Bendikhe ndajonga into endiyibiza ngokuba yi-'feel good' capitalism ukusukela ndineminyaka emine okanye emihlanu. Maxa wambi oku kuye kwenziwa ngenxa yokungalungelani komzimba nezinto ezininzi nezigulo ezingapheliyo. Ngamanye amaxesha, bekungenxa yokudakumba okanye oko bakubiza ngokuba 'kuxinzelelo lwasemva kokwenzakala'. Nokuba yeyiphi na imeko, ndiye ndanamaxesha amaninzi okuziva ndingonwabanga nto leyo ibisoloko indibeka ekuchasaneni ngokuthe ngqo nenkcubeko emenyezelayo, neyonwabileyo.
Xa ndandikwisikolo samabanga aphantsi kunye namabanga aphakamileyo, ndandineengxaki ezimbi kakhulu zokwaliwa kunye nesifuba. Maxa wambi ndandiye ndingayi esikolweni kangangenyanga ngenxa yokugula kangangokuba kwakufuneka ndilaliswe esibhedlele. Nangona ndijamelene nolu celomngeni, ndandisoloko ndiphumelela ekubeni ngumfundi oxatyisiweyo. Ndikhumbula ukuba ndaphumelela iConcours Oratoire ngentetho endayibhala ndisesibhedlele. Ndikhumbula ukuba yaqala: "Le sujet de mon disours est l'asthme ...". Iqhubekile ke noko ndizama uburharha ngathi ndixelela abongikazi ukuba andiphumli kuba iitishala zam zingandibulala xa ndingawufezi umsebenzi wam wesikolo. Kwagqitywa ngesiphelo esimnandi malunga nokuziva ndinombulelo kakhulu ngobomi bam xa ndabona bonke abantwana besifa esibhedlele.
Emva kwezo ntsuku, ndandisoloko ndibuyela 'phezulu'. Ndandiyintshatsheli; Ndiyishwankathele ingcamango yokuba 'nabani na angayenza ukuba bazame ngokwaneleyo'. Ndandizimisele ukuba 'yimpumelelo'. Ngebenze imuvi esekelwe kubomi bam enesihloko esithi 'Ukusukela iWellyness'.
Le mihla ndisebenza kwiprogram yam yesidanga kumsebenzi wentlalontle (umsebenzi obonakaliswe yi-ambivalence, ngokombono wam: ubekwe kwindawo ethile phakathi kwenkululeko yoluntu kunye nolawulo loluntu). Ndikwajongwe ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwinkqubo kwakhona, njengoko ngoku ndiphila nesigulo esibi esiziswa ziingxaki zokuphefumla kunye nokungasebenzi kakuhle kwamajoni omzimba. Ugqirha wam uqikelela ukuba ndiza kukwazi 'ukuchacha' kwiinyanga ezintandathu ukuya kunyaka. Ndijonge phambili ekungagulini kwakhona, kodwa ngoku ndiyathandabuza kakhulu inkqubo endinokuthatha inxaxheba kuyo ngokupheleleyo xa 'ndiphilile'.
Ngelixa sihlala sihlaselwe ngamabali abantu abakhubazekileyo aboyisayo izithintelo zabo kwimiboniso efana ne-Oprah kunye nokunye okunjalo. Le miboniso ihlala igxininisa ukuba abakhubazekileyo akufuneki bagwetywe kwangaphambili kwaye bayakwazi ukuthatha inxaxheba. Kwiphepha elinesihloko esithi, 'Ubungxowankulu, ubuGcisa, kunye neNgcaciso yeNgcaciso', uMichael Oliver uthi imiba yokhubazeko yakhiwe ngendlela 'eqhelekileyo' kwaye isoloko ingawuhoyi umba wolawulo lwentlalontle.
Nokuba siyintoni na isiphelo sabantu abakhubazekileyo phambi kokufika kongxowankulu kwaye nokuba liya kuba yintoni na ikamva labo kwihlabathi elitsha elinesibindi lenkulungwane yamashumi amabini ananye, ngokuza kwalo siye saxhwaleka ngaphandle kwezoqoqosho nezentlalo. Ngenxa yolu thintelo lokhubazeko lwenziwa ngohlobo oluthile; njengengxaki yomntu efuna unyango.
