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Kwisigqibo sokugqibela senkundla ephakamileyo ka-2019-2020, uTrump v Mazars, uJohn Roberts wazincama ngokuba nguJohn Roberts. Wabhala isigqibo se-7-2 apho abonakala emelene nokuchas' umthetho kukaDonald Trump, ngokucacisa ukuba iCongress unako khupha iisubpoena zamaxwebhu emali kaTrump. Nangona kunjalo, amandla enkongolo anyanzelwa luvavanyo olutsha, olungacacanga, olunamacandelo amane ukuze iinkundla zisebenzise ukwamkela iisamani zamaxwebhu kamongameli. U-Roberts waqinisekisa kwakhona amandla e-congressional ukuphanda isebe lesigqeba kwithiyori, ngelixa esenza kube nzima ekusebenzeni. Wazibonakalisa njengejaji yomthetho, ebiza iibhola kunye nokubetha kwingxabano yabantwana phakathi kweCongress kunye nesebe lesigqeba - ngelixa ezinika amandla angaphezulu.
Nangona kunjalo kukho isilivere enkulu eMazars: ngelixa ususa amandla kwiCongress ukuya kwiinkundla ezilawulayo kuphando lwesebe, inike iCongress ukukhanya okuluhlaza okukhulu kuphando kumaqumrhu amakhulu. Ngokwengqiqo yoluvo, iCongress ikwincopho yamandla ayo xa iphandwa ngokuziphatha kwezoqoqosho kwinkonzo yomthetho olindelekileyo.
Amalungu e-Democratic Congress kufuneka athathe ixesha. I-Trump yingxaki enkulu, kodwa ngokunjalo i-monopolies yenkampani, kwaye sifuna iCongress isebenza ngokupheleleyo ukugcina idemokhrasi yethu zombini ukuqwengwa nokurhaxwa. Ngamanye amazwi: sifuna uNancy Pelosi kunye nekomiti yezomthetho yeNdlu ukuba bathathe isando abasandula ukunikwa yinkundla ephakamileyo kwaye bayisebenzise ukuphanda ubugwenxa benkampani, emva koko bapasise umthetho omtsha omkhulu wokubamba impatho-gadalala yenkampani kunye ne-monopolistic.
Uluvo lwehla kanye ngexesha lokubonisana okukhulu kwi-congressional kwishumi leminyaka. Ngomhla we-27 kaJulayi, i-congressional antitrust subcommittee ibambe ingxoxo enkulu kunye noJeff Bezos, uMark Zuckerberg, uSundar Photosi, kunye noTim Cook, ingqungquthela yophando lonyaka kwiinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe. Luphando lokuqala olukhulu lwe-antitrust kwi iminyaka 50. Injongo yophando - kunye nokuthethwa kwetyala - kukuqonda ukuba ezi nkampani zidumileyo zisebenza njani, kunye nokuphakamisa umthetho omtsha omkhulu ukuze kupheliswe ukuxhatshazwa okungekho mthethweni ngoku, kodwa okubi kwidemokhrasi yethu kunye noqoqosho.
Imfihlakalo enye enkulu ijikeleze ukuva: ngaba iinkokeli ezinkulu zetekhnoloji ziya kuyalela imiqathango yothethathethwano, okanye ngaba iCongress? Kwixesha elidlulileyo, xa iteknoloji enkulu ivunyelwe ukuyila uphando lwayo, iziphumo ziye zaba neentloni: khumbula xa uZuckerberg ebonakala phambi kweSenethi, walungiselela usuku lwemibuzo yemizuzu emihlanu, wenqaba ukulandelwa, kwaye iisenenja zaqala ukumcela ukuba axhase umthetho wezilwanyana?
Kubalulekile ukuba olu dliwano-ndlebe luqhutywe ngendlela evumela ukuba ikomitana ivuze i-CEO nganye, kunye nexesha lokumba imiba kunye nokuphendula imibuzo elandelayo. Itekhnoloji enkulu, kwelinye icala, ifuna ukuva ukuva i-anticlimactic, ukuguqula lo mzuzu ubalulekileyo nobalulekileyo ube lihlazo kwiCongress. Iya kuba yeyiphi?
Yilapho amandla e-subpoena yeCongress angena khona. Ngenxa yokucaciswa kwezomthetho okunikezwe sisigqibo seMazars, iCongress ibambe isandla esiphezulu kuyo nayiphi na ingxoxo. Isenokufuna nayiphi na ifomathi eyidingayo ukuze ilandele uphando lokwenyani, olusekwe kwinyani, nolunzulu. Ukuba u-Bezos uthi hayi, uya kubona i-subpoena kwidesika yakhe, kwaye iinkundla zilungele ukuyinyanzelisa.
