Kunye nowayesakuba nguSekela Mongameli uJoe Biden ebonakala ekulungele ukujoyina ugqatso lukamongameli, a Washington Post Intatheli ibhale: "I-Biden kunye namahlakani akhe bafanekisela unyulo oluzisa ukhetho phakathi kweminyaka emine yokuphazamiseka kukaTrump kunye nethuba lokubuyisela ulawulo luka-Obama."
Hayi, ithemba lokubuyiselwa kuka-Obama!
Kodwa ngaba “ukubuyela kwimeko yesiqhelo” kwanele ngokwenene? Emva kwamashumi eminyaka apho iinkampani ezinkulu ziye zaqokelela ulawulo olukhulu lwezopolitiko kunye nezezimali ngelixa ukungalingani ngokobuhlanga noqoqosho kwanda- kwaye izazinzulu zemozulu ngoku zisixelela ukuba. ukusinda kweplanethi ufuna iinguqu ezimandla?
Kwaye kuthekani ngengozi yokwenyani yokuba ukubuyela kwisitayile sika-Obama, ukuhamba kancinci "kwenkululeko yenkampani" kuya kukhokelela kwiphiko lasekunene le-faux-populist elandelayo, ngeli xesha eyalelwe ngumntu okrelekrele kakhulu kwaye otyibilikayo kunoTrump?
Njengoko uTrump akwenzileyo kwilizwe nakwihlabathi lethu, ayimangalisi into yokuba abantu abaninzi baseMelika belangazelela u-Obama. Wayengengomzobi okanye othukayo. Ulawulo lwakhe aluzange lushukunyiswe sisigculelo esikhulu, nabancedisi abaphezulu baye entolongweni. Wayenentloko kwinqanaba- "Akukho Drama Obama." Akazange ayiphikise inzululwazi. UMongameli u-Obama wayehlakaniphile, enesigama ngokucacileyo ngaphezulu kwe-4th-umntwana webanga. Waye hip.
Yiloo nto izigidi zabantu ezikhumbulayo.
Nam, ndiyayikhumbula yonke loo nto. Kodwa kufuneka sikhumbule into yezopolitiko ngaphaya komfanekiso omnandi.
Kufuneka sikhumbule ukudodobala - kwaye okubi ngakumbi, i amathuba kwaye ushishino. Kunye nesizathu kunye nesiphumo: ukuba ixesha lika-Obama livule indlela yokunyuka kukaTrump.
Umhlalutyi oqhubekayo uMat Stoller wenza loo nto kwi kakuhle Washington Post column Ngobusuku bokumiselwa kukaTrump, inomxholo othi “Iidemokhrasi azinakuphumelela de zibone ukuba ibimbi kangakanani imigaqo-nkqubo yezemali ka-Obama: Wayenamathuba okunceda abasebenzi, kwaye wabayeka.” UStoller ubhale ngolawulo luka-Obama oluvumela ukuvalwa kwezindlu ezizizigidi ezisi-9 kunye nokudityaniswa kwamaqumrhu achasene nabathengi, kubandakanya nokudityaniswa okuyingozi kukhathalelo lwempilo, ngokuyinxenye okubangelwa “kukunqongophala kuka-Obamacare kokhetho lukawonke-wonke lokujongana nezempilo.” Ukuqaphela ukuba uninzi lwemisebenzi emitsha kwiminyaka ka-Obama yayiyeyethutyana okanye eyethutyana kwaye ukuhla kobomi phakathi kwabamhlophe, uStoller waqukumbela ngelithi: “Xa iinkokeli zeDemokhrasi zingabakhuseli abantu, abantu baya behlwempuzeka ngakumbi, baba nomsindo . . .”
Emuva ngo-2008, ndonwabile xa u-Obama woyisa umatshini weClinton kwaye wabonakala ephelisa loo matshini. (Ukuba nje!) Kodwa andizange ndithatyathwe “lithemba” kunye “nokutshintsha” intetho yakhe.