U-Oliver uhlabela mgama echaza iindlela ezithe iziko kunye 'neenkonzo' zoluntu zisetyenziswe njengeendlela zolawulo loluntu. Wenza amanqaku amabini abaluleke kakhulu apha. Eyokuqala kwezi yeyokuba imisebenzi emininzi yeengcali ibotshelelwe ekugcineni abantu abakhubazekileyo bexhomekeke. Eyesibini imi ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
Ukuba iinkonzo zoluntu eziphantsi kongxowankulu ziyinxalenye yesixhobo sikarhulumente solawulo lwentlalo njengoko ithiyori yezinto eziphathekayo iyakuxoxa, isizathu sokuba basebenzise abakumgangatho ophakathi silula; asingawo amaqela abeka isoyikiso kubungxowankulu kwaye ke ngoko, akuyomfuneko ukuba alawulwe, kodwa endaweni yoko anokuba ngabathunywa bolawulo lwabanye.
Ndikholelwa ekubeni iingqiqo zokhubazeko zakhiwa ngeendlela ezithethelela ukujongelwa phantsi kwezoqoqosho nentlalo yabantu abakhubazekileyo. Ndingaxoxa ukuba oku kuyafana neendlela ezakhiwa ngayo isini kunye nobuhlanga ukuze kuthethelelwe ukujongelwa phantsi kunye nokuxhatshazwa kwabasetyhini kunye namaqela athile obuhlanga. Oko kukuthi, umntu kufuneka alumke angenzi impazamo ye-linear causality. Ngelixa abantu benokucalulwa ngenxa yokuba bekhubazekile okanye abafazi okanye 'bohlanga' oluthile, iingqiqo zokungabi/nakho, isini kunye nobuhlanga zisakhiwa ngokuqhubekayo ukuze kuthetheleleke intswela-bulungisa yembali nekhoyo ngoku kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho.
Ukwakhiwa 'kweengcali' kuyafuneka ukuze kwakhiwe iqabane layo: 'abaxumi'.
Kodwa nangona abantu abakhubazekileyo besenokuba neziphumo ezibi kakhulu, umba wokukhubazeka awungowomdla kuphela kubo bonke abo babhalwe 'njengabakhubazekileyo' kodwa nakubo bonke abo bawela kwelinye icala le-dichotomy: 'abakhubazekileyo'. Ngokwenene, udidi 'lwenziwa amandla' lukwasebenza njengendlela yolawulo loluntu. Kukho zonke iintlobo zezithethe ezingathethwayo ekufuneka 'abakhubazekileyo' baphile ngokwemigaqo. Ukuba unomkhuhlane ombi, kufuneka ubonakalise ukukulungela ukuqhubeka usebenza phezu kwako nje oko. Ukuba ukhathazwa kukusweleka komzali, kufuneka uqhubele phambili. Kufuneka ube namandla. Kufuneka wonwabe. Kufuneka uzithembe. KUFUNEKA UZIVA KAHLE. Kufuneka ube SHINY kwaye UVUYILE. Kwaye, UNGAZE UCHASE.
Esi sikhundla sixoxwe kakuhle kwinkcazo ka-Oliver yeziko:
Isizathu sempumelelo yeziko sasilulaโฆ Yingcinezelo kuba bonke abo bangakwaziyo okanye abangavumiyo ukuthobela izithethe nokuziphatha kobungxowankulu banokususwa kuyo. Yingcamango yokuba imi njengesikhumbuzo esibonakalayo kubo bonke abo bavumelana ngoku kodwa bangaqhubeki besenza njalo-ukuba awuziphathi, iziko likulindile.
Abanye bethu basajongene nesoyikiso seli ziko. Abanye banokujongana nogrogriso lweenkonzo zabantwana okanye ukugadwa ziinkonzo 'zengqesho'. Ngokuqinisekileyo, bonke abazingcatshayo njengabangabanye 'abakhubazekileyo' basengozini yokuhlaziswa ngoontanga babo.
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'Ungxowankulu, uKhubazeko, kunye neNgcinga yoBugcisa: iNgcaciso yezinto eziphathekayo yoMgaqo wokuQeqesha' nguMichael J. Oliver
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