Ngandlela thile, kuvakala ngathi ngasekhohlo eMelika bekukho ngaphambili.
Ngaphambi nje konyulo luka-2004, iinkululeko ebezifudula zingasebenzi bebenikwa amandla kwinkqubo yonyulo ukunqanda ukunyulwa kwakhona kukaGeorge W Bush, ababekholelwa ukuba kuya kujongela phantsi izithethe zedemokhrasi yaseMelika.
KwiDerry, eNew Hampshire, ndidibene UPam noPatrick Devaney, isibini esineentloni esaziva sinyanzelekile ukuba sifunele umtyunjwa weDemokhrasi uJohn Kerry. โAndikhululekanga ukwenza le nto kodwa kufuneka yenziwe,โ watsho uPam. โIdemokhrasi yethu isesichengeni. Olu lolona nyulo lubalulekileyo ebomini bam.โ
UPatrick wongeze wathi: โBendisoloko ndicinga ukuba kukho omnye umntu osenzela umsebenzi. Ngoku ndiyazibuza ukuba senza ntoni.โ
Oku yayikukukhusela. Ukusebenzela ukuqinisekisa ukuba imeko embi ayizange ibe mbi ngakumbi. Ngaloo nyaka mna iqhube ngaphezu kweemayile ezingama-2,000 ukusuka kwikhaya likaKerry eBoston ukuya kwikhaya likaBush langaphambili eMidland, eTexas, kwaye wadibana nabantu abaninzi abafana noPam noPatrick, abatsalwa kwinkqubo okokuqala. Kodwa andizange ndidibane nomntu owayenomdla ngoJohn Kerry. Babefuna nje ukususa uBush.
Kwiminyaka emine kamva ndabona abantu bekhuthazwa ukuba basebenzele u-Obama. Kwakukho a Ukuphambuka, engumda wobumesiya, phakathi kwabaninzi ababekhululekile ngelo xesha, ababenokucelwa umngeni kodwa kungafane kwenzeke ukuba bangene. I utshintshoubume bogqatso lwakhe, ngelixa kucacile ngokomfuziselo, bekusoloko kusenzeka ngempazamo into. Xa Obama won kuMzantsi Carolina, apho iflegi yoManyano yayisabhabha phezu kwendlu yaseburhulumenteni, isihlwele sadanduluka sisithi: โUgqatso alunamsebenzi!โ
Yintoni eyahlukileyo malunga nalo mzuzu kukuba ukukhawuleza ngakwesobunxele kubonakala kuqhutywe ngokudibanisa okunokuthi kutsha kweemvakalelo zombini: imfuno engxamisekileyo yokuthintela ukuthotywa ngokukhawuleza kunye nokunzulu kwipolitiki yelizwe eye yanda ukususela ekukhethweni; kodwa kunye nenkuthazo yokuba into ebhetele kwaye eyomeleleyo kufuneka ilandele kwakhona.
Kukho uluvo olubukhali lokuba ukususa uTrump akwanelanga: ukuba uthotho lweengxaki ezinzulu, ezihlala zihleli kwinkcubeko yezopolitiko yaseMelika-imali, ubuhlanga, ubuzwe kunye nangaphaya-zizise ilizwe kule ndawo kwaye kufuneka zilungiswe. Ukoyisa uTrump kuhlala kuyeyona nto iphambili kuye wonke umntu endithethe naye. Kodwa kukho a eziqhelekileyo, ukuba akuvumelani ngokupheleleyo, jonga ukuba uloyiso lonyulo kufuneka luxhaswe lutshintsho lwezopolitiko olucokisekileyo: imvakalelo yokuba akukho kubuyela emva kwindlela eyayiyiyo ngaphambi kwe-2016, kwaye akufanele kubekho.
Oku kudale isithuba seseti yezindululo zomgaqo-nkqubo ekhohlo ebezikade zithathwa njengengaphazamisi kwaye ngoku zingundoqo. Ngaphambili bekushiyelwa kumgqatswa ongaphandle njengo Dennis Kucinich, ukuvota ngenani elinye kunye nokubala i-yogic ebhabha phakathi kwezinto zakhe zokuzonwabisa, ukuphakamisa nantoni na engaphaya kweenguqu ezikhulayo. Namhlanje, i-Green New Deal, i Isicwangciso sebhongo ukunciphisa kakhulu ukukhutshwa kwekhabhoni kunye nokunyusa inkcitho yentlalo kunye nokukhuselwa kokusingqongileyo ngotyalo-mali olukhulu lukawonkewonke, yamkelwe ngabaviwa abaninzi be-2020.
