USteven Hill kunye noRob Richie
kuba
kulo nyaka uphelileyo siye sajonga ilinge likarhulumente waseMelika lokufaka isicelo
imithetho echasene ne-monopoly kwiinkqubo zoshishino ze-Microsoft. Ukususela ngoko
Sherman Antitrust Act wapasiswa kwinkulungwane eyadlulayo, yamkelwe ngokubanzi ukuba
Ukulawulwa kwemarike ngamaqumrhu abucala ambalwa kunokuba yingozi
ishishini, elibi kubathengi kwaye libi kwisizwe.
The
kuyafana kwezopolitiko, ukanti iSebe lezoBulungisa linika
Republican-Democrat duopoly uhambo free. Ingxaki kukuba, ngokungafaniyo
iinkampani ezilawulwa ngurhulumente, iiDemokhrasi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi
ngokwabo bayila imithetho nemigaqo yezopolitiko. Impungutye igadile
indlu yeenkukhu. Imizekelo emibini yakutshanje ibonisa ngokucacileyo le ngxaki.
kugqibela
ngenyanga iKomishoni yeeNgxoxo zikaMongameli (CPD) yamisela indlela yokuba ngubani
angavunyelwa ukuba athathe inxaxheba kwiingxoxo zikamongameli zikamabonakude ngoku kuwa.
Ngubani olawula iKomishoni? Kutheni, iiDemokhrasi kunye namaRiphabhlikhi. Hayi
ngokumangalisayo, imigaqo esekiweyo inzima kangangokuba iqela elincinane kuphela
okanye umgqatswa womongameli ozimeleyo onokuthi aphumelele kumashumi amathandathu okugqibela
iminyaka yayinguGeorge Wallace ngo-1968.
The
I-CPD iya kufuna ukuba abagqatswa babene-15% yevoti ubuncinane kwisihlanu sesizwe
iivoti kwiveki phambi kwengxoxo. URoss Perot wayengayi kufaneleka kwi-1992
nangona ekugqibeleni ephumelele i-19% emva kokuba ebandakanyiwe kwiingxoxo zikamabonakude.
NoJohn Anderson, umgqatswa womongameli ozimeleyo ngo-1980. Ukusebenzisa
le khrayitheriya, uGov. Jesse Ventura of Minnesota wayeza kuthintelwa ukusuka
ukuthatha inxaxheba kwiingxoxo zabo zerhuluneli eziboniswa kumabonakude.
The
I-CPD ingathanda ukuba sikholelwe ukuba iingxoxo azikho malunga neengxoxo ezinzulu
malunga nekamva lelizwe lethu ngabagqatswa abathembekileyo, kodwa malunga nokukhetha kuphela
phakathi kwabaviwa abanokuphumelela. Ukanti nalo mgangatho uyikhanadi. uYese
Amanani ovoto kaVentura awazange anyuke de abavoti banokumthelekisa neyakhe
ukhuphiswano ngeengxoxo zikamabonakude zaseMinnesota.
Yiyo
ingengabo kuphela amaqela amancinane okanye abagqatswa abazimeleyo abakhutshelwa ecaleni ngurhulumente omnye
iinkqubo zeDemokhrasi kunye neRiphabhlikhi. Ngamanye amaxesha oomatshini babo bezopolitiko
zama ukutya enye yazo. Ngaloo ndlela, siye saba neenzame zamva nje ezingenakukhuseleka ze
Iqela leRiphabhlikhi laseNew York, elixhasa uGeorge Bush, ukuba lithintele umntu ohamba phambili
UJohn McCain ovela kurhulumente waseNew York. Kuba iNew York iyeyesithathu ngobukhulu
urhulumente kunye nebhaso elibalulekileyo kuye nawuphi na umgqatswa, izenzo ezibi zezi
machine Republicans ebenokuchaphazela ilungelo abavoti Republican zonke
kwilizwe liphela ukuba bonyule umgqatswa wabo wobumongameli.
It
wathatha ityala lomanyano kunye noxinzelelo oludumileyo lwemikhosi yaseBush eNew York ukuba
ncama. Kodwa yintoni engqinwe sesi siqendu sosizi kukuba, njengeMicrosoft okanye
Rockefeller's Standard Oil, uninzi lwabaphathi bezopolitiko abayi kumisa nto
ukoyisa inkcaso yabo.
It
ayipheleli apho. Kunyaka ozayo abezopolitiko abakhoyo baya kusebenzisana ukusebenzisa
redistricting โ inkqubo yeminyaka yokuzoba ngokutsha imithetho yesithili
โ baziqinisekise ngezihlalo ezikhuselekileyo kunye nonyulo kwakhona. Emva kweengcango ezivaliweyo, i
ababambeleyo baya kusebenzisa ubuchwephesha bekhompyutha nobalo lwabantu
idatha yokuzoba ezabo izithili, bakhethe ngokufanelekileyo abavoti babo ngaphambili
abavoti banethuba lokuzikhetha. Nkqu iphulo uhlaziyo lwemali akayi kuba
ekwaziyo ukuqhekeza inqaba edalwe ngaba monopolies bezopolitiko.
Ngubani
uyaviswa yiyo yonke lento? Thina, abavoti, ngubani lowo. Kuba iphumela kwi
abavoti - abathengi bezopolitiko - abanokhetho oluncinci kwaye oluncinci kwibhokisi yokuvota.
Abavoti bavinjwa amathuba nokuba bave izimvo zabanye abagqatswa kunye
imigaqo-nkqubo. Iipolitiki zemonopoly ziyongamele kurhulumente emva korhulumente, apho kukhuselekile
izithili ezingakhuphisaniyo, imidyarho ekungakhuphiswanga kuyo kunye nabasezikhundleni abangenakoyiswa
ukuba ngumthetho. Ukunqongophala kokhetho olwaneleyo, abavoti baya besanda
ahlukanisiwe kwaye ajikela kuvoto ngamanani ambalwa nambalwa.
uxhamlo-wedwa
ezopolitiko asiyondlela yokuqhuba unyulo lwethu. Urhulumente ulawula amashishini amakhulu,
kodwa ngubani na oya kulawula izenzo zemonopoly ze-duopoly eqhuba
urhulumente?
[Rob
U-Richie ungumlawuli olawulayo weZiko lokuVota kunye neDemokhrasi kunye noSteven
I-Hill ngumlawuli wengingqi yasentshona yeZiko. Bangababhali be
"Ukuzibonakalisa Sonke" (Beacon Press 1999). Ngolwazi oluthe kratya,
bona www.fairvote.org, fowunela 301-270-4616 okanye ubhalele: PO Box 60037, Washington,
DC 20039.]