Umthombo: Iindaba ze-Consortium
CUkungakwazi kuka-ongress ukumela ngokwenene abantu abaphilayo baseMelika, edityaniswe nenkqubo yezoqoqosho evuza ukungabi naluvelwano kunye nokugqithisa kokunyoluka, kusizise kwixesha elimnyama xa i-tsunami ezayo yokutshatyalaliswa kwemali, ukuswela kunye nokugxothwa. iintloko zethu, zithintele ukukhanya kwelanga.
Ukukhutshwa okuzayo kungakhawuleza khaba 28 million abantu/iintsapho ngaphandle kwezindlu zabo. Ukubeka loo nto ngokwembono, ngabantu abazizigidi ezilishumi kuphela abaphulukene namakhaya abo ebudeni bokuwohloka kwezoqoqosho kowama-2008, yaye oko kwakugqalwa nguye nabani na onikelโ ingqalelo njengeyona nto iphambeneyo kwezakha zenzeka.
Into esijongene nayo ngoku inokuba yi-crazier kathathu, ukuya kumanqanaba kaCharlie Sheen. (Ndiphantse ndabhala "amanqanaba e-Kanye West" kodwa yonke into ayenzayo ngethemba lokuba iya kukhankanywa kumajelo eendaba, kwaye andisayi kuba nayo. ... Shit. Le paranthetical indingcatshi!)
Ukuthetha ngetsunami ezayo yokungabi namakhaya, kufuneka siqale sidlule kwinto yokuba urhulumente wethu angabakhulula ngokupheleleyo abantu kwaye abagcine emakhayeni abo. Akunjalo nje ukuba sele bekhuphe ibheyile kwiibhanki ezinkulu kunye neWall Street ukuya kwinqanaba $4.25 zezigidi, kodwa ngaphezu koko iPentagon inayo i $ 21 zezigidi yohlengahlengiso olungachazwanga kwiincwadi zabo kule minyaka ingama-20 idlulileyo. Oku kuthetha - kukho imali eninzi.
Imali yingcamango, ingcamango, inkolelo ye-imaginary metaphysical, kwaye lixesha lokuba sibhekane nenyaniso yokuba urhulumente wase-US unombono ongenamkhawulo. Njengoko isithandi sobulumko uAlan Watts sakha sathi: Imali ayiyonto, ngumlinganiselo. Ukuthi akukho mali yaneleyo yokwenza into kufana nomakhi othi azikho ii-intshi ezaneleyo zokwakha indlu. Unemithi, izikhonkwane kunye neehamile. Uphume nje ngee-intshi.
Urhulumente wase-US unokunika ngokulula i-2,000 yeedola zaseMelika ngenyanga kwikamva elibonakalayo, elinokuthi ligcine phantse wonke umntu ezindlini nasezindlini zabo. Enyanisweni, iKhanada iye yakhetha nika $2,000 ngenyanga kwabo baphulukene nomsebenzi ngenxa yobhubhane.
Kodwa ungayihoyi into yokuba kukho imali eyaneleyo. Ayisiyiyo le nto silapha ukuyixoxa.
Kukho nezindlu ezaneleyo ezingenanto. Njengesi2018, bekukho malunga ne-1.5 yezigidi zamakhaya angenamntu kweli lizwe. Thelekisa oko kuqikelelo Bangama-553,742 abantu abangenamakhaya nangabuphi na ubusuku. Ke nangaphambi kobhubhane, kwakukho izindlu ezintathu ezingenanto kuye wonke umntu ongenakhaya. Ntathu. Ayikokubalwa kwamagumbi angenanto, iiyachts, iishedi, amagumbi okulala angaphezulu, iigaraji, ii-condos, ii-cubbyholes, iindawo eziphantsi kwe-attic, amagumbi angaphantsi, iishedi, izindlu zamachibi kunye neefriji zokuhamba.
Ukuba ezo ndawo zingenamntu bezisetyenziselwa ukuhlalisa abantu abangenazindlu, abo kuthi banethamsanqa ngokwaneleyo lokuba neendawo zethu zokuhlala bebengayi kuqaphela mahluko ngaphandle kokuba ukungabi namakhaya ngekwakuphelile. Iya kuba yinto esithetha ngayo "khumbula xa" ifashoni efana neeteyiphu zeVHS, imiboniso yemidlalo malunga nokuthenga igrosari, kunye nokuthandana okungabandakanyi uvavanyo lwegazi kunye nophicotho lwe-Instagram.
Azisekho abantu esitratweni, akukho loyiko ngakumbi ukuba ishwangusha elibi liza kubangela wena okanye usapho lwakho phantsi kwebhulorho enika umfana impahla yangaphantsi yakho ngokutshintshiselana ngesandwich. Yonke ke loo mpambano iya kuphela.