Ngenxa yokuba ifomathi ayizange ibhengezwe, kunokwenzeka ukuba iinkampani ezinkulu zobuchwepheshe zidlala inkukhu, zisongela ukukhupha ukuba azifumani ifomathi ye-cushiest kunokwenzeka - imibuzo elinganiselwe, zonke ii-CEO kwipaneli enye. Kodwa i-Mazars ikwenza kucace ukuba izoyikiso zabo zi-bluffs: inkundla ephakamileyo yathi amandla eCongress ukubabeka uxanduva "abanzi" kwaye "ayimfuneko".
Imida kweli gunya elibekwe nguRoberts ngenxa yeNkongolo ephanda isigqeba ayisebenzi kwisimo senkampani konke konke. Kolu phando lukhulu lobuchwephesha, iCongress isebenza kanye entliziyweni yendima yayo yophando.
Kwihlobo elidlulileyo, ikomiti yathumela iinkampani ezinkulu zetekhnoloji uthotho lwemibuzo malunga nendlela amashishini abo asebenza ngayo. Iinkampani ziphendule imibuzo ethile kodwa bezifihla ibhola kwabanye. Iimpendulo kule mibuzo, kunye neminye imibuzo, zidlala indima ebalulekileyo ekwaziseni umthetho olindelekileyo. Ikomitana ye-antitrust ithathela ingqalelo ngenkuthalo ukuba yeyiphi na imithetho emitsha yokungathembeki ekufuneka ipasiswe; ngumsebenzi wabo noxanduva lokubuza.
Usihlalo wekomitana ye-antitrust, uDavid Cicilline, uye waba nomsindo kwaye akazange athobe kuphando lwakhe. Xa uBezos wathi akazukungqina, uCicilline wathumela kuTwitter wathi: โSicele uMnu Bezos ukuba angqine phambi kweNkongolo yase-US malunga nezenzo ezikhathazayo zeshishini laseAmazon kunye nengxelo yobuxoki, kwaye silindele ukuba enze njalo. Nokuba ukwenza oko ngokuzithandela okanye ngokucela uncedo lukhetho lwakhe.โ Kodwa isigqibo se-subpoena asikho kwi-Cicilline: ngenxa yemithetho yeNdlu, isigqibo sokukhupha i-subpoena siwela kuPelosi kunye nosihlalo wejaji leNdlu, uJerry Nadler.
Siyazi ukuba kujongeka njani ukuva kakuhle: I-CEO nganye yodwa, ngokobuqu, kunye nexesha elaneleyo lokuba abantu beCongress baphuhlise imigca yokwenyani yemibuzo, kunye namathuba amaninzi okulandela. I-inverse yinyani: ukuva kakubi ngabo bonke abaphathi be-CEO kunye, kunye nemizuzu emihlanu ngelungu leCongress.
Ngaba siyawancama amandla angakumbi kubalawuli, okanye ngaba iCongress yenza kucace ukuba ngubani ophetheyo? Into esingayifuniyo yithiyetha: ukuthethwa kwetyala apho amane awona madoda anamandla kwimbali yehlabathi athi abonakale kwithiyori, kodwa asebenzise ifomathi ukunqanda imibuzo enzima kwaye ulandelele, ufumane inkangeleko yokuba ngabemi abalungileyoโฆ kwaye, ukuqhwanyaza iliso kwaye unqwale kuthi sonke, xelela wonke umntu ophetheyo ngokwenene.
I-precedent ibalulekile apha, nayo. Ukuba iCongress isonga xa i-CEO enye ifuna ithiyetha endaweni yophando, ucinga ukuba i-CEO elandelayo iya kwenza ntoni? Ubuthathaka buzala ubuthathaka.
Esinye sezizathu ezikhulu zokumanyelwa kwetyala kwindawo yokuqala kukuba itekhnoloji enkulu inamandla amakhulu kwaye iye yaba ngumlawuli wabucala, wengeniso yenkqubo yethu yonxibelelwano, iimarike zethu, kunye nedemokhrasi yethu. Ukuba iCongress ingenisa xa itekhnoloji enkulu ibuza imibuzo enobubele, ethambileyo, isimboli sisempumlweni yokuthuthuzela.
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