Kwakusehlotyeni malunga nesiqingatha senkulungwane eyadlulayo xa ndandingena kulaa veni yakwaVolkswagen ndaza ndaqalisa uhambo lwam lokunqumla ilizwe noPeter, umhlobo ongumfoti. Bendikwenza oko ngokusemthethweni njengentatheli yenkonzo encinci yeendaba yaseSan Francisco, ndithunyelwe ukuba ndichukumise isimo sesizwe ngexesha elibi kwezopolitiko. Imfazwe yaseVietnam, nalo lonke uqhanqalazo lwasekhaya kunye neziphazamiso, yayisele iphelile. Imikhosi yaseNyakatho yeVietnam yayiza kungena ngokukhawuleza eSaigon, ikomkhulu laseMzantsi Vietnam; Umongameli waseUnited States, uRichard Nixon, wayevaleleke kwihlazo elikhulayo elibizwa ngokuba yi "Watergate."
Kwaye nantsi into engaqhelekanga. Ndaziva ndibanjiwe, nam. Ngandlelโ ithile, ndandiziva ndilahlekile. Njengoko ndayibeka ngoko (kwaye oku kufanele ukuba kube nomsesane oqhelekileyo kuyo, nokuba, ngowe-1973, ndandibhekiselele kuphela kuhlelo lukamabonwakude lweendaba), โEso sikrini sabuhlutha ubomi bam. Ngandlelโ ithile ndandifuna ukuyichitha ndize ndifumanise iindawo ezintsha, ezingakumbi ezibhekisela ebantwini, iziko lokwenene lomxhuzulane.โ Ndandinomnqweno wokuphuma kwelo hlabathi lam kwaye ndenze into yaseMelika yonke Jack Kerouac into: yiya "endleleni."
Ke ngoko mna noPeter sahamba kuloo ndlela yodumo yaseMerika, sisuka kwiindawo zenkampu sisiya kwiindawo zokutyela ukutya okukhawulezayo, kwimibhiyozo ephakathi ukuya eOld Faithful, kodwa sazifumana sivaleleke koko ndandikubiza ngokuba โkukukhula kolawulo lweshishini kungekuphela nje kwabantu abasemsebenzini, kodwa. kwiiholide zabo, ngexesha labo lokuphumla.โ Ndizibone ndisenza udliwano-ndlebe, kwaye naye efota, into endiye ndacinga ngayo โnjengabantu abangabahambi abadidekileyoโ - uninzi lwabantu abakumgangatho ophakathi kunye nabasebenzi baseMelika, bedidekile kwaye benomsindo, "batyhalelwe bucala," njengoko ndandibhale ngoko, โngamandla abavakalelwa kukuba angaphaya kwamandla abo.โ Sabe, kwathi kanti, kwindlela yomnye umntu ngokupheleleyo.
EMilwaukee, sasiza kudityaniswa nguNancy, owathi kamva waba ngumfazi wam, kwaye emva koko sachitha iiveki silandela ezo ndlela zingenaluthando kakhulu (ngaphandle kweJack Kerouac emehlweni), udliwano-ndlebe naye nabani na oza kuthetha nathi. Ekugqibeleni, elo nzame lomfana oneminyaka engama-29 ubudala lokukhululeka kubomi bakhe, ukufumana "apho (okanye) ndingena kuluntu lwaseMelika" yaba yincwadi yam yokuqala, Ngaphaya Kolawulo Lwethu: IMelika kwiMibindi yee-Seventies. Xa sijonga umva, laa ncwadi imalunga nohambo lwethu olungaqhelekanga lokuya kwilizwe elilungelelaniswe ngokutsha ukuze lisetyenziswe ngonaphakade kunye nentlalo-ntle yeenkampani ezinkulu yaba yeyam - njengoko bendiya kuyibiza ngoko - "uxwebhu lwamaphupha olumbiwe kwixesha lethu elidlulileyo."
Kwaye ewe, kwakudala, yayisele ingumzuzu onzima kwilizwe elinenkathazo. Noko ke, mandivume ukuba andizange ndijonge Ngaphaya Kolawulo Lwethu kwiminyaka, kude kube ngumhlobo esandula ukufumana ikopi, wayifunda, kwaye wathumela i-imeyile, ecaphula isicatshulwa sam sakudala kum ukuze abonise ukuba yayibaluleke kangakanani na, njani - ngandlela ithile - iindawo zikaTrumpian ze1973 yaseMelika .