Kwaye inani elisondelayo lokukhutshwa-i-28 yezigidi-ayibali nokuba bangaphi abantu abahlala kubudlelwane obubi ngenxa yokuba abanako ukufumana indawo yabo, imitshato eyoyikisayo kunye namanye amalungiselelo okuhlala. (Njengomntu oneminyaka engama-25 ubudala ekufuneka ehlala nomama wakhe ococa iinyawo zakhe esofeni rhoqo ebusuku ngelixa ebukele iWheel of Fortune kwaye esitya isuphu enevumba le-raccoon carcass ebolayo. Ndibize ngokuba ndiyaphambana, kodwa kwihlabathi lethu lasemva kokunqongophala, ukuba umntu oneminyaka engama-25 kufuneka anikwe indawo yokuhlala.)
Kodwa masiphinde sixhase ngakumbi kwaye sibuze iintsholongwane zobuchopho esizinikwe kubunjineli bethu bezentlalo. Kutheni le nto umntu kufuneka angabi nakhaya ngenxa yokuba engenamali yaneleyo? Abanye badla ngokucaphuka bathi, โNgenxa yokuba bengasebenzi nzima ngokwaneleyo, ngoko bafanelwe kukungabi namakhaya. Oko kubizwa ngokuba โyisimilo somsebenziโ โ kwaye yiloo nto eli lizwe lasekwa phezu kwayo! George Washington into into Ford Motor Company. Mhle!โ
Kulungile, linqaku elihle ngaphandle-Hayi, akunjalo. Ukuba umntu usebenza nzima kangakanani akunamsebenzi kuluntu lwethu. Cinga okomzuzwana malunga nabo bonke abantwana abatyebileyo be-trust-fund abangcolileyo abahlala bejikeleza iiesile zabo imini yonke betshaya ukhula oluphuma kukhakhayi lwe-lemur engaqhelekanga. Ukanti basezizityebi. Bangaphi abafazi bendebe okanye abayeni bendebe abahlala ngasechibini bephulula inkunkuma yabo ekukhanyeni kwelanga? Abasebenzi nzima. Mangaphi โamalungu ebhodiโ angeyomfuneko ahlawulwa amakhulu amawaka ukuze ahlale ebhodini aze aye kwinkomfa enye ngenyanga?
Ngaphezu koko, qwalasela abantu abasebenzela ubutyebi babo-njenge-CEO-ngaba ukholelwa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba basebenza amaxesha angamawaka lukhuni kunomcebisi okanye umatshini wokuhlamba izitya okanye umambi wamalahle? Akunjalongo noko. Ngowuphi owona msebenzi unzima emhlabeni? Mhlawumbi ukukrazula i-asbestos kwindawo yokucoca amanzi amdaka e-Phoenix, e-Arizona kwi-110-degree ukushisa kunye nezixhobo zokhuseleko ezingafanelekanga.
Ucinga ukuba abo bafo bahlawulwa owona mvuzo uphakamileyo ehlabathini ngenxa yokuba basebenza nzima? Hayi! Banethamsanqa ukuba bafumana amazinyo. Banethamsanqa ukuba ikhefu labo lesidlo sasemini lide ngokwaneleyo kwisandwich kwaye a piss.
IMelika ayisekelwanga ekusebenzeni nzima. Yikhuphe entlokweni yakho ukuba olu luntu lusekwe ukuba lube nobulungisa. Kuya kuba kuhle ukuba wonke umntu abe nophahla phezu kwentloko yakhe. Kuya kuba kuhle ukuba wonke umntwana afumane imfundo eqinileyo. Kuya kuba kuhle ukuba wonke umntu asele amanzi acocekileyo amnandi. Ukulunga kuchasene nayo nantoni na esihogweni esiyenzayo apha.
Kodwa incinci kakhulu le ngxoxo ekhoyo kwinkcubeko yethu. Endaweni yoko, iibhanki kunye nabanini-mhlaba balungiselela ukukhabela iintsapho ezizizigidi ezingama-28 ngaphandle. Kwaye akufani nokuba ibhanki iya kuzithengisa zonke ezi zindlu ngexesha lokudakumba okuzayo kubhubhane. Hayi. Loo makhaya aya kuhlala engenanto, kanye njengezigidi ezili-10 zamakhaya awayevalelwe ngexesha lokudodobala okukhulu koqoqosho ngo-2008 ahlala engenanto iinyanga ukuba ayingominyaka. Ke isizathu sokugxotha abantu kukuโฆ umโฆ qinisekisa ukuba abanamakhaya? Inokuba sengqiqweni njani loo nto?
Ukuba injongo kukuba noluntu oluhle, olusebenzayo, akukho ngqiqweni ngokupheleleyo ukukhupha abantu kwiindawo zabo zokuhlala. Iintsapho ziya kuphanza. Abantwana baya kwenzakala. Uqhawulo-mtshato luya kwenzeka. Ukuzibulala. Ukuba likhoboka. Ukugqithisa ngokweqile. Akukho nanye kwezi ilungele uluntu. Akukho nanye kuloo nto inceda iMelika nokuba kancinane. Ngoko ngokwenene luthando into ekufuneka yenziwe kukufuna indlu kumntu wonke.
