Umthombo: FAIR
ENew York Times umbhali wemihlathi uPaul Krugman (Twitter, 12/29/20) ichaze i-2,000 yeedola zokujonga i-Covid njenge "yantlukwano," nangona i-75% yabantu baseMelika (kunye ne-72% yamaRiphabhlikhi) wayefuna urhulumente ukuba abeke phambili enye intlawulo yehlabathi. Amaxesha amaninzi, amagama anjengelithi “iyantlukwano,” “ukusukuzana” okanye “ukuxambulisana” adla ngokusetyenziswa njengamagama asetyenziswa kumajelo eendaba athetha “iingcamango ezingathandwayo ngabantu ababalaseleyo abalawulayo”—yintoni FAIR iifowuni "ayinamsebenzi wobuntatheli."
I-Medicare for All ngumzekelo obalaseleyo woku. Ubuncinci ukusukela oko lo mba waqala ukufumana ingqalelo kumajelo eendaba esizwe ngenxa yephulo likaSen. Bernie Sanders ka-2016, a uninzi abantu baseMelika baxhase uhlobo oluthile lwenkqubo yezempilo yesizwe, exhaswa nguwonke-wonke. Ezinye ii-poll ziye fu maneka phantse abathathu kwabane bayawuxhasa lo mbono, kuquka uninzi lwabavoti beRiphabhlikhi. Nangona kunjalo amajelo eendaba aqhubeka nokugxeka i-inshurensi yezempilo yoluntu jikelele, ukuyibiza ngokuthi "iyahlula" (Axios, 2/14/20), “impikiswano” (I-Christian Science Monitor, 6/4/19; ixesha, 10/24/19; ENew York Times, 1/1/20) okanye “ziyingozi kwezopolitiko” (I-Press Associated, 3/25/19).
Kwinqaku elinomxholo othi "I-Medicare for All Is Divisive (kwi-Democratic Party)," i ENew York Times (3/18/19) ichaze ukunika abantu inkathalelo yezempilo yasimahla “enosukuzwano olukhulu,” beyichaza njengongcakazo oluyingozi noluxabisa kakhulu kangangokuba oosomashishini abakwimimandla kajingi abangakwaziyo ukuluthabatha xa kusondele unyulo. Inyani, ewe, yayichasene: Wonke umntu obambeleyo kwiDemokhrasi kwisithili esijingi esivume iMedicare for All. uphumelele unyulo kwakhona ngo 2020. Ngokufanayo ayinakutshiwo kwabo bangayincomanga.
Kunokubakho imigaqo-nkqubo enokuthi ngokuthe ngqo kwaye ixhamle abantu abaninzi baseMelika njengoko inyusa umvuzo omncinci ukuya kwi-15 yeedola (nangona isenjalo. ayonelanga ukuhlawula irenti kwiindawo ezininzi zase-US). Amashumi amane ekhulwini elizwe xelelwe Reuters/Ipsos abavotela ngoFebruwari ukuba bona okanye umntu osondeleyo kubo uya kuba nefuthe elihle ngolu tshintsho. I-poll efanayo yafumanisa ukuba abaxhasi bokunyusa umvuzo omncinci bagqithise abachasi ngeepesenti ze-25. Nokuba kunjalo, ukunyusa kudla ngokuchazwa “njengokwahlula” (umz., Bloomberg, 10/2/17; Politico, 3/16/21; Delaware News Journal, 3/10/21).
The induli, umzekelo, upapashe uluvo (9/15/17) befuna inkxaso yomvuzo ophilayo “kwakukudala, ukulahlekisa kwaye kwahlukanisa.” Nangona i-$ 15 ngeyure ivakala kakuhle ephepheni kubantu "abangaziswanga ngemiphumo," umgaqo-nkqubo ulahlekelwe yivoti enkulu, wagxininisa uMichael Saltsman weZiko leePolisi zeNgqesho elixhaswa ngemali yinkampani.
USaltsman wayeziingqondi ezisemva kwamaphulo epropaganda ekrwada ngokuchasene nokonyuswa kowona mvuzo uphantsi eCalifornia; wabeka ibhodi yezaziso eSan Francisco egrogrisa abasebenzi ukuba baza kutshintshwa zii-iPads ukuba bafuna umvuzo ofanelekileyo ngomsebenzi wabo. Wachazwa yintatheli yaseBay Area uPaul Bradley Carr (panda, 7/21/14) "njengempundu esemva kweyona bhodi yentengiso imdaka yaseSan Francisco." Inyathelo “lokwahlulahlulwa” lamkelwa ngabavoti besixeko ngenkxaso engama-77% (Imali yeCNN, 11/5/14).
