Akukho bungozi bokuba abaqhankqalazi abaye bahlala kwizikwere, iipaki kunye neeplaza kwilizwe lonke ngokuchasene nelizwe elihlangeneyo baya kukhethwa yiDemocratic Party okanye amaqela anje. Qhubeka. Abahlaziyi benkululeko yobuxoki, abasilelela ngokugqithisileyo ukumela amalungelo amahlwempu kunye nabasebenzi, batyikitye kulo mbutho kuba besoyika ukuba yinto engenamsebenzi. Iinkokeli zemanyano, eziwisa imivuzo ngokuphindwe kahlanu kunaleyo yenqanaba kunye nefayile njengoko zithengisa ngamalungelo kunye nezibonelelo, ziyazi ukuba iziseko ziyashukuma. Ngokunjalo nabezopolitiko beDemokhrasi ukusuka kuBarack Obama ukuya kuNancy Pelosi. Ngokunjalo nothotho lwamaqela kunye namaziko โenkululekoโ, kubandakanywa noonondaba, athe asebenza ukubuyisela abavoti abangonelisekanga kumgxobhozo wezopolitiko zolonyulo kwaye bahlekisa ngabo babememelela uhlaziyo olunzulu lolwakhiwo.
Ukuchasa, ukuchasa okwenyani, kurhulumente wequmrhu kubonakaliswe xa isibini samawaka abaqhankqalazi, bebambe iimops kunye nemitshayelo, ekuseni ngolwesiHlanu banyanzelise abanini beZuccotti Park kunye namapolisa esiXeko saseNew York ukuba barhoxe kwiinzame ezicetywayo zokubagxotha. "ukucoca" indawo. Aba baqhankqalazi ngaloo mzuzu mnye uzukileyo benza into ethe yala ukwenziwa ngamasiko โenkululekoโโukuzilwela. Kwaye kwakuchukumisa kakhulu ukubukela iimpuku zenkampani zibaleka zibuyela kwimingxunya yazo eWall Street. Kwanika intsingiselo entsha ngokupheleleyo kwibinzana elithi โmkhulu kakhulu ukuba ungasilela.โ
Ukujongana norhulumente weshishini akusayi kusebenza. Mhlawumbi singaphoswa kwi-nio-feudalism nakwintlekele yokusingqongileyo okanye siya kuwahlutha amandla ezandleni zamaqumrhu. Lo myalezo ungqongqo, ofuna ukuhlehliswa kobhukuqo-mbuso, sesinye sabaphathi abaphezulu, kubandakanywa nodidi lwenkululeko, abazama ngamandla ukusithintela. Kodwa udidi lwenkululeko alunakuthenjwa. Ibambisene nee-lobbyists zenkampani ukutyeshela amalungelo amashumi ezigidi zabantu baseMelika, kunye nabamsulwa kwiimfazwe zethu zobukhosi. Eyona nto ingcono enokwenziwa ngabakhululi kukwenza ngathi yile nto bebeyifuna ngalo lonke ixesha. Amaqela afana ne-MoveOn kunye nabasebenzi abaququzelelweyo baya kuzifumana bengenayo indawo yovoto ngaphandle kokuba ubuncinane bathetha ngomlomo kuqhanqalazo. Ukufika kweTeamsters ngentsasa yangoLwesihlanu ukuza kunceda ukukhusela ipaki kubonise ukungeniswa kwale radicalism intsha kwiimanyano ezifayo endaweni yokukhetha umbutho woqhanqalazo ngokusekwa kwenkululeko yemveli. Abaphathi bombutho, ngamafutshane, babengenandlela yakukhetha.
Intshukumo ye-Occupy Wall Street, njengazo zonke iintshukumo ezikhawulezayo, iyicimile imida yezopolitiko emxinwa. Iphakamisa into entsha. Ayisayi kwenza imvumelwano neenkqubo ezonakeleyo zamandla equmrhu. Ibambelele ngokuqinileyo kwimilinganiselo yokuziphatha kungakhathaliseki ukuba kubiza kangakanani na. Ijongana negunya ngenxa yemvakalelo yokuba nembopheleleko. Ayinamdla kwizikhundla ezisesikweni zamagunya. Ayifuni isikhundla. Asikokuzanywa ukuba abantu bavote. Ayinazibonelelo. Ayinakuthwala iisutikheyisi zemali iye kwiiofisi zombutho okanye iqhube izigidi zeerandi zeentengiso. Ekuphela kwento enokuyenza kukusicela ukuba sisebenzise imizimba kunye namazwi ethu, amaxesha amaninzi sisemngciphekweni wobuqu, ukuzilwela. Ayinayo enye indlela yokudelela urhulumente wequmrhu. Le mvukelo idala uluntu lokwenyani endaweni yolawulo okanye olubonakalayo. Iqinisekisa isidima sethu. Kusivumela ukuba sibe ngabantu abakhululekileyo nabazimeleyo.