Ugqatso lokuqala luka-Obama lukamongameli lwanika izizathu zokuthandabuza – umzekelo, indlela awaphule ngayo iirekhodi epokothweni yeminikelo yaseWall Street. Xa sele ndikwiofisi, loo maqhina waphazamisa imigaqo-nkqubo yakhe yezoqoqosho.
Ndikhumbula ithuba lelo phulo: Indlela u-Obama neqela lakhe abalufuna ngayo ulwamkelo lwabantu abadumileyo ababechasene nemfazwe ngo-2007/2008 ngokuthi “Bonke abacebisi bethu babeluchasile uhlaselo lwase-Iraq kwaye bonke uHillary bayaluxhasa. Kutheni uhleli ecingweni?" Kwaye ndiyakhumbula ukuba-kamsinya nje akuba uHillary ephumile elugqatsweni - u-Obama wanyula iqabane elinye lomlo emva komnye, kubandakanya neqabane elibalekayo uJoe Biden, mhlawumbi oyena Democrat ubalulekileyo ivumela uhlaselo lwase-Iraq.
Abo baqeshwa be-hawkish ekugqibeleni baquka uHillary Clinton kwiSebe likaRhulumente; bayalela u-Obama ukuba aqhubeke - kwaye kwezinye stock, indawo kwaye amandla, bandise - i ngasebenzi kwaye kakubi "Imfazwe yoBugrogrisi" ifunyenwe kwiBush, kwaye yadlulela kuTrump.
Kwiintsuku ezimbini emva konyulo luka-Obama luka-2008, ndikhumbula indlela elathi laphuncuka ngayo ithemba lam xa wayekhetha u-Rahm Emanuel njengentloko yabasebenzi bakhe-umbutho wedemokhrasi ozimiseleyo, oxhasa imfazwe wadelelwa ngabaqhubela phambili ukusukela oko wayesebenza eClinton White House kwaye. incede ukukhokela amaphulo owiso-mthetho atyhalela phambili kwisivumelwano sorhwebo se-NAFTA, umthetho oyilwayo wolwaphulo-mthetho ka-1994, kunye “nohlaziyo lwentlalontle.”
NjengoEmanuel, iinkosi ezimbini zabasebenzi baka-Obama nayo yaphuma kwimali enkulu: UWilliam Daley ovela kuJP Morgan Chase kunye noJacob Lew baseCitigroup.
Kubhalwe kakuhle ukuba u-Obama ulayishe eyakhe iqela labacebisi bezoqoqosho kunye neWall Streeters. Ke akuyongozi ukuba iWall Street yakhutshwa ngebheyile, kodwa hayi abaninimzi abaphantsi kwamanzi, ngexesha elona langa likhulu lokuvalwa kwimbali yaseMelika. Ibali langaphakathi lokubanjwa kuka-Obama okwexeshana kwi-economic elites kubaliswa kuyo Incwadi kaRon Suskind "Amadoda azithembayo: Wall Street, Washington, kunye neMfundo kaMongameli." Ubukhulu becala ngenkxaso ye-GOP-kunye nenkcaso yabaninzi beDemokhrasi kwiCongress - Obama waqhubeka etyhala isivumelwano sorhwebo seTrans-Pacific Partnership esilungele ukushishina kude kube ziinyanga zakhe zokugqibela e-ofisini.
U-Obama utyunjwe Abaphathi beMonsanto kunye nabalingane kwimisebenzi ephambili yokutya nezolimo. Ngelixa wayevuma isayensi yokutshintsha kwemozulu kwaye wathetha ngesidingo sokuthatha amanyathelo, ixesha lika-Obama lihambelana ne-boom kwi-oyile yase-US. Mveliso kwaye iziseko ezingundoqo eziyingozi, kunye nolawulo lwakhe i-fracking ikhuthazwa ngokunyanisekileyo ehlabathini lonke.
