Xa unqulo oluphefumla umlilo luqala ngokutsha kungquzulwano lwehlabathi, neengxoxo zobupolitika ekhaya ngokufuthi zilawulwa lilungelo lobuKristu, unokufumana ingqiqo yokuba uthixo othile ukulungele ukukugalela kuzo zonke izitrato. Kodwa ukuba uluhlobo olungathandiyo ukuxhoma umnqwazi wakho kwinkolo elungelelanisiweyo, nantsi iindaba ezimnandi: eMelika, amanani akho ayakhula.
Kukho abantu abaninzi abanganxulumananga nenkolo e-US namhlanje kunanini na ngaphambili. Ukusukela ngeminyaka yoo-1980s, iintlobo ngeentlobo zovoto olusebenzisa iindlela ezahlukeneyo zokuvota ziye zafikelela kwisigqibo esifanayo: abantu abangazichaziyo iilebhile zenkolo bayanda, mhlawumbi bade baphinda kabini ngelo xesha.
Abanye bababiza ngokuthi โabangekhoyoโ: abangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo, abangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo, abangakholelwayo kubukho bukaThixo, abantu abakholelwa kwizinto zehlabathi, abantu abakholelwa eluntwini ngokubanzi, nabantu abangakukhathaleliyo ukuzinxulumanisa nalo naliphi na iqela lonqulo. Akulunganga ncam ukubabiza abangakholwayo, kuba abanye basenokholo kunye nokomoya ngandlela ithile okanye enye. Uphando lukaPew luka-2012 lwabonisa ukuba i-30 pesenti yaba bantu ikholelwa "kuThixo okanye umoya wendalo yonke" kwaye malunga ne-20 pesenti iyathandaza yonke imihla. Kodwa ngokophando lwamva nje, abantu baseMelika abajonga ibhokisi ethi "akukho nanye kwezi zingasentla" iya kwenza amandla abalulekileyo elizweni. Amanye amaqela, njengabavangeli basemazweni azelwe ngokutsha, aye akhula ngokomlinganiselo wobulumko, kodwa abakho bawabethayo ngamanani apheleleyo.
I-nonpartisan Public Religion Research Institute ibhale olu tshintsho lolwandle kwi-American Values โโAtlas, ekhutshwe ngoLwesithathu odlulileyo. Uphononongo olunika umdla inikezela idatha yabantu, inkolo kunye nezopolitiko ngokusekelwe kuphando olwenziwe kulo lonke i-2014. Ngokutsho komlawuli we-PRRI wophando uDan Cox, "Ilizwe lenkolo yase-US lifumana utshintsho oluphawulekayo oluhlaziya ipolitiki kunye nenkcubeko yaseMelika."
Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, okwesihlandlo sokuqala, amaProtestanti aphulukana newonga lawo kwingxelo yonyaka yeZiko, eyi-47 ekhulwini kuphela kwabo babuzwayo. Abo bangayonxalenye yonqulo, abangena ngama-22 ekhulwini, baqhayisa ngamanani alingana namaqela amakhulu onqulo njengamaKatolika aseMerika. Lilonke, abo bangekhoyo liqela lesibini ngobukhulu kweli lizwe. Kwakhona yayilelona qela lixhaphakileyo elikhethwe ngabahlali kumazwe ali-13, elinesabelo esikhulu (esisithathu okanye ngaphezulu) eWashington, Oregon naseNew Hampshire. E-Ohio naseVirginia, eli qela lalibotshelelwe kwindawo yokuqala. Abangabandakanyekanga abafumani abantu abaninzi abanengqondo efanayo ezantsi eMississippi, nangona kunjalo, apho benza i-10 ekhulwini kuphela labemi.
Uphononongo lukwafumanise ukuba kukho amazwe ali-15 apho abo bangabandakanyekanga benza iqela lesibini ngobukhulu.
Yintoni ke esiyaziyo ngaba bantu? Akukho namnye udla ngokukhululeka kwezopolitiko - ikota yesithathu ithanda umtshato wesini esifanayo kunye nokuqhomfa ngokusemthethweni. Kananjalo banamanqanaba aphezulu emfundo kunye nengeniso kunamanye amaqela. Ngelixa malunga nomntu omnye kwabahlanu baseMelika enganxulumananga, eli nani liphezulu kakhulu kulutsha: Uphando lwePew lubonisa ukuba isinye kwisithathu sabantu baseMelika abangaphantsi kweminyaka engama-30 abanalo unqulo. Unjingalwazi waseHarvard uRobert Putnam, ofunda ngezonqulo, ucinga ukuba olu tyekelo lwabantu abaselula yinxalenye yokungabi namdla kwabo ngokubanzi kumaziko oluntu nakumaziko ngokubanzi.