UMartin Luther King wangcatshwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngabaxhasi benkululeko, ngakumbi xa eqala ukucela umngeni kwiindlela zezoqoqosho zocalucalulo, ezazifuna ukuba abakhululekileyo, kunokuba nje abamhlophe baseMzantsi Afrika baqale ukwenza imibingelelo. UKumkani naye wayenenzondelelo yempambano. Akanakuze alalanise ngokungabi nabundlobongela, ubuhlanga okanye ubulungisa. Wayeqonda ukuba iintshukumoโezifana neQela leNkululeko, elalisilwela ubukhoboka, abo baxhwalekileyo, ababelwela amalungelo abantu basetyhini, intshukumo yabasebenzi kunye nentshukumo yamalungelo oluntuโbezisoloko zizilungiso eziyinyaniso kwidemokhrasi yaseMelika. Akukho namnye kuloo mibutho eyafumana igunya lezobupolitika elisesikweni. Kodwa ngokubambelela ngokuqinileyo kwimigaqo yokuziphatha benza ukuba abo banamandla baboyike. UKumkani wayesazi ukuba ukulingana ngokobuhlanga kwakungenakwenzeka ngaphandle kobulungisa bezoqoqosho kunye nokuphela komkhosi. Yaye wayengenanjongo yokuyekelela kwiimfuno zesebe lenkululeko elalifuna ukuba azole aze abe nomonde.
"Kangangeminyaka, ndasebenza ngombono wokuguqula amaziko akhoyo aseMzantsi, utshintsho oluncinci apha, utshintsho oluncinci apho," kusho uKumkani ngaphambi nje kokuba abulawe. Ngoku ndiziva ngenye indlela. Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka uhlaziye yonke le nkqubo, ukuguqulwa kwemilinganiselo. "
UKumkani wabulawa ngo-1968 xa wayeseMemphis eyokuxhasa uqhankqalazo lwabasebenzi bezococeko. Ngeli xesha wayesele eqalisile ukuthi iphupha lakhe, eliye laqanduselwa lilizwe labucala laziziqwengana ezikhuselekileyo kwintetho yakhe yowe-1963 eWashington, lajika laba liphupha elibi. UKumkani wabiza ekupheleni kobomi bakhe ngemali enkulu yomanyano yokwakha kwakhona izixeko zangaphakathi, into awayibiza ngokuba โkukusasazwa ngokutsha ngamandla kwezoqoqosho nezopolitiko,โ uhlengahlengiso olugqibeleleyo โloyilo loluntu lwaseMelika.โ Waqonda ukuba ukungalingani kongxowankulu kube sisixhobo apho amahlwempu aya kuhlala ehlupheka.
UKumkani wathi: โYibize ngokuba yidemokhrasi, okanye uyibize ngobusoshiyali bedemokhrasi, kodwa kumele kubekho ukusasazwa ngcono kobutyebi kweli lizwe kubo bonke abantwana bakaThixo.โ
Ngobusuku bangaphambi kokubulawa kukaKumkani wayelungiselela ukuququzelela umngcelele wabantu abahlwempuzekileyo eWashington, DC, eyenzelwe ukubangela "ukufuduka okukhulu, okukhulu," imfuno engabonakaliyo yamahlwempu, kubandakanywa nabamhlophe, inkqubo yokulingana kwezoqoqosho. Kwakuya kuba yiminyaka engama-43 ngaphambi kokuba umbono wakhe uqondwe liqela le-eclectic labaqhankqalazi ababehlanganisene phambi kwamasango eWall Street.
Inyaniso yaseMelika iqondwa kuphela xa umamele amazwi kwiindawo zethu zasemaphandleni ezihlwempuzekileyo, iintolongo kunye namatyotyombe asezidolophini, xa usiva amazwi abantu bethu abangaphangeliyo, abo baphulukene nemizi yabo okanye abanako ukuhlawula amatyala abo onyango, abantu abadala kunye nathi. abantwana, ingakumbi ikota yabantwana besizwe abaxhomekeke kwizitampu zokutya ukuba batye, nabo bonke abahlelelekileyo. Kukho inyaniso ethe chatha echazwe ngamava aseMelika ngamakhwenkwe namabhinqa aselula anamatyala aqhankqalazayo ezipakini kunazo zonke iincoko zeengcali ezihlawulwa kakuhle neengcali ezingcolisa amaza omoya.
