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Uloyiko, iintloni, iintloni: ezi ziqhoboshi azisasebenzi. Urhulumente uye wafumanisa ukuba angabhuda kulo naliphi na ihlazo. Akukho mphathiswa kufuneka arhoxe. Akukho mntu ufuna uxolo. Akukho mntu kufuneka acacise.
Njengoko umsindo woluntu ukhula ngaphezulu kweebhiliyoni zeeponti zeekhontrakthi ze-coronavirus ezikhutshwe ngurhulumente ngaphandle kokhuphiswano, kubonakala kuzimisele ukuwonga angakumbi kuwo. Ungalibali ukuba inkampani yokucebisa iDeloitte, abasebenzi bayo abajikeleza ngaphakathi nangaphandle kurhulumente, igxekwe kakhulu inkqubo eyintlekele iye yaqulunqa ukubonelela ngezixhobo zokukhusela kwi-NHS. Ivunyiwe ngoku isivumelwano esitsha esikhulu ukuvavanya abantu kwi-Covid-19.
Ungaze ucinge ukuba iikhontrakthi ezingathengiswanga neefemu ezazingenawo amava angaphambili ekuboneleleni ngezixhobo zonyango zisishiye neemfumba ezininzi iPPE ekumgangatho ophantsi ayinakusetyenziswa. Ungaze uyikhathaze loo nto, I-Byline Times inike ingxelo, enye yezi khontrakthi ibize abahlawuli berhafu i-800 ye-ยฃ XNUMX ngengubo yonyango nganye enikezelweyo. Ungaze ucinge ukuba zimbini iikhontrakthi zezigidi zeeponti zikhutshelwe iinkampani ezileleyo. Ukunikezelwa kwezivumelwano kwiinkampani ezingaqhelekanga, ngaphandle kwentengiso, ukungafihli okanye ukhuphiswano ngoku kubonakala kwamkelwe njengesiqhelo. Eziliqela ze iifemu enayo uzuze ukusuka kule largesse zi enxulumene ngokusondeleyo ukuba abantu abaphezulu kurhulumente.
Rhoqo ngeveki, u-Boris Johnson ukhangeleka ngakumbi njengoGeorge I, phantsi kolawulo lwakhe ubutyebi obuninzi benziwa ngabathandwayo bezopolitiko, ngezivumelwano zodwa zokuthengwa komkhosi. Nakuphi na ukuhanahanisa kobulungisa bezemali okanye uxanduva lokuphendula ngedemokhrasi luyekiwe. Ngeminye iminyaka emine kunye nenkxaso ye-billionaire press, ngubani okhathalayo?
Indlela urhulumente aphatha ngayo imali yoluntu ikhangeleka kum njengesimemo esivulelekileyo kurhwaphilizo. Ngelixa kunzima ukubonisa ukuba nasiphi na isivumelwano somntu ngamnye sinobuqhophololo, inkqubo-sikhokelo ekhutshwa phantsi kwayo le mali imema umbono.
Xa udibanisa amagama urhwaphilizo kunye ne-United Kingdom, abantu badla ngokuphendula ngokothuka kunye nomsindo. Ubuqhophololo sikholelwa ukuba yinto eyenzeka kumazwe angaphandle. Ewe, ukuba ujonga amanqanaba ipapashwe yiTransparency International, i-UK ibonakala njengelinye lawona mazwe acocekileyo emhlabeni. Kodwa le yi-artefact yeendlela ezimxinwa abazisebenzisayo.
Njengoko uJason Hickel ebonisa yakhe incwadi Ukwahlulahlula, ubusela obusenziwa ngamagosa kumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo bufikelela phakathi kwee-R20 nama-40 amawaka ezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka. Yimali eninzi, kwaye yenzakalisa intlalontle kunye nedemokhrasi kuloo mazwe. Kodwa eli nani liyancipha ngenxa yokungena kwemali ngokungekho mthethweni evela kumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo naphakathi eququzelelwa ziinkampani neebhanki zamazwe ngamazwe. Iqela lophando laseMelika IMfezeko yeMali yeHlabathi Iqikelela ukuba i-1.1 yezigidi zezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka iphuma ngokungekho mthethweni kumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo, ibiwa kuwo ngokuphepha irhafu kunye nokudluliselwa kwemali ngaphakathi kwamaqumrhu. Esi senzo sixabisa i-Afrika ekwi-sub-Sahara malunga ne-6% ye-GDP yayo.
Abaphangi baxhomekeke kulawulo lweemfihlo ukuba baqhube kwaye bafihle imali yabo ebiweyo. I isalathisi sendawo yerhafu epapashwe yiTax Justice Network ibonisa ukuba amazwe amathathu enze kakhulu ukuququzelela obu busela ziiBritish Virgin Islands, iBermuda kunye neCayman Islands. Zonke ziindawo zaseBritane. IJersey, exhomekeke eBritani, ikwindawo yesixhenxe kuluhlu. Ezi ndawo zizisathelayithi ezisebenzayo zeSixeko saseLondon. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba baphesheya kolwandle, iSixeko unokuzuza kwi "izinto ezimbi ... ngelixa uvumela urhulumente wase-Bhritane ukuba agcine umgama xa kuvela amahlazo." Ukukhululwa okumangalisayo kweSixeko saseLondon kwimithetho yenkululeko yolwazi yase-UK kudala enye imfihlo.