Uhlaziyo lwakhe lwezempilo lwaba Umlinganiselo weRiphabhlikhi eyandisa ukhuseleko lwezempilo ubukhulu becala ngokutyebisa iifemu zeinshorensi zabucala kunye ne-pharma enkulu, yazo I-lobbyists bavunyelwe luthintele ulawulo lweendleko. Nangona ishiye izigidi zingaqinisekanga, u-Obamacare uye wandisa iMedicaid kunye ukwandisa ukhuseleko kwiindawo ezihluphekayo nezisemaphandleni nakubantu abatsha.
Kwisivakalisi esinye eside, esizaliswe likhonkco, intatheli uNathan J. Robinson shwa nkathela ukugxeka okuqhubekayo kuka-Obama:
“Wagxothwa amanani akhwankqisayo yabaphambukeli, vumela izigebenga zaseWall Street ngaphandle kwekhonkco, ayiphumelelanga (kwaye ngoku ngokuzingca uqhayisa nge inkxaso) kushishino lwamafutha efosili, kuthengiswe izixhobo ezingaphezu kweebhiliyoni zeerandi ezili-100 kurhulumente okhohlakeleyo waseSaudi, wabulala abemi baseMelika ngeedrones (kwaye kwenziwa iziqhulo ezigulayo ngayo), yabulala abantu abaninzi abangengobaseMelika ngeedrones (kuquka Yemenis ukuya emtshatweni) emva koko ulahlekise uluntu ngayo, wathembisa 'olona lawulo luselubala'kwaye kwaba'imbi ngaphezu kukaNixon' kwi-paranoia yakhe malunga nabavuzayo, watyhala isicwangciso sokhathalelo lwempilo olusekwe kwimarike iindawo zolondolozo endaweni yokujolisa umbhatali omnye, kwaye wasasaza u-Israyeli ngenkxaso yoluntu kunye noncedo lomkhosi nanjengoko enyhasha ngokucwangcisiweyo amalungelo abantu basePalestine. "
Ewe, u-Obama wajongana nomqobo omkhulu weRiphabhlikhi kwiCongress. Kodwa yayingengoMitch McConnell obeke ulawulo luka-Obama kunye nabaqeshwa bamashishini. kunye nemigaqo-nkqubo.
Kwizibalo ezisulungekileyo, ixesha lika-Obama lali uncedo kwi-GOP -Iidemokhrasi zilahlekelwe zizininzi zazo ezinkulu kwiNdlu yase-US kunye neSenethi kunye phantse 1,000 izihlalo zowiso karhulumente karhulumente, ngelixa iirhuluneli ze-50 zitshintshe ukusuka kumda oqinileyo weDemokhrasi ukuya kuninzi olunamandla lweRiphabhlikhi.
Inqaku lam lilula: akulunganga “ukubuyisela” i-Obama-ism. Jonga ipateni yamva nje yembali kamongameli: Xa iidemokhrasi ezibonwayo ziphumelela i-White House kwaye ziphumeza imigaqo-nkqubo elumkileyo, imeko-quo ngelixa ukungalingani kusiba mandundu, kwenzeka izinto ezimbini: 1) AmaRiphabhlikhi aphiko lasekunene abuyisela umva iCongress, kunye ne-2) kuyingozi ngakumbi umongameli weGOP ulandela.
Oomongameli ababini bokugqibela beDemokhrasi banike "ithemba" igama elibi. Okokuqala, uBill Clinton, "indoda yaseHope (Arkansas)," kwaye emva koko uBarack Obama, iphowusta yakhe yephulo ebonisa igama. Bobabini benza kwanzima ukuba indlalifa yabo ibe nguDemokhrasi.
Ukuqhawula lo mjikelo ungenathemba, into efunekayo kunyulo lukamongameli onenkqubela phambili oza kulwela ukususa ngokumandla amandla kunye nobutyebi kude noshishino lwepesenti e-1 ukuya kumanyano lwezizwe ngezizwe lwama-99 epesenti kunye nokubhekiselele kucoceko lokusingqongileyo. UBernie Sanders uya kulifanela eli tyala. Kungenjalo uElizabeth Warren.
