Lixesha lonyulo kwakhona, elo xesha lolonwabo le-biennium, kwaye uyayazi ukuba ithetha ukuthini loo nto: uhlaziyo lwengxoxo-mpikiswano yephiko lasekhohlo malunga “novoto olubi oluncinci.” Ngaba kuphosakele ukuvotela uMdemokhrasi, kunokuba umntu osekhohlo ngokwenene, ukuze ugcine impendulo okanye i-fascist ingekho emandleni? Okanye, ngokuchaseneyo, ngaba kuphosakele ukuvotela umntu oshiyekileyo ekubonakala ukuba akanalo ithuba lokuphumelela, ngaloo ndlela ukwala ukuvotela uMdemokhrasi kunye nokwandisa amathuba okuba umgqatswa ophendulayo aphumelele? Oyena mthetheleli udumileyo wokuvota “kobungendawo obuncinci” nguNoam Chomsky, othi esona sinyanzeliso singokokuziphatha kukuthintela esona siphumo solonyulo sibi ukuba senzeke. Abagxeki bokuvota okuncinci bangomkhosi, njengoko ukhangelo olulula lukaGoogle lubonisa.
Umbhali uNick Pemberton kutshanje ufake isandla kule ngxoxo kwi Uluhlu lwezahlulo inqaku elinomxholo othi “Iingcamango kwiSicwangciso sokuvota sikaChomsky: Kutheni iQela leDemokhrasi lingenakugcinwa.” Linqaku elide kwaye lidlalayo uninzi lwalo alufanelanga ukuphendula. Nangona kunjalo, ekubeni uPemberton ewuvusile lo mbandela, ndingathanda ukuvavanya kwicala lesizathu kunye nokuziphatha. Mhlawumbi kuya kwenzeka ummangaliso kwaye ndiza kufikelela kumntu omnye okanye ababini.
Kuluzuko lukaPemberton kunye nabaninzi bamahlakani akhe kule ngxoxo-umz. B. Sidney Smith kwaye UAndrew Smolski-ukuba bayavuma ukuba sisicelo esiyingozi sokungavumelani noChomsky. Indoda inekhono langaphambi kwendalo lokuba nengqiqo kwaye ilungile malunga nayo yonke into. Kwaye kulo mba kwakhona, ndiyacinga, unyanisile ngokupheleleyo, kwaye abagxeki bakhe abachananga. Ngoku, ukuba uChomsky akanako ukukholisa abagxeki ngokuqinisekileyo andinako, kodwa ngethemba lokuba ndingabonelela ngokutya okucingayo.
Enye indlela yokujongana nomba kukudwelisa iiyantlukwano zomgaqo-nkqubo phakathi kweeDemokhrasi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi ekufuneka abo bashiyekileyo bakhathalele. Kusoloko kusenziwa ibango lokuba la maqela mabini awahlukani kakuhle, kodwa akunjalo. Qwalasela ukungathabathi cala komnatha, umba okhathalelwe ngabasekhohlo. Amaqela ama phi kuwo? I-FCC ka-Obama ivotele kuyo kwimigca yeqela, ngelixa iFCC kaTrump yaphela. Ayifani ncam.
Ngokufudumala kwehlabathi: U-Obama wayengonelanga ngendlela elusizi, kodwa ngexesha lakhe i-US ingenele isiVumelwano saseParis. UTrump warhoxa kuyo. I-EPA ka-Obama yazisa imithetho yokunciphisa ungcoliseko kwimibhobho yesithuthi, ngelixa i-Trump's ukuyibuyisela emva loo mithetho. UTrump uyawathanda amalahle; U-Obama wayengekho. EPA kaTrump iphakamisile ukwenza buthathaka ngokumangalisayo imimiselo malunga ne-mercury, ibeka isoyikiso kwiinkqubo ze-nervous zabantwana kunye nabantwana. Umahluko uqhubeka kwaye uqhubeke.
