Ukusukela ngo-2003, inani elikhulayo lemiboniso yeTV ebonisa i-poker ekhuphisanayo ithathelwe kumabonwakude wase-US, kwaye yande kwintambo kunye nomabonakude. Ngapha koko, njengoko ndichwetheza oku, i-ESPN iphinda idlala i-coverage evela kwi-World Series ye-Poker ka-2005. Ipoker kamabonakude, kunye nepoker ngokwayo, ngoku zisasazeke ngomsindo kwihlabathi liphela. Heck, ndikhe ndadlala nakumsitho wepoker wesisa.
Ndimele ndivume ukuba ndizifumene ndigxininisekile ngokubukela le poker yanda, kwaye ukubukela i-poker kamabonwakude kuye kwaba yinto yokuphefumla yohlobo oluthile kumjelo weendaba kunye nomsebenzi wezopolitiko obandakanya umboniso werediyo weveki kunye nepodcast, ukushicilelwa rhoqo kunye negalelo lewebhu, ukuncedisa ngothotho lwenyanga lukamabonakude, kunye neyam imizamo yokulungelelanisa malunga nezopolitiko kumajelo eendaba aseMelika.
Kwaye nangona kunjalo, ngaphandle kwendawo yokubukela i-TV yepoker ngoku ibambe ebomini bam njengekhefu emsebenzini wezopolitiko, andinakuzibamba kodwa ndicinga ukuba ukulungiswa kwam kwepoker kunokubamba ezinye izifundo zomsebenzi wam wezopolitiko, kunye nowabanye abaphembeleli bezopolitiko kunye nezopolitiko. abaququzeleli.
Isifundo sokuqala kukuphepha umgibe wokuba i-poker okanye imidlalo enjalo imele ngokuzenzekelayo iSitrato esilula. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ngamanye amaxesha ndiye ndiphuphe (kwaye mhlawumbi andindedwa) ukuba ndingadlala kwaye ndibenethamsanqa kwaye ndiphumelele enkulu kwaye ndiphumelele ezinye zezo mpumelelo ukuya kumaqela amaninzi amatshantliziyo alambileyo ngemali ngento enjengomhambi ngenyawo njengokudlala amakhadi.
Kodwa ndiyazi kwaye ndoyika ukuba ndingabanjwa zezo nzame - hayi ngokunyanzelwa ukuba nditshintshe imisebenzi, kodwa ekucingeni ukuba ngandlel 'ithile ndikhuselekile ekutshintshweni ngokuqhubeka nokuthatha inxaxheba kumsebenzi obangela ubundlongondlongo kunye nokuxoka. (Kwaye sonke siyazi ukuba _never_ ivakala njengezopolitiko.) Ngokuqinisekileyo, inokuba lithuba lokubamba iirandi ezimbalwa, kodwa ngaziphi ezinye iindleko? Ihlala imarike yomthengi xa uthengisa umphefumlo wakho.
Oku akususwanga kakhulu kwingcinga yokuba ungathenga indlela yakho kwimpumelelo yezopolitiko. Kodwa ubungakanani bohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomzamo abufani ngokuzenzekelayo ubungakanani bempumelelo yomgudu. Ndiyawazi amaqela kunye neenzame ezinohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olungephi ebelusebenza kakhulu kunamaqela anohlahlo lwabiwo-mali olukhulu kakhulu, kodwa oluthe lwahlawula ngaphezu kokulungiselela i-savvy kunye nomsebenzi omninzi onzima.
Kukwabalulekile ukukhumbula ukuba i-poker, njengoqoqosho lwemalike ye-neoliberal yangoku, ngumdlalo we-zero-sum-ukuba ukuze umntu aphumelele, omnye umntu kufuneka aphulukane. Kwaye kulolo hlobo lomgxobhozo okhuphisanayo, ubungakanani kunye nobudlova buvuzwa, kunokuba kube nentsebenziswano ekwabelwana ngayo kwinjongo efanayo.
Kwabo bethu basebenzela ukuphucula izinto apha kwaye ngoku kwaye sizabalazela ukwakha ihlabathi elingcono kwixesha elizayo, akufuneki siqhubele phambili iinkqubo zamandla esizifumana sikuzo ukuba akufuneki. Ngaphandle koko, abaphembeleli kunye nabaququzeleli sele bejongana nezinto ezingathandekiyo ezinde, ithamsanqa lokutsalwa, izigqibo ezikrelekrele, kunye neendawo eziphakamileyo kakhulu - izibonda ziphezulu kakhulu kunawo nawuphi na umdlalo we-poker weprosaic.
Khumbula ukuba esinye isizathu sokuba i-poker ifumane i-inshorensi efunyenweyo kukuba yenzeka ukuba iwele ngaphakathi kwendawo yenkqubo enenzuzo yokuthengisa umabonakude. Iimbumba zosasazo ezingabanini bemithombo yeendaba e-United States (kunye nehlabathi liphela) zifumanise oku kule minyaka yakutshanje, kwaye ngokuqikelelwa ukuba ziyasenga ngayo yonke into eyiyo. Kodwa inkxaso yemithombo yeendaba exhaphakileyo yepoker kamabonakude ikulungele ukuncipha ukuba i-poker ibona ukuhla kwamanqaku (kwaye ngenene ukubonwa kwe-US kwipoker kwehle kancinci ngo-2005).
Xa kufikwa kwimizabalazo echasene neenkqubo zamandla, _ba_ bangabamba zonke iitshiphusi, kodwa _si_ sibambe onke amakhadi. Kwaye okukhona sinokusebenzela ukuphucula ukubalwa kwetshiphu zethu, kokukhona sinokuphumelela ngokukhawuleza - kwaye ngokwemiqathango yethu. Okwangoku, ndiza kubukela i-poker kumabonakude; Sele ndibandakanyeke kumzabalazo okwizinga eliphezulu.
UMitchell Szczepanczykwww.szcz.org) ngumququzeleli kunye neChicago Media Action, igalelo eliqhelekileyo kwiChicago Indymedia kunye neThird Coast Press, kwaye ibamba umboniso werediyo weveki kwi-WHPK, kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo seYunivesithi yaseChicago. Kukhuphiswano lwakhe lwepoker kuphela, wayishiya itumente kwangoko.
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