Luluphi uhlobo lwesizwe oluchitha ngaphezulu kakhulu ukubulala amajoni eentshaba kunye nabemi base-Afghan nabase-Iraqi kunokuba isenza ukunceda abemi bayo abahlala ngaphantsi komgca wentlupheko? Luluphi uhlanga oluvumela iinkampani ukuba zibambe abantwana abagulayo ngoxa abazali babo bebhanga ukuze basindise oonyana neentombi zabo? Sisizwe esinjani esiphosela abantu abagula ngengqondo kwiziteyiti zokufudumeza ezidolophini? Sisizwe esinjani esishiya abantu abangaphangeliyo ngelixa siphanga ubutyebi baso sisenzela abaqikeleli? Luluphi uhlanga olungayinanziyo inkqubo efanelekileyo yokungcungcuthekisa nokubulala abemi balo? Sisizwe esinjani esingavumiyo ukunqanda ukutshatyalaliswa kwe-ikhosistim ngushishino lwamafutha eefosili, kutshabalala abantwana bethu nabantwana babantwana bethu?
"IMelika," uLangston Hughes wabhala, "ayizange ibe yiMelika kum."
"Ivoti emnyama ayithethi [nto]," i rapper Nas intones. "Ngubani oza kukhetha / uSathana okanye uSathana? / Kwi-hood akukho nto iguqukayo / asinakukhetha."
Okanye mamela igcisa lehip-hop uTalib Kweli: โNgeminyaka yee-'60s, bekukho ukutyhala okukhulu kwabantsundu โฆ abezopolitiko, kwaye ngoku singaphezulu kunangaphambili, kodwa iindawo esihlala kuzo zimbi kakhulu. Baninzi abantu abasifelayo ukuba sivote, ndiyayazi loo mbali, kodwa aba bezopolitiko abadibani tu nabantu. Ipolitiki asiyonyani kum, yinkohliso.โ
Udidi lwenkululeko lusebenza kwidemokhrasi yemveli, yongxowankulu njengesivalo sokhuseleko. Ivumela umphunga owaneleyo ukugcina inkqubo yomelele. Yenza uhlaziyo olungenamaqhekeza nolwandiso lwenzeke. Yiloo nto eyenzekayo ngexesha lokuDodobala okuKhulu kunye neSivumelwano esitsha. Eyona mpumelelo inkulu kaFranklin Delano Roosevelt yayikukusindisa ubungxowankulu. Abakhululekileyo kwidemokhrasi yongxowankulu esebenzayo ngaxeshanye banikwe umsebenzi wokujongela phantsi iiradicals, nokuba nguKumkani, ngakumbi emva kokugxeka kwakhe imfazwe yaseVietnam, okanye kamva uNoam Chomsky okanye uRalph Nader.
Ubudenge belizwe elihlangeneyo kukuba lalicinga ukuba lingahlukana nodidi lwenkululeko. Yayicinga ukuba ingavala isivalo sokhuseleko ukuze aphange kwaye iphange ngaphandle kwemiqobo. Amandla oshishino alibale ukuba udidi lwe-liberal, xa lusebenza, lunika ukuchaneka kwabaphezulu bamandla. Kwaye ukuncitshiswa kodidi lwenkululeko ukuya kwiinkundla zamatyala, abangenanto yakwenza ngaphandle kwentetho engenanto, kwakuthetha ukuba ukunganeliseki okukhulayo kufumene ezinye iindlela kunye neendawo zokuthengisa. Abakhululekileyo baye bancitshiswa ukuba babe ngabantu abancamatheleyo, inxalenye yepantomime entsonkothileyo, njengoko babesenza iindima ezimiselwe kwangaphambili ukunika ukuba semthethweni kwethiyetha yezopolitiko engenantsingiselo nengenamsebenzi. Kodwa loo mdlalo uphelile.