Ngokufanayo, izicwangciso zokubonelela LweMida kumntu wonke - ngokusebenzayo unikezelo lwezempilo jikelele - okanye simahla ikholeji Izifundo kwiidyunivesithi zikawonke-wonke, ezikhe zajongwa njengeembono ezingenathemba, zinenkxaso ebanzi phakathi kwabo bakhuphisanayo.
Ngeendleko zekholeji kunye nokhathalelo lwempilo olukhula ngokukhawuleza kunomvuzo, kunye nokwanda kolwazi lwendalo esingqongileyo, zonke ezi ziphakamiso azithandwa kuphela ngabademokhrasi kodwa ziyalela uninzi, okanye ubuninzi, kwilizwe liphela, umngeni umbono phakathi kwabantu abamodareyithayo. iirhuluneli ukuba iiDemokhrasi zitshintshela kude kakhulu ngasekhohlo. Inyaniso, ezinye iipolisi ezifana ukugxeka umda kunye hlaziywa ngenxa yobukhoboka, obuthe beza ngexesha leengxoxo kwaye kwanabanye abagqatswa abaphambili abakhange bagxothwe esandleni, poll ukuba kakuhle naphakathi Democrats.
Kodwa ingongoma kukuba umhlaba for yintoni abaviwa inokuthi ixhase kwaye ihlale ithembekile kunyulo itshintshe kakhulu kwicala lenkqubela phambili. Olona tshintshiselwano lukhumbulekayo kwiingxoxo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku lufike xa uJohn Delaney ephindaphinda ukulumkisa u-Elizabeth Warren ukuba โizithembiso ezingenakwenzekaโ โzasimahla nantoni naโ ziya kuwatshabalalisa amathuba eqela.
Ukukhwaza ihlombe, uWarren wayibamba indlela ababevakalelwa ngayo xa waphendula wathi: โAndisiqondi isizathu sokuba umntu atyhubele yonke le ngxaki yokuzama ukuba ngumongameli waseUnited States ukuze asixelele into esingakwaziyo ukuyenza nento ongayi kuyilwela. โ
Ukuba ngaba abasekhohlo banamandla okuzinzisa ezi nguqu kwizimvo kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo ngomnye umcimbi. Njengoko besiya ngasekhohlo, unyulo lukaTrump luqinise abantu abalondolozayo ukuba bahambise ilizwe kwelinye icala.
โ[Unyulo lukaTrump] luvelise ezi iimatshi ezinkulu,โ watsho uKeeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, unjingalwazi oncedisayo ePrinceton, โezibalulekile kuba zithintela abantu ekubeni bazive bengamakheswa. Ikwavelise iminikelo emikhulu kuluhlu lwemibutho ekhankaselayo kunye neeNGO. Kodwa into engakhange ivelise uhlobo lweentshukumo ezinokuthi zigcine kwaye zigxininise umsindo kwimigaqo-nkqubo yakhe. Xa i-Alabama yavala ngokufanelekileyo ukukhipha isisu, kwakukho umsindo. Kodwa kwakungekho mlo wokwenene. โ
Kukwesi sithuba, phakathi komsindo wento eyenzekayo kunye namandla okutshintsha inkqubo yezopolitiko yesizwe, apho kukho unxunguphalo oluqhubekayo. I-Trump, kunye ne-misogyny yakhe engacocwanga kunye nokunyaniseka, uye wacacisa. Akukho mntu ozihloniphayo okhululekileyo unokwahlula umahluko kwintswelo-buntu yakhe. Umbuzo kukuba wenze ntoni ngayo.
โWonke umntu umatsha kuba ecaphukela uDonald Trump,โ utshilo uDaniel Biss, owayesakuba nguSenator welizwe lase-Illinois, ummeli weNdlu kunye nomgqatswa werhuluneli.
"Bayazi ukuba bakweliphi icala malunga 'nokuba uDonald Trump ngumntu olungileyo?' Kufuneka beve nokuba zeziphi iiyantlukwano ezibalulekileyo. Kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba singabambeki ekucingeni ukuba yonke into yayilungile de konyulwa uTrump. Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka siqonde iTrump njengophawu hayi unobangela. Kwaye ke kufuneka simchazele ukuba uluhlobo luni na kwaye siqale ukunyanga esi sifo. โ
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