Wagxininisa, ngokukodwa, udliwano-ndlebe olusondeleyo ekupheleni kwaloo ncwadi kunye no "Frank Nelson" - ndawatshintsha onke amagama, ngoko ke ngubani owaziyo ngoku ukuba yintoni eyona yakhe - malunga nayo ngomzuzwana. Yandothusa loo nto. Ndandibalibele bonke abo Frank Nelsons kwaye mhlawumbi kunye noTom Engelhardt owayedlan' indlebe nabo kudala kakhulu.
Ke, ndinomdla wokwazi ukuba kudala ndalahleka nam kunye nehlabathi endandihlala kulo ngelo xesha, ndathatha laa ncwadi indala ndayifunda kwakhona ukuze ndidibane noTom Engelhardt oselula endleleni kwenye indalo yaseMelika. Kwaye hayi indlela engaqhelekanga ngayo olo hambo lubuyela kolwam-kwaye lwethu-ixesha elidlulileyo langqineka linjalo.
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Ngoko ke, ukuba unomonde wohambo olungephi, buyela nam ukuya kuJulayi 1973 ukuze ndikuxelele ngoFrank Nelson, endadibana naye kumkhondo weYellowstone National Park nomfazi wakhe nabantwana bakhe abathathu. "Wayeyindoda enoxanduva, ethandekayo yosapho" kunye - nokuba bendimcinezele kangakanani - "akukho mbono wekamva elingcono." Umphathi wevenkile osebenza ngemibhobho yamanzi nombutho wabasebenzi waseCleveland, kwakunye nosihlalo wekomiti yeengxoxo zombutho kumzi-mveliso wakhe, ngokuzingca wandixelela oku: โNdizinikele ngokwenene kumbutho wabasebenzi ubomi bam bonke yaye ndiyakholelwa kuwo.โ
Nangona kunjalo wayesele ethetha ngelo xesha malunga "nendlela yolondolozo" ekhulayo yombutho wabasebenzi kunye nokwenzeka ukuba iya kutshatyalaliswa, wayekholelwa, "ngumba wogqatso." Ngokucacileyo wayechasene namaSemite kunye nobuhlanga. (โEkubeni ndimhlophe, ndikhetha ukuqhubeka ukongama kohlanga lwabamhlophe endaweni yokuza kuhlangana kwabantu abamhlophe.โ) Yaye ngoxa wayexubusha ngento awayevakalelwa kukuba yingxaki ekhulayo yaseMerika kunye nam, wandixelela nokuba โinkululeko yakho ikholelwa kwihlabathi elinye. kunye nabagcini bakho โ- awayekholelwa ngokucacileyo ukuba nguye- "kholwa eMelika kuqala, kulawulo lwaseMelika."
Kwaye khumbula, oku bekungoJulayi 1973, hayi uJulayi 2019. YayinguRichard Nixon waseMelika, hayi ekaDonald Trump.
UFrank nomfazi wakhe uHelen babencokola ngokukhululekileyo, bencokola, yaye bawathanda gqitha amava odliwano-ndlebe kangangokuba wandinika idilesi yabo waza wandicela ukuba ndibathumelele umbhalo wayo nantoni na endiyibhalayo. Ngamanye amazwi, akazange athethe nto awayevakalelwa kukuba iphumile kuluhlu olufanelekileyo. Indlela endasabela ngayo ekumshiyeni yayisithi: โKum, olu dliwano-ndlebe lubonakala ngathi luyi-crescendo apho iinxalenye zohambo lwethu ziye zakha khona.โ
Njengoko ndaye ndafumanisa kwezo veki zodliwano-ndlebe, uNelson, njengabanye abaninzi ababekwelo thuba leholide, wayezaliswe luloyiko olungenasiphelo nolungathethiyo malunga nekamva apho, njengoko ndandiyibeka ngoko, โ[inkampani] abatyhalayo baya kusinda, mhlawumbi nenzuzo. Ngaba bantu sithethe nabo, inkitha enkulu yabantu abaphakathi abangakhange babambe nkqi kwinkqubo, abaya kunqunyulwa emadolweni. Kwaye, ngenxa yokukhotyokiswa [kule nkqubo], abazi ukuba mabenze ntoni na.โ
Emva koko, ndicinga ngoNelson (nabanye abafana naye esakhe sadibana nabo), ndongeza,
โInyathelo elilandelayo likaFrank Nelson, nangona kunjalo, lisenokuphuma kolu hlobo lokuzicingela nokungena ezitalatweniโฆ Inkuthazo, udano, umsindo ukho. Kwanengcamango entsha, ingcamango yobuhlanga nobuzwe iyavela. Ekuphela kwento engekhoyo ngumoya ofanelekileyo otshayela ethafeni, indibaniselwano yamandla phezulu kuluntu oluzimiseleyo ukuhlanganisa uFrank Nelson.