Okulungileyo kuluntu kukuba nabantu abakhululekileyo emakhayeni abo, bakwazi ukufundiswa kwaye bakhule njengabantu. Kwenzeke ntoni ekusukeleni ukukhula komntu kumntu ngamnye?
Abanye basenokuthi, โAsinakubavumela abantu bahlale emakhayeni abo kuba kufuneka sibafundise imbopheleleko yobuqu.โ Leyo yingxabano yonke indwendwe yeFox News egabhayo itshica ngokuguqukayo. Ukanti akunakwenzeka ukuba noxanduva lwento engakhange ibonwe mntu izayo. Ngaba ukhona umntu owabona lo bhubhani usiza? Ngaba kukho nabani na kuquka norhulumente owayilungiselelayo?
Hayi. Enyanisweni siye sakhupha amashishini onke, i ishishini lenqwelomoya enye. Iibhiliyoni zeerandi zisanda kunikezelwa kubo. Zahluke njani iintloko zeenqwelo moya kumninimzi ophulukene nomsebenzi wakhe kubhubhane? Akukho mahluko. Ngaba akufanelekanga ukuba ii-CEO zeenqwelo-moya zibe ngabo bagxothwayo-bashiywe ngaphandle esitratweni belele kwibhokisi?
Ngaphezulu kwayo yonke le nto-kwaye eli nqaku liza kuvuthela umngxuma kwiibhulukhwe zakho-kuyabiza kakhulu ukugcina abantu emakhayeni abo. Umzekelo, ngoku ka The Washington Post, โU-Utah wayechitha umlinganiselo wee-$20,000 kumntu ngamnye ongenakhaya. Ke, ngokuyinxenye ukunciphisa ezo ndleko - kodwa 'nokusindisa ubomi,' ... urhulumente waqala ngokumisela umntu ngamnye ongenakhaya nendlu yakhe.
Isebenzile. Ngo-2015, baye banciphisa ukungabi namakhaya nge-91 pesenti kwaye basindisa imali karhulumente. Noko ke, ukususela ngoko, ukungabi namakhaya kuye kwanda. Kunzima ukuthetha ukuba kutheni, kodwa umlawuli omnye we Utah ukutya kwatsho, โImpazamo esiyenzileyo kukumisa [ucwangciso].โ
Ewe, loo nto UCanzibe ibe sisizathu. Abenzi bomthetho baseUtah bafumene indlela yokuphelisa ukungabi namakhayaโฆ. baza bayeka ukuyenza loo nto! (Kutheni kweli lizwe sibaleka sikhwaza siphuma kuyo yonke imbono enkulu ngathi sisigquma seenyosi ezinomsindo ezifuna ukuthetha nathi nge-inshurensi yobomi ??)
Ke apha, yeha, zizisombululo. Izindlu kufuneka ibe lilungelo lomntu. Sinamakhaya aneleyo. Sinezixhobo ezaneleyo. Sineedola ezaneleyo kunye nee-intshi ezaneleyo. Akufuneki ukuba ibe yindlu ye-goddamn, kodwa wonke umntu kufuneka abe nophahla phezu kweentloko zabo kunye neendonga ezine ezilungileyo. Isihogo, ndiya kude ndilalanise-iindonga ezimbini ezinesiqingatha ezilungileyo.
Nokuba besingenamakhaya aneleyo, into esiyenzayo, sinako ngoku 3D printa indlu kwisithuba seeyure. (Nangona kufuneka ifunxe xa umshicileli exinana. Zonke ezo zindlu zincamathelene etreyini.)
Ingongoma kukuba, ungandixeleli ukuba asinazo izindlu kunye namagumbi aneleyo omntu wonke. Izinja zaseParis Hilton ube nendlu entle ye-325,000 yeedola! Andidlali. Ngezinja nje. Oko, siya kuthi, ukucaphukisa kancinci. (Makhe ndiqikelele - ezo zinja zisebenze nzima ukuya apho zikhoyo.)
Isisombululo esilandelayo kukulwa ukukhutshwa okuzayo. Ungavumeli abasemagunyeni bakhabe abahlobo bakho kunye nabamelwane esitratweni. Sinembali eqinileyo (ecinezelweyo) kweli lizwe yokulwa nabanini-mhlaba kunye nenkohlakalo yokugxothwa, njenge Ukurenta iMfazwe yase-1932 eBronx, kunye ne Izidubedube zokugxothwa kweChicago ngo-1931.
Ukulwa emva ayisiyonto nje inketho, luxanduva. Ukuba womelele ngokwaneleyo ukuxhathisa ubunjineli bezentlalo obugxile kwingeniso sondliwa yonke imihla yobomi bethu, emva koko uya kuqonda ngokukhawuleza ukuba izindlu kufanele zibe lilungelo lomntu.
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