KwiNkundla ePhakamileyo: angakanani amathuba okuba uHillary Clinton atyumbe iijaji njengeempendulo njengoBrett Kavanaugh kunye noNeil Gorsuch? UClinton uyakhathala Roe v. Wadekwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ngechonge abantu abanokuthi bakhusele ilifa layo. Lo ngumba omkhulu, hayi umahluko omncinane phakathi kwamaqela. Ngokubanzi, i-liberals eNkundleni ayinakucaciswa "i-conservatives", njengoko. olu luhlu kwezinye izigqibo ezinkulu 2018 ibonisa. (Yonke imbali yeNkundla yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ibonisa into enye, ngakumbi ukusuka kwiSivumelwano Esitsha ukuya phambili.)
Kuthekani ngamalungelo abasebenzi? Iqela leDemocratic Party linokunyaniseka okuncinci kubasebenzi abacwangcisiweyo-njengoko kungqinwa yi-NAFTA kunye ne-TPP, phakathi kwezinye izinto ezingenakubalwa-kodwa u-Obama wenza ubuncinci usayine Umthetho weLily Ledbetter Fair Pay ka-2009 (ukongeza kwinani le imiyalelo elawulayo yabasebenzi), awayechasile uMcCain. Kwaye iSebe lezaBasebenzi lika-Obama kunye neBhodi yeSizwe yoBudlelwane bezaBasebenzi babenobuhlobo kakhulu kubasebenzi kunolawulo lukaTrump ibi.
Imigaqo-nkqubo yamazwe angaphandle yamaqela iyafana kakhulu kunemigaqo-nkqubo yawo yasekhaya, eneneni iyafana kwimiba emva komcimbi. Andiyi kukhusela umgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle weDemocratic Party. Kodwa kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuba iMfazwe yase-Iraq kaGeorge W. Bush mhlawumbi ngengazange yenzeke ukuba u-Al Gore wayengumongameli, ekubeni i-Gore yayinobudlelwane obuncinane kwi-neoconservatives kunye neshishini leoli kunokuba uBush noCheney benza. Oko kukuthi, intlekele eyimbali yehlabathi ekhokelele kumakhulu amawaka okusweleka, izigidi zeembacu, kunye nokutshatyalaliswa kwelizwe ebekunokuthintelwa ukuba abantu abaninzi bebevotela iGore phezu kweBush kumazwe ajingi ngo-2000. Imfazwe yentlekele ekufanele ithintelwe? Ndicinga njalo. Kuyabonakala ukuba abagxeki bokuvota "obubi obuncinci" abavumelani.
Ukuthetha ngonyulo luka-2000, ukukhanyela rhoqo ukuba uRalph Nader waba negalelo ekuphumeleleni kukaBush bubuvuvu. UBush woyise uGore eFlorida ngeevoti ezingama-537. UNader ufumene iivoti ezingama-97,421 eFlorida. Ngaba kuphela i-538 yabantu abavotele uNader avotela i-Gore endaweni yoko, ngekungekho lawulo lukaBush kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo akukho mfazwe yase-Iraq. Ngumcimbi we-arithmetic elula kwaye akufuneki ube yimpikiswano. Ngokuqinisekileyo kwakukho amawaka ezizathu ezongezelelweyo zokuba u-Gore walahlekelwa, kuquka mhlawumbi i-scandal kaMonica Lewinsky, izikhundla zakhe zezopolitiko ezingenangqondo, izigqibo ezenziwe ngephulo lakhe, njalo njalo. Kodwa kungqinwa ngokwezibalo ukuba esinye sezizathu yayiliphulo likaNader eFlorida.
Amandla ajongela phantsi okucingayo kukuba abantu bayakwazi ukukhanyela kungekuphela nje isimilo esisisiseko (ukuba kufuneka uthintele esona siphumo sibi kakhulu sinokwenzeka) kodwa nakwi-arithmetic yokuqala. Iyamangalisa.