โโฆAbantu abatshonayo abadli ngokuba nocazululo olunzulu lwenyaniso. Ekuphela kwento abayidingayo sisithembiso sokuba isimo sabo sengqondo asizukwehla; nengcaciso, nayiphi na ingcaciso, abaya kuxhoma kuyo amathemba abo. Uluntu lwaseMelika lubashiya abantu bedidekile kwaye inyaniso ingavisisani kangangokuba phantse nayiphi na indlela ezenza ngathi idibanisa amaqhekeza kwaye ibhenela koko abantu bacinga ngako njengokuzingca kwabo kunokwamkeleka.โ
Kuloo maphepha, ndandisele ndizise iJamani yexesha le-Weimar-umzuzu, oko kukuthi, ngaphambi kokuba uHitler aqalise ukulawula-kwaye ndongeza:
โEJamani kwiminyaka yamashumi amathathu, inkqubo eyasebenzayo yayikuchasa ubuYuda, ubukomanisi, nobuzwe obunoburhalarhume obudityaniswe nomsebenzi opheleleyo nokubuyela kuzinzo lwasekhaya. Ukuba uFrank Nelson uneyiphi na ikhrayitheriya, le fomyula isenokungahlukanga kangako aphaโฆ Ubuzwe bunokuba yibhanile apho umzabalazo kunye nokuzincama okungenakuthintelwa kuya kubakho phantsi kwayo, kwaye kugqatso ibhoyirha kanye njengokuba ayenjalo amaYuda eJamani. Okubonakalayo (oMnyama) ohluphekileyo luphawu lukaFrank Nelson lwento ekufuneka aphulukane nayo, yintoni enokukhutshwa ezandleni zakhe. Yaye uya kuzikhusela kuloo nto nokuba kufuneka anxulumane โnamaYuda neeNtlanga ezizizityebiโ ukuze akwenze oko.
"UFrank Nelson kunye nezigidi zabanye abantu baseMelika bamiselwe ukukhetha, ukuba iqela eliphezulu libona inzuzo kwisityalo."
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Ngexesha likaDonald Trump, i Abadlali abaziqhenkcezayo, kwaye i Wolverine Watchmen, okuninzi koku kufuneka uzive uqhelekile ngendlela engaqhelekanga. Ukuba, nangona kunjalo, ingxelo yam yayibuprofeti nangayiphi na indlela, kufuneka ndivume ukuba andizange ndiyiqonde yonke le minyaka-kude kube ngumhlobo wam endibhalele. Nangona kunjalo, kufanele kucace, xa kujongwa, ukuba, iyamangalisa njengoko ixesha langoku lisenokubonakala, khange liphume eluhlalweni, hayi kancinci. Yayinokubakho njani?
Kuyo yonke loo nto, uDonald Trump akazange aphume elubala. Njengesiqalo, kwiinyanga nje ezimbalwa emva kokuba ndibuyele eSan Francisco ndisuka kulaa ndawo yethu yokunqumla ilizwe, wenza ukubonakala kwakhe kokuqala kwiphepha elingaphambili le ENew York Times. Wayeneminyaka engama-27, emncinci kum ngeminyaka emibini, kwaye sele engumongameli weTrump Management Corporation. Isihloko esikhulu, izithunzi zekamva likaDonald kunye nobuzwe obumhlophe obuhamba naye, ibisithi: "Umnini-mhlaba oMkhulu otyholwa ngo-Antiblack Bias kwisiXeko." ISebe Lezobulungisa lalihlawulisa uyise uFred kunye naye ngokwala โukurenta okanye ukuthethathethana ngerenti 'ngenxa yobuhlanga nebala'โ kwizakhiwo ababenazo nabazilawulayo ngelo xesha. Kwaye amazwi akhe okuqala acatshulwe kwelo phepha malunga nezo zityholo, ngokufanelekileyo: "Zihlekisa ngokupheleleyo ... Asizange sicalule kwaye asisoze." Akunjalongo noko! Kwaye yintoni engazange isanda, ngokuhlekisa iTrumpian malunga nehlabathi lethu lonke laseMelika ukusukela oko?
Xa ucinga ngayo, ngalo mzuzu ngo-1973 engqondweni, uTrump ngokwakhe unokuphinda acingelwe njengendibaniselwano egqithisileyo kaRichard Nixon (indoda eneyakhe. etyhila amakhasethi njenge UDonald) Kunye UGeorge Wallace. Irhuluneli yobuhlanga yase-Alabama kunye nomgqatswa weqela lesithathu unyaka uNixon tyibilika Udemokhrasi uHubert Humphrey ukuba aphumelele kuqala i-White House, uWallace wayeyindoda eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuqulunqa "ucalucalulo ngoku, ucalucalulo ngomso, ucalucalulo ngonaphakade."
