwenye 'imfazwe yanaphakade,' ngokungathandabuzekiyo ithwaxa abantu baseUkraine ukubandezeleka ixesha elide kunye nentshabalalo ehambisana nayo. Ngasemva kokuziphatha okulolo hlobo sisimo sengqondo esibonakalayo sokuqhambuka kwemfazwe entsha ebandayo, esele iqhuba ngohlobo logqatso lwezixhobo olunexabiso eliphezulu, oluyingozi, ukusonjululwa kweengxaki okungabambisaniyo ekuphenduleni uluhlu lwemicelimngeni yehlabathi engenakho ukufezekiswa. isonjululwe ngempumelelo ngokwesiseko sikarhulumente norhulumente.
Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke into, isimbo sikaBiden seMfazwe ebandayo yobuzwe bamazwe ngamazwe sibonakala sibeka abantu behlabathi emngciphekweni ngakumbi kangangokuba uTrump azimisele ukwala ezona zinto zingundoqo zedemokhrasi yenkqubo (intlonipho yeziphumo zonyulo kunye nokuzinikela ekudluliseleni amandla ngoxolo; ukuzimela geqe. inkundla, kunye nomthetho womthetho ngokuthanda kunye nokukwazi ukubamba izityebi nabanamandla uxanduva kunye nababuthathaka nababuthathaka.) UTrump ukwagrogrisa ukulingana ngokwesini kunye namalungelo abasetyhini okuzala, amalungelo e-LGBT, kunye nokuzimela kwemithombo yeendaba, kwaye uhlala engummeli ophandle. yegumbi lokwamkela imipu kunye nentshatsheli ebonakala ngathi yintshatsheli yobutshantliziyo be-right-wing militia, ubuhlanga obucwangcisiweyo, kunye ne-white premacism. Lilonke, ayingomfanekiso mhle, kodwa ujongwe kumde, ovaliweyo, umbono weplanethi, unobungozi obuncinci kuhlobo kunokuba unikezela ngeBiden.
Inkqubo ebizwa ngokuba yinkqubo yamaqela amabini isenokubonakala idala ukhetho olunentsingiselo, kodwa yinkohliso ekhuthazwa yinkolelo yokuba umanyano lwamaqela amabini kumacala atshabalalisayo omgaqo-nkqubo kawonke-wonke unokulungelelaniswa nezinyanzeliso zoxolo, ubulungisa, kunye nococeko lwendalo ekhaya. nasehlabathini. ICornel West ijonge phambili ekuvezeni ubuxoki obuyingozi obuphantsi kwenkolelo eqhelekileyo yokuba ezi zakhiwo zinetyhefu zingaphaya komngeni wezopolitiko kunye notshintsho oluguqukileyo. Ayikokucinga ukuba idemokhrasi i-US iye yaba ngumbandela weenkqubo, ukhuphiswano lwenkxaso-mali, kunye nezinto ezinomdla ezizodwa endaweni yokuba ibe yinto enikezelwe kuluntu. Liliphi ixesha lokugqibela apho umgqatswa wobumongameli oqhelekileyo e-US ecetywayo yokucuthwa kokhuselo, i-UN eyomeleleyo, iphinda ivavanye ubudlelwane obukhethekileyo benkxaso engenamiqathango enikwe uSirayeli neSaudi Arabia, okanye ikhuthaze ukurhoxiswa kwesiHlomelo seSibini kuMgaqo-siseko wase-US eqinisekisa ilungelo ukuphatha izixhobo?