I-Green New Deal-inkqubo enkulu yemisebenzi eya kuguqula i-US kuqoqosho olucocekileyo lwamandla, oluchazwe njenge isicwangciso esihambelanayo kuphela ukusindisa i-US ekuwohlokeni kwemozulu-kwahlala kubhaliwe njengokuxabana kakhulu ukusebenza (Reuters, 3/21/19; Atlantic, 6/12/19). CNBC (3/12/19), umzekelo, ingxelo "kwibali" ukuba abaphathi be-fossil e-Houston bagxotha isicwangciso esiqhutywe nguSanders, u-Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez kunye nokubambisana. "njengento engekhoyo, engasebenziyo kunye neyantlukwano kwezopolitiko." Endaweni yoko, bacebisa "izisombululo ezijolise kurhwebo" kule ngxaki.
Enkosi ngaloo ngqiqo ingaqhelekanga, CNBC! Mhlawumbi ungaphinda usikhanyisele malunga nokuba abarhwebi baseWall Street bacinga ntoni ngombono wokulandela uphando lolwaphulo-mthetho kwindlela abaziphatha ngayo ngo-2008? (Ukunika isithuba kubaphathi bamandla ezigidi-gidi ukuba balahle iingcali zokusingqongileyo yinto yesiko kuyo CNBC-FAIR.org, 2/3/20).
Ngelo xesha, enye Guardian inqaku (12/29/18) yaqaphela ukuba i-81% yabavoti baseMelika babuyisela isicwangciso seGreen New Deal, kodwa bakwazile ukusiveza njengesindululo "socalucalulo" "esingenankxaso ingundoqo yezopolitiko," ngaloo ndlela begxininisa ukuba intando yabantu ibaluleke kangakanani na kubaqulunqi-migaqo-okanye. amajelo eendaba.
Ubutyebi bezityebi kakhulu buye banda kwiminyaka yakutshanje, kunye noosozigidi bezigidi ukwanda ubutyebi babo ngama-55% ukusukela ekuqaleni kwamanyathelo okutshixa ngoMatshi ophelileyo. Uninzi lwabantu baseMelika, kubandakanya ngaphezu kwesiqingatha samaRiphabhlikhi, inkxaso ukwandisa irhafu kwizityebi. Ngaphandle koku, irhafu yobutyebi ethobekileyo, efana nale beka phambili nguMongameli waseMassachusetts u-Elizabeth Warren-2% kwabo banemali engaphezu kwe-50 yezigidi zeedola, kunye ne-3% kubutyebi obungaphezulu kwe-1 yeebhiliyoni zeedola-ihlala ijongelwa phantsi njengokwahlula kakhulu ukusebenza (Amashumi amathathu anesibhozo, 10/28/19; Bloomberg, 3/1/21).
Ukubhala kwi Washington Post (2/5/19) Naxa abanye oosozigidi ngokwabo babenjalo kubuza ukurhafiswa ngaphezulu, The Iveki (8/15/11) isawuchaza uluvo “njengeyantlukwano” kumxholo ophambili. Ngaba ngokwenene simele sikholelwe ukuba kukho inzondelelo elolo hlobo phakathi koluntu nxamnye nabona bantu bazizityebi ehlabathini besiba sisityebi esincinane?
Zonke iipopulist, imigaqo-nkqubo yepro-working class echazwe ngasentla yonwabela inkxaso yesininzi kuluntu. Ngokwenkcazo yesichazi-magama, azikho impikiswano. Ukanti amaxesha ngamaxesha, baye bahlaselwe njengabathanda ukusukuzana okanye ababangela iiyantlukwano ukuba bangasebenza.
Ngelixa amajelo eendaba aphethwe yibhiliyoni enokuthi avele athi, "Siyazichasa ezi zindululo ngezizathu ezinengqondo," iqhinga elingcono lokuthetha kukuziveza njengabakhi-mkhanyo abangathathi hlangothi, bexhalabele nje ukusebenza kwalo mthetho.
Ngexesha elizayo xa usiva izindululo zakho zezopolitiko ezizithandayo zibhalwe “njengeyantlukwano” kakhulu, “iyasukuzana” okanye “i-polarizing” ukusebenza, jonga uvoto kuqala. Usenokuba uthengiselwa imali eninzi ngabahlalutyi abanganyanisekanga bezama ukugalela amanzi abandayo kumlilo oqhubekayo.
Alan Macleod @AlanRMacLeod lilungu leGlasgow University Media Group. Incwadi yakhe yamva nje, Inkqubela phambili kwiXesha loLwazi: Imveliso esetyenziswayo, yapapashwa ngu Indlela ngoMeyi 2019.
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