Andisayi kuqhubeka ndidwelisa iyantlukwano phakathi kwamaqela amabini aphambili, nangona maninzi ngakumbi. Endaweni yoko, makhe siqwalasele ezinye iingxoxo. Indlela eqhelekileyo yeyokuba "ububi obuncinci busebubini." Endakuphendula kuyo: ngokuqinisekileyo, ungayichaza ngolo hlobo ukuba uyafuna, kwaye mhlawumbi ulungile ukwenza njalo. Kodwa ingongoma ikukuba kukho amanqanaba obubi. Ngokwenene, yiloo nto kuphela esijongene nayo kwezopolitiko: ububi obukhulu kunye obuncinci. Akufunekanga ujonge ukucoceka kokuziphatha kunye neengcamango kwindawo emdaka yezopolitiko. Nokuba abagqatswa basekhohlo abasoze babe yimbonakaliso egqibeleleyo yeenqobo zakho ezixabisekileyo: kuya kubakho izono zezopolitiko kwixesha labo elidlulileyo, baya kumisa kwimiba ongayi kuvumelana nayo, kwaye ukuba bonyuliwe baya kuthi phantse ngokuqinisekileyo benze uhlengahlengiso. uyakuphoxa. Igama elithi "ukuvota okungendawo" kuyalahlekisa, kuba zonkeukuvota kuvoto olungenabubi. Nokuba uvotela oyena mgqatswa weGreen Party ugqwethekileyo usakhetha (into ocinga ukuba yiyo) “ububi obunganeno,” kuba akukho mgqatswa ugqibelele ngokupheleleyo. Uvotela lowo uya kwenza owona monakalo omncinci, okanye uya kukhonza imilinganiselo yakho yokuziphatha kakuhle.
Kwaye, kwakhona, enye yamaxabiso akho kufuneka ibe kukuthintela ezona ziphumo zibi kakhulu. Unokwenza ngathi “unyulu” ngandlela thile ngokuvota ngokuchasene neDemokhrasi (okanye ungavoti kwaphela), kodwa, kuxhomekeke kwimeko yezopolitiko, into eyenziwa licebo lakho lokuvota okuziva ulungile inokuba kukuxhobisa umgqatswa oya kuthi. , yithi, khupha i-US kwiSivumelwano saseParis, ukunyusa imfazwe kubaphambukeli, ukuphelisa ukungathathi hlangothi, ukubethelela imfazwe yongxowankulu kuluntu kunye nokusingqongileyo, kwaye unike ukongama kwabamhlophe iqonga elibalaseleyo.
Anditsho ukuba kufuneka ukhankasele ngokukhutheleyo iDemocrat ukuze uthintele iRiphabhlikhi ukuba iphumelele. (Nangona iyinto esengqiqweni onokuyenza ukuba awufuni ukuba i-fascist iphumelele.) Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo akukho nto ingako kakhulu ukubuza ukuba ngosuku olunye rhoqo kwiminyaka emibini uvote ngokuchasene nobuFascist kwaye yonke imihla ufumane. ubuyele kumsebenzi wokwakha umbutho wobusoshiyali.
Ibango lihlala lenziwa ukuba ukuvota okungendawo okuncinci kuye kwavumela ukuphambuka okuchanekileyo kwezopolitiko zase-US ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1980. Eli bango linokuba nokufaneleka ngakumbi ukuba bekukho umntu wesithathu onethuba elikude lokuphumelela kunyulo. Kodwa inyani yeyokuba ukuphambuka okufanelekileyo kwezopolitiko kube nesiphumo esimandla kwintshukumo yoluntu lwezoshishino oluchasene nedemokhrasi, hayi nje ekuvoteleni abantu iDemocrat rhoqo emva kweminyaka emibini okanye emine. Ibaluleke kakhulu kunokuvota, okoko nje umntu wesithathu engekabikho, kwelinye icala, ngumsebenzi wokucela umngeni kunye nokucinezela iiDemokhrasi xa sele zilawula, kwaye kwelinye icala, umsebenzi wokwakha. intshukumo yentlalo egqibeleleyo phandle indawo yokuvota. Lo msebenzi wokugqibela uthatha amashumi eminyaka. Kude kube sele kuphunyeziwe ngaba kuyavakala ukwamkela uhlobo lwesicwangciso sonyulo esilandelwe nguNader.