Kunyaka ophelileyo, iWashington Post yaqhuba i inqaku ecaphula uphando olwenziwa ngu-Allen Downey, unjingalwazi wekhompyutha kwiKholeji yobuNjineli yaseMassachusetts yase-Olin, othi abantu bangabikho ngenxa yezizathu ezibini: ukunqongophala kokukhuliswa ngokwenkolo (OMG abo bazali bangamahippie!) kunyeโฆ ne-Intanethi. Ngokuka-Downey, ukuya kuthi ga kwi-20 yepesenti yokungabandakanywa kubangelwe kusetyenziso lwe-Intanethi. Wafumanisa ukuba phakathi ko-1990 no-2010, inani labantu baseMerika abathi akukho nkonzo liye lakhula ukusuka kwisi-8 ekhulwini ukuya kutsho kwi-18 ekhulwini ngoxa inani labantu baseMerika abasebenzisa iWebhsayithi liye latsiba ukusuka phantse ukuya kutsho kuma-80 ekhulwini. Kodwa uyavuma, njengoko abagxeki bakhe bekhawuleza ukucacisa, ukuba ulungelelwaniso alwenzi zizathu.
Inye into eqinisekileyo: abavoti benza ukuba ubukho babo bubonakale kwezopolitiko. Kucingelwa ukuba bamncedile u-Obama ukuba aphumelele ikota yesibini.
Kodwa i-GOP ayibonakali ibonakalisa iimpawu ezininzi zokunciphisa impembelelo yangaphandle yabavangeli abamhlophe, abamele kuphela i-18 lepesenti yabemi, ubuncinane esidlangalaleni. Kwiiveki nje ezimbalwa ezidluleyo, uScott Walker owayenethemba lokuba ngumongameli wabonwa esala ukuphendula umbuzo ongendaleko, ngokungathi ukwamkela inzululwazi eyamkelekileyo kuya kumenza uwexuki. UmBhaptizi waseMazantsi uMike Huckabee, naye esenza ingxolo yokubaleka, usandula ukukhupha incwadi enesihloko. UThixo, imipu, iiGrits, kunye neGravy, nto leyo eyenza iNkosi ivakale njengoBubba oMkhulu esibhakabhakeni. Kodwa kwindlela eyimfihlo yokunikela ngemali enkulu, ekufuneka bonke abagqatswa abazimiseleyo bawulandele, ekuphela kwenkolo abaya kuthetha ngayo kakhulu bubufundamentali bentengiso yasimahla. Ii-libertarians zakho, ababoneleli bakho, kunye neentlobo-ntlobo zeefatcats zakho zikhathalele kakhulu malunga neeakhawunti zabo zebhanki ngaphezu kwazo naziphi na izibalo zomoya. Ukukhupha urhulumente endleleni yabo ukubashiya ekuphangweni kwabo sisibhalo sabo esingcwele.
Kodwa xa sithetha nabavoti, i-GOP ngenene ayinakukwazi ukuyithomalalisa, kuba ngelixa abantu abadumileyo bethanda ukunqula, ukuthengisa ukuphangwa kwentengiso yasimahla kubantu abaphangwayo ayisosicwangciso esisebenzayo. Ke kusafuneka bafihle i-ajenda yabo emva kwezibheno kwinkolo edumileyo ukuze abo bangezozityebi bavote ngokuchasene nomdla wabo wezoqoqosho kwiindawo ezinjengeTennessee, enesona sabelo siphezulu sabavangeli abamhlophe, kuma-43 epesenti. (AmaProtestanti amhlophe athatha i-14 pesenti yabemi kuzwelonke.)
Njengoko unokulindela, into yokuba inkolo iphulukene nokubamba kubomi bemihla ngemihla baseMelika yothusa abantu abaninzi. UDavid Brooks weNew York Times ulungile ngothuka, eluleka abantu abangabalulekanga ukuba โunqulo lufanele luyenzele abangakholwayo into eyenziwa lunqulo kumakholwaโluvusa iimvakalelo eziphakamileyo, luphakamise umnqweno wokufuna ukuziphatha okuhle.โ Kakade ke, abathandi benkolo benza inxalenye enye kuphela yeqela elingabandakanywanga, kodwa ngokuqwalasela ukuba uMnumzana Brooks uthanda ukuphosa malunga nokuziphatha kwabasunguli baseMelika - iGeorge Washingtons yakho njalo njalo - unokuzibuza ukuba yeyiphi ibhokisi abanokuthi bayihlolisise.
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