U-Nixon wathatha isikhundla sobumongameli ngo-1968 kwaye kwakhona ngo-1972 ngohlobo lwakhe lobuhlanga, "iqhinga lasemazantsi," waqala uvulindlela ngumgqatswa wobumongameli weRiphabhlikhi uBarry Goldwater ngo-1964 (waze wabiza, ngokugqithiseleyo, "Operation Dixieโ). Ngendlela enekhowudi yobuhlanga kunye neyobuzwe ecacileyo, uNixon weza nabamhlophe basemazantsi kwiindawo ezazisakuba yiDemokhrasi yaseMazantsi ngokuqinisekileyo kwisibaya seRiphabhlikhi. Ngo-1980, uRonald Reagan akazange acinge kabini malunga nokusungula iphulo lakhe lonyulo lukamongameli ngentetho "yamalungelo aseburhulumenteni" (eyayiseyikhowudi yolwahlulo) kufuphi nePhiladelphia, eMississippi, iikhilomitha nje ukusuka kwidama lomhlaba apho abathathu babulala amalungelo oluntu. abasebenzi bafunyanwa bengcwatywe ngo-1964. Kwaye kwiminyaka engenelelayo, iRiphabhlikhi Party, nayo, iye yaya emazantsi (ukuba sithetha) ngexesha elikhulu uhlobo lokunganyangeki oko kwakunjalo, nangexesha leNixon, ibetha ngokwaneleyo.
Ngo-2016, ngokuqinisekileyo, eso sicwangciso sasezantsi siye saba yinto efana neqhinga lesizwe kwi (ukubamba pussy) izandla zikaDonald Trump.
Ngeli xesha, umanyano - ngekhe ndacinga ukuba kukutya okukhawulezayo-kwelizwe uPeter, uNancy, kunye nam sasihamba ngalo kwakusele kusenzeka. Kwangaxeshanye, uhlobo olutsha lokungalingani kwabantu baseMelika, ngaloo minyaka, lwaluqala ukuvakala. Namhlanje, kunye nebhiliyoni yokuqala kwi-White House kunye nezinye iibhiliyoni, naphakathi kwesibetho, eqhubeka yenza i-minti epheleleyo Ngelixa abantu abaninzi baseMelika bebandezeleka, ukungalingani okushiye uFrank Nelson kunye noontanga bakhe benxunguphele kakhulu akukaze kuyeke ukunyuka ngokwenyani. amanqanaba amangalisayo.
Ndikholelwe, nokuba uDonald Trump kufuneka emke kwiOfisi ye-Oval nge-20 kaJanuwari, ngo-2021, siya kuhlala siseMelika yakhe. Kwaye iminyaka engama-47 emva kohambo lwam olude, olungaqhelekanga, ndicinga ukuba ndingakuqinisekisa into enye: ukuba bekungengenxa yobhubhani obambe eli lizwe kwaye uye watshayela uninzi lwethu lwaphuma kuyo nayiphi na indlela, enye intatheli encinci, Ukuphambana nokungonwabi, usenako ukuphumela โkwindlelaโ yenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye kwaye afumane iinguqulelo ezihlaziyiweyo zikaFrank Nelson galore (inani elimangalisayo elinokuba exhobe kakuhle kwaye unomsindo).
Wamkelekile eMelika! Alithandabuzeki elokuba, ixesha elide emva kokuba uPeter, uNancy, kunye nam sihambe laa ndlela ingavuleki kangako, ubomi bethu neli lizwe bungaphaya kwamandla ethu.
Ndibhala ngabantu endandidlanโ indlebe nabo ngelo xesha (aboโngaphandle kwenkuthazo enye yomlawuli wemyuziyam endadibana naye eTwin Falls, e-Idahoโandiyazi nto), ndathi: โAndithandabuzi ukuba, njengam, sisajonge phambili ngokuthandabuza kwikamva eliya kwenza ihlobo lowe-1973 libonakale lingelokwenyani ngokwenene lize lisishiye sonke sizibuza: Ngaba ngokwenene ubomi buya kuba njalo?โ
Kwi-Covid-19 eMelika, kunye noNxweme oluseNtshona isavutha, eColorado amadangatye embali, i irekhodi 11 izaqhwithi ezibetha iGulf Coast nakwezinye iindawo kweli xesha lenkanyamba, nobushushu balo lonke uhlobo bunyuka yonke indawo, musani nakancinane ukukholelwa ukuba ibinzana elithi โngaphaya kwamandla ethuโ alinakufumana intsingiselo entsha kumashumi eminyaka ezayo.
Wamkelekile kuguqulelo olugqithisileyo lwehlabathi mna noFrank Nelson sele sihlala ngo-1973.
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