Enye ingxabano endingazange ndiyive isenziwa nguChomsky kukuba ukuba neeDemokhrasi kulawulo kuluncedo kuba kubonisa abantu iziphene zeDemocratic Party, kwaye ke imfuneko yokwakha umbutho wobusoshiyali. Ukuba kuphela amaRiphabhlikhi ayekhe alawula, abantu banokucinga ukuba zonke iingxaki zinokusonjululwa nje ngokunyula iiDemokhrasi, nayiphi na iDemocrat. Kwaye yinjongo ababeza kugxila kuyo. Xa iiDemokhrasi ezisemagunyeni zibonisa indlela yonakele kunye ne-oligarchical nazo, emva koko, iintshukumo ezichasene nongxowankulu ezifana ne-Occupy Wall Street kunye nentshukumo yangoku ye "demokhrasi yobusoshiyali" inokuvela ukutyhala utshintsho lwenkqubo kuqoqosho lwezopolitiko.
Ngale ndlela, umongameli ka-Obama waqhubela phambili imfundo yezopolitiko yezigidi zabantu baseMelika, abaqonda ukuba ukunyula iidemokhrasi eziphambili akwanelanga.
Ekugqibeleni, abachasi bomntu okanye abangeneleli baya kuhlala benempendulo yesitokhwe kuyo yonke ingxabano, kungakhathaliseki ukuba ingqiqo kangakanani. Abantu abasekhohlo abalicekisayo iQela leDemokhrasi ngokucacileyo yonke into yobuntu babo baya kuhlala benesizathu esithile, nangona kunjalo, ukuthethelela. Ungaze uvotele uMdemokhrasi. Nditsho nakwiDemokhrasi efana, yithi, uAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez, (okanye obonakala) ebonakala engcono kwimiba emininzi phantse kuzo zonke iiDemokhrasi. Elona gama elithi “Democrat” lilo, kuninzi lwabantu abashiyekileyo, lingaphezulu kancinci kunexesha lokuxhatshazwa, igama lesiqalekiso, njengoko linjalo kubantu abaninzi baseRiphabhlikhi, igama elibaluleke kakhulu kangangokuba umbono wokuvotela umntu onjalo uyacaphukela. Kodwa ukutyala iilebhile zezopolitiko ngokuyintloko nomxholo weemvakalelo akuloncedo kwaye akukho ngqiqweni, kwaye kunokukhokelela ekubonakalisweni. usisidenge, nokuba nguzwilakhe ukucinga nokwenza. Kuya kufuneka sizame ukuhlehla kwintiyo yethu kunye nentiyo kwaye sicinge ngokungathandekiyo ukuba leliphi inyathelo elinokuthi lenze okona kubandezeleka kwabantu. Kwaye yiloo nto kuphela ekufuneka ibalulekile.
Ukuba ucinga ukuvumela iNdlu okanye iSenethi ukuba ihlale kwizandla zeRiphabhlikhi lixabiso elifanele ukuhlawulwa ngokuvotela umgqatswa "ochanekileyo" ongenalo ithuba lokuphumelela, makube njalo. Kodwa ndingabheja uninzi lwabaphambukeli abafumana kunzima ukufumana i-visa ngoku kunokuba phantsi kuka-Obama bangavumelani nawe. Njengoko bekuya kwenzeka, mhlawumbi, abaphembeleli bendalo abambalwa ngoku abasebenza ixesha elongezelelekileyo ukukhusela iSebe lezangaphakathi likaRyan Zinke ekuhlutheni enye ipaki yelizwe okanye isikhumbuzo sokhuselo lomdibaniso.
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