Imbali yoluntu ibonise kakuhle ukuba xa abo bakwizikhundla zokuphatha bephelelwa ngamandla kwaye bengenamandla, kodwa bagcine imigibe kunye namalungelo athile olawulo, balahlwa ngenkohlakalo. Udidi lwenkululeko, olugxininisa ekubambeleleni kwizikhundla zalo zamalungelo ngaxeshanye lusala ukudlala indima yalo yemveli kurhulumente wedemokhrasi, luye lwaba sisihlomelo esingenamsebenzi nesidelekileyo samandla oshishino. Kwaye njengoko ii-injini zamandla enkampani zingcolisa kwaye zityhefa i-ecosystem kwaye zisiqhubela kwihlabathi apho kuya kubakho iinkosi kunye ne-serfs kuphela, iklasi yenkululeko, engasebenzisi njongo kuqwalaselo olutsha, iyalahlwa kwaye ilahlwa ngurhulumente wequmrhu. kunye nabachasi ngokugqibeleleyo. Eyona nto ingcono enokuyenza kukuzincamathela ngokuthobekileyo kulungiselelo olutsha lwezopolitiko olunyukayo ukuze luthathe indawo yalo.
Udidi lwenkululeko olungasebenziyo luthetha ukuba akukho themba lolungiso okanye ukuguqulwa ngeendlela ezisesikweni zamagunya. Iqinisekisa ukuba unxunguphalo nomsindo phakathi kwabasebenzi nabakumgangatho ophakathi baya kufumana ukubonakaliswa ngoku kolu qhankqalazo lulele ngaphandle kwemida yamaziko edemokhrasi kunye noluntu lwedemokhrasi ekhululekileyo. Ngokuhlutha udidi lwenkululeko, olwathi lwaqinisekisa ukuba abemi abaphumlayo banokumisela uhlaziyo oluphakathi, urhulumente ohlangeneyo udale inkqubo evaliweyo echazwa yipolarization, igridlock kunye nezopolitiko. Iye yashenxisa inkangeleko yesidima nokulunga udidi lwenkululeko olunikela kubantu abakumgangatho ophezulu.
Amaziko enkululeko, kubandakanywa icawa, amaphephandaba, iyunivesiti, iDemocratic Party, ubugcisa kunye nemibutho yabasebenzi, ibeka imilinganiselo yokuzigxeka okulinganiselweyo kwidemokhrasi esebenzayo kunye nohlaziyo oluncinci, olukhulayo. Udidi lwenkululeko luvumelekile ukuba lugxeke awona magunya agqithisileyo kwaye lulwela amalungelo oluntu asisiseko ngelixa kwangaxeshanye lunika iinkqubo zamagunya ngokuziphatha kunye nesidima elingenalo. Abakhululekileyo bazibeka njengesazela sesizwe. Bayasivumela, ngesibongozo sabo sokulunga koluntu kunye nokulunga koluntu, ukuba sizibone kunye norhulumente wethu njengolungileyo.
Kodwa udidi lwenkululeko, ngokwala ukubuza imibuzo ngezithembiso zobungxowankulu obungathintelekiyo kunye nokudityaniswa kwehlabathi nokugxeka abo bakwenzayo oko, laziqhawula kwiingcambu zengcamango yokuyila nenkalipho, ekuphela kwamandla awayenokuthintela udidi lwenkululeko ukuba ludityaniswe ngokupheleleyo nenkululeko. amandla aphezulu. Udidi lwenkululeko, olwangcatshwa ngoko nangoko lwaze lwazingcatsha ngokwalo, alunandima eseleyo ukuba ludlale kwidabi eliphakathi kwethu kunye nolawulo lwenkampani. Lonke ithemba ngoku lilele kwabo basesitratweni.
Abakhululi abanawo umbono kunye namandla okucela umngeni kwiingcamango zentengiso yasimahla. Abanazo ezinye iimbono ezizezinye njengoko iDemocratic Party ingcatsha ngokuphandle yonke imigaqo iklasi yenkululeko ibango lokuba ithathelwe ingqalelo, ukusuka kukhathalelo lwempilo jikelele ukuya esiphelweni soqoqosho lwethu olusisigxina lwemfazwe ukuya kwimfuno yomgangatho kunye nemfundo yoluntu efikelelekayo ukuze kubuyiswe inkululeko yoluntu imfuno yemisebenzi kunye nentlalo-ntle yabasebenzi. Urhulumente unyanzelise iklasi yenkululeko ukuba ingenelele kumngcelele wokufa kwesizwe owaqala ngomongameli kaRonald Reagan. Abakhululekileyo abafana noBill Clinton, ngenxa yemali yenkampani, bakhawulezise ukuchithwa kwesiseko sethu sokuvelisa, ukuchithwa kwee-arhente zethu ezilawulayo, ukutshatyalaliswa kweenkqubo zethu zeenkonzo zentlalo kunye nokuxhotyiswa kwabaqikeleli abaye balahla uqoqosho lwethu. Udidi lwenkululeko, oluhluthiweyo igunya, lwalunokubuyela kuphela kumaziko alo anqabileyo, apho lwazixakekisa ngokusebenza kwevenkile yokulungisa ezopolitiko kwaye lwamkela izikhundla olwaluzigxeka ngaphambili.