Kodwa hayi iiDemokhrasi ezinomsindo ezishumayela ukumodareyitha kunye ne-bipartisanship-kwaye zifuna ukubuyisela Ukunyuka kwexesha lika-Obama.
Iziphumo zowama-2020, njengakunyulo lukamongameli lokugqibela, zinokuxhomekeke kubavoti baseMidwestern kunye nemibuzo emibini ebalulekileyo: 1) Ngaba abavoti abancinci kunye nabantu bemibala iphefumlelwe ngokwaneleyo ukuba baphume ngamanani amakhulu kumgqatswa weDemokhrasi? 2) Ngaba abamhlophe abasebenzayo baya kujika babuyele kwiDemokhrasi?
Ndifunde kancinci malunga nabamhlophe, abavoti abasebenzayo kwi "Rust Belt" ngelixa ndivelisa ifilimu entsha, "I-Corporate Coup D'Etat,” ngaxeshanye, iminyaka engama-40 ukunyuka kokungalingani kwezoqoqosho negunya lezobupolitika. Iqela lethu lemiboniso bhanyabhanya libe nodliwano-ndlebe nabantu baseOhio abathe bavotela u-Obama, bakhetha uBernie endaweni ka-Hillary kwindawo yokuqala yeDemokhrasi, emva koko babhenela kuTrump ovakala ngathi ungowabantu abaninzi kunyulo lukawonke-wonke njengenye indlela yemeko eyoyikekayo.
Ukuphumelela aba bavoti - kunye nokukhuthaza abavoti bemibala kunye nolutsha - kuya kufuna umtyunjwa weDemokhrasi ojonge phambili, nonenkqubela phambili.
Ngelixa kuyinyani ukuba "nayiphi na iDemocrat ingcono kunoTrump," ukubuyela umva kwixesha lika-Obama kukubuyela kwisimo esasiyekile ukusebenzela izigidi zabavoti kwakudala.
Jeff Cohen ngumsebenzi-siseko RootsAction.org kunye nomvelisi wefilimu, "I-Corporate Coup D'Etat. "
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Amanqaku anjalo amahle. Esi sivakalisi sinye sithetha kakhulu: “Kufuneka sikhumbule ukuxengaxenga - kwaye okubi ngakumbi, amathuba kunye noshishino. Kunye nesizathu kunye nesiphumo: ukuba isikhundla sika-Obama kuvule indlela yokunyuka kukaTrump. " Ke, ihlala ikwinkokeli yezopolitiko yase-US.
Isifundo esinzima sesokuba kumazwe amaninzi xa kusenziwa imigudu enzulu yokuzisa iinguqu, okanye inguqu enoxolo, okanye uhlengahlengiso oluthobekileyo kodwa olufanelekileyo, amandla okusabela, amathuba, nokusebenzisana asabela ngawo nawaphi na amandla afunekayo ukuze kupheliswe ubuhlanga. abahlaziyi kunye nokugcina ulawulo. Inkqubo e-US imiliselwe ngokuqinileyo kangangokuba uhlaziyo oluhlala ixesha elide lubonakalise ukuba alunakwenzeka.
Ngaba ugxeka kakhulu okanye awunathemba? Hayi, yimbali nje. Ngaba sifanele sinikezele ngoko sinethemba lotshintsho oluqhubekayo? Akunjalo. Kodwa kufuna amandla kunye nokunyaniseka okugqwethekileyo kunye nokuzifundisa ukubona ucelomngeni olukhulu kulo naluphi na utshintsho oluqhubekayo oluhlala luhleli. Imbono ayiniki themba, kodwa luluphi ukhetho esinalo? Kwaye nayiphi na inzuzo ngobulungisa, ubulungisa bubalulekile.