I-UK nayo ibonakala iyinkunzi yemali-mali yehlabathi. Kwi inqaku elitshabalalisayo for the Guardian, Oliver Bullough utyhile ukuba kube lula kangakanani ukufihla impango yakho ebiweyo kunye namacebo obuqhophololo apha, usebenzisa ikroba elikhulu kumthetho wenkampani: akukho mntu ujonga iinkcukacha zobunini ozifakayo xa usenza inkampani yakho. Unokuthi, ngokoqobo, uzibize ngokuba nguMickey Mouse, kunye nedilesi ebhalisiweyo kwi-Mars, kwaye uhambe nayo. U-Bullough ufumene abanini kwisiza seNdlu yeeNkampani ebizwa ngokuba yi-โXxx Stalinโ kunye โnoMnu Mmmmmm Xxxxxxxxxxxxโ, odilesi yakhe yanikwa njengokuthi โMmmmmmm, Mmmmmm, Mmm, MMMโ. Olunye uphando lufumanise ukuba abanini beenkampani abangama-4000, ngokweenkcukacha abazifakileyo, bangaphantsi kweminyaka emibini.
Ngokunikezela ngezazisi zobuxoki, abanini beenkampani e-UK banokubandakanyeka kwishishini lemali emdaka, bengenaloyiko lokubanjwa. Naxa inkqubo yobhaliso yenkampani yase-UK yayi ityhilwe njengesixhobo kwesona sicwangciso sikhulu saziwayo sokurhwaphiliza imali ehlabathini, i Danske Bank scandal, urhulumente akabahoyi.
Incwadi entsha neyoyikisayo yintatheli yeFinancial Times uTom Burgis, I-kleptopia, kulandela inkqubo yehlabathi yemali emdaka, kunye nokubulawa nokuxhwilwa okufunekayo ukuze kuqhubeke loo nto. Ngokuphindaphindiweyo, wafumanisa, le mali, nangona inokuthi ivela eRashiya, eAfrika okanye eMiddle East, ihamba ngeLondon. Ukubulala nokuxhwilwa akwenzeki apha, kunjalo: oobhanki bethu baneekhafu ezicocekileyo kunye nezikhonkwane ezilungiswe kakuhle. I-Arhente yeSizwe yoLwaphulo-mthetho iqikelela ukuba ukuthutyeleziswa kwemali ixabisa i-UK ยฃ100bn ngonyaka. Kodwa kwenza izityebi ngakumbi. Le mali iza abantu ababaleka iziphumo zolwaphulo-mthetho lwabo, bamkelwe kweli lizwe ngorhulumente "i-visa yegolide" iskimu: ikhaphethi ebomvu eyenzelwe izityebi kakhulu.
Akukho nanye kwezi ebonakala kwiinkcazo ezisemthethweni zorhwaphilizo. Ubuqhophololo yinto eyenziwa ngabantu abancinci. Kodwa i-kleptocrats kwamanye amazwe ngabathengi bamasela amakhulu eLondon. Ukulungisa urhwaphilizo lwabanye abantu sisiseko sobutyebi obuninzi beli lizwe. Xa uqala ukuqonda oku, ingxabano ngumbhali we IGomora, Roberto Saviano, ukuba UK nguye uninzi lwesizwe esonakeleyo emhlabeni, iqalisa ukuba nengqiqo.
Le misebenzi ikukuqhubela phambili ukuphangwa kobukoloniyali: indlela apho ubutyebi obuninzi buhluthwa kumazwe ahlwempuzekileyo busiwe ezandleni zabantu abazizityebi kakhulu. Ubutyebi obukhulu kunye nokungalingani kwe-UK bakhiwe phezu kophango lobukoloniyali: umhlaba kunye nomsebenzi obiwe eIreland, eMelika naseAfrika, abantu ababiwe bukhoboka, I-45 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi yopha evela eIndiya.
Kanye njengokuba sazihlukanisa namasimi amakhoboka aseBritane kwiCaribbean, ngandlela ithile ukukholelwa ukuba babengenanto yakwenza nathi, ngoku siyaziqhelanisa nolwaphulo-mthetho olucwangcisiweyo lwaseBritani, uninzi lwayo lwenzeka nakwiCaribbean. Okukhona ufunda, kokukhona uqonda ukuba le yeyona nto iyiyo: i-larceny enkulu sisibonda apho ipolitiki yaseBritane ijikeleza khona.
Akukho sivumelwano seBrexit, ukuba uBoris Johnson kubonakala ngathi ndiyathanda, kusenokwenzeka ukuba ibethelele isikhundla se-UK njengendawo yokusebenzela yehlabathi kulwaphulo-mthetho olulungelelanisiweyo. Xa izithintelo ezibuthathaka ze-EU zisusiwe, phantsi korhulumente obonakala engenamdla kwaphela kuxanduva olusisiseko, umyalezo esiwuthumela kwihlabathi liphela uya kucaca ngakumbi kunokuba unjalo namhlanje: yiza apha ukuhlamba impahla yakho.
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Kulungile kwaye kubalulekile ukufumana imbono kunye nomxholo ovela kuGeorge Monbiot malunga urhwaphilizo. Amazwe atyebileyo kwanawona ahlwempuzekileyo aneembono ezicingelwayo ngorhwaphilizo ezithi, njengesiqhelo, zibeke amabala amazwe angenamandla kangako kwaye ubukhulu becala ziye zakhulula ezinkulu nezityebileyo. Izizwe ezinkulu nezinamandla njenge-UK kunye ne-US zinezakhono zorhwaphilizo, kungekhona kumazwe azo kuphela kodwa kubudlelwane babo "bobukoloniyali" kunye nabancinci.