Russell Jacoby ubhala athi: โAbekhohlo babekhe bayigatya imali yokuthengisa njengekhoboka; ngoku ihlonipha imarike njengengqiqo kunye nobuntu. Ikhohlo lalikhe layicekisa inkcubeko yabantu abaninzi njengexhaphaza; ngoku iwubhiyozela njengemvukelo. Ikhohlo lalikhe lahlonipha iinkcuba-buchopho ezizimeleyo njengezikhaliphileyo; ngoku iyabagezela njengabaphezulu. Ikhohlo lakha layikhaba into eninzi njengeliphandle; ngoku inqula ngokunzulu. Asiboni nje ukoyiswa kwekhohlo, kodwa uguquko lwalo kwaye mhlawumbi noguquko. โ
Ithemba kweli xesha le-capitalism elingenamali liza kunye nokubuya kolwimi lwengxabano yodidi kunye nemvukelo, ulwimi oluye lwahlanjululwa kwi-lexicon ye-liberal class, ulwimi oluchaza le ntshukumo intsha. Oku akuthethi ukuba simele sivumelane noKarl Marx, owayekhuthaza ugonyamelo nonqulo lwakhe loburhulumente njengesixhobo sokuzingca kwakhokelela kolunye uhlobo lokukhotyokiswa kwabasebenzi, kodwa kufuneka siphinde sifunde ukuthetha kwisigama esisetyenziswe nguMarx. Kufuneka siqonde, njengoko uMarx noAdam Smith benzayo, ukuba iinkampani azikhathali ngokulunga kwabantu bonke. Baxhaphaza, bayangcolisa, bahlwempuzeke, bacinezele, babulale kwaye baxoke ukuze benze imali. Balahla iintsapho ezihlwempuzekileyo ngaphandle kwamakhaya, bayeke abantu abangakhuselwanga bafe, barhole iimfazwe ezingenamsebenzi ukuze benze inzuzo, batyhefe kwaye bangcolise inkqubo yendalo, bacuthe iinkqubo zoncedo lwentlalontle, imfundo kawonke-wonke, balahle uqoqosho lwehlabathi, baphange uNondyebo waseMelika kwaye batyumze zonke iintshukumo ezithandwayo funani ubulungisa kumadoda nabafazi abasebenzayo. Banqula imali namandla. Kwaye, njengoko uMarx wayesazi, ubukhapitali obungathintelwanga ngamandla enguquko atya amanani amakhulu nangaphezulu obomi babantu de ekugqibeleni buzigqibe. I Indawo efileyo kwiGulf of Mexico ngumzekeliso ogqibeleleyo welizwe loshishino. Kuyinxalenye yobusuku obufanayo obufunyenwe kwiidolophu zokusila zasemva kwemizi-mveliso yaseNew England kunye nezixhobo zentsimbi ezishiyiweyo zaseOhio. Kuliphupha elibi ukuba abantu base-Iraqi, basePakistani nabase-Afghan, abahlala besoyika kwaye belilela abafileyo babo, banyamezele yonke imihla.
Okwenzeke ngentsasa yangolwesiHlanu eZuccotti Park yaba sisongelo sokuqala kumzabalazo omde wobulungisa. Ibonise inyathelo elibuyela umva ngurhulumente wequmrhu phambi koxinzelelo oludumileyo. Kwaye kuqhutywe ngamadoda kunye nabasetyhini abaqhelekileyo abalala ebusuku kwikhonkrithi, baxutywe kwiimvula, badle ukutya okunikelwe kwaye abananto njengezixhobo kodwa isidima sabo, ukomelela kunye nesibindi. Ngabo, kwaye ngabo bodwa, ababambe ukuba kunokwenzeka usindiso. Kwaye ukuba sizibandakanya nabo sinokuba nalo ithuba.
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