Kubekho abagqatswa beqela lesithathu ababalaseleyo kwixesha elidlulileyo, ngakumbi i-Texan libertarian tycoon ejongene netyala loluntu, uRoss Perot, umcalucalulo waseMzantsi, uGeorge Wallace, kwaye ngokufanelekileyo, uRalph Nader, ebaleka kwiGreen Party ngo-2000. Aba baviwa bakwazile ukuhambisa imiyalezo ephikisayo, kodwa bahlaselwa njengababhuqi, oko kukuthi, abagqatswa bobuqhophololo abathe baphambukisa iivoti kwabo babekhuphisana ngokwenene, ngaloo ndlela bazigqwetha iziphumo zolonyulo nokudodobala kwexabiso lonyulo njengento ebonisa izinto ezikhethwa ngabemi, yaye ngaloo ndlela amandla abantu. Masicinge ukuba ngokwaneleyo abantu baseNyakatho baseMelika bavotela uTrump (okanye ukulingana) ukuba anqobe umchasi wakhe weDemokhrasi, umsindo omkhulu uya kubhekiswa eNtshona, njengoko kwakunjalo kwi-2000 xa uNader we-97,121 ivoti eFlorida, wavumela uGeorge W. Bush ukuba aphumelele. urhulumente ngeevoti ezingama-537, kwaye ngaloo ndlela kuthintelwe uloyiso lwe-Al Gore (ngenxa yeempawu ze-federalist zenkqubo yeKholeji yoNyulo yase-US yokuvota okunesisindo), engayihoyiyo idemokhrasi enkulu.
Ngokuwa kolwazi ngeziphumo ezibi ezinokubakho, ndixhasa ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukubaleka kuka-Cornel West kumongameli ngo-2024, ndilindele ngokupheleleyo ubutshaba kunye nokungaqondi kubahlobo bam abakhulu. U-West, umhlobo othembekileyo ukususela ngexesha sasisebenza nabo kwi-Princeton phakathi kwe-1988 kunye ne-1994, waphumelela uthando lwam kunye nentlonipho ngoko, ukususela ngoko. Intshona yeyona ngqondo ikrelekrele kuMntla Melika, isithethi esibhangayo esithe kangangamashumi eminyaka singoyiki ukuthetha inyaniso kumagunya ngendlela ebhukuqayo ngokupheleleyo, irhetoric enika amandla. Kwaye inyani ayithethayo idibanisa ubuciko, inkanuko, kunye nobulumko bomoya kwisithethe sikaWilliam Du Bois, uGandhi, uMartin Luther King, uNelson Mandela ngokuchasene nobundlobongela kunye nazo zonke iintlobo zengcinezelo. Njengabanduleli bakhe i-West ithembisa uhlaselo lobuntu kubungxowankulu abakhohlakeleyo kunye neendlela zasemva kobukoloniyali zokuxhaphaza abasebenzi, abafuduki, abagwetyiweyo, abantu bomthonyama, abantu abambalwa. Ngamazwi kaCornel, "Akukho qela lifuna ukuthetha inyani ngeWall Street, malunga neUkraine, malunga nePentagon, malunga netekhnoloji enkulu." I-West ifuna ukukhuselwa kwentlalontle kubo bonke ekhaya, ukuphela komkhosi we-geopolitical emhlabeni jikelele, kunye nokuzibophelela okugcweleyo kubulungisa, kumazwe ngamazwe, kwaye ngaphezu kwabo bonke ubuzalwana kunye nodade boluntu.
INtshona iminyaka emininzi ilizwi elingenaloyiko le-Afrika-Amerika lobulungisa, elinobuKrestu kunye nobusoshiyali, ekuqaleni lalisaziwa ngokubonisa ucalucalulo olucwangcisiweyo kwincwadi yakhe enempembelelo. Imiba yobuhlanga (1992) yalandela ishumi leminyaka kamva Idemokhrasi imiba. Ngokucacileyo, iWest yamhlasela ngokuphandle uBarack Obama ngendawo yakhe yokuhlala kunye nemikhosi yase-US kunye ne-hegemonic capitalism, awamhleka ngayo "njengeRiphabhlikhi yaseRockefeller in blackface." I-West ibonakala isondele kubudlelwane bakhe noNoam Chomsky, uHoward Zinn, u-Edward Said kunye noJean-Paul Sartre, abakhokela iinkcuba-buchopho zoluntu ezimhlophe, abathetha njengoko bekholelwa ukuba zithini na iindleko zomntu. Ngamnye wabo wayengumthetheleli wezobupolitika oguqulayo—‘ubusoshiyali obuzayo’—kunenkqubo yezobupolitika enokwenzeka eyakhetha ukuphila nobungendawo bale nkqubo ngokunyula kwezobupolitika ‘zobungendawo obuncinane.
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