Iintatheli azifanelanga ukuba nezimvo zopolitiko, ukanti sonke sinazo. “Umkhethe” wethu udla ngokufihlwa, hayi ngokuphandle okanye ngokuphandle, kwaye unokuchazwa ngamabali esiwagubungelayo kunye nendlela esiwagubungela ngayo.
Nokuba 'yinyani nje's ma'am' journos kwiMedia enkulu kufuneka yenze isigqibo sokuba zeziphi izibakala emazibandakanye kwaye zeziphi ezingahoywayo.
Iimbono zethu zihlala zibunjwa ziimbono zethu zehlabathi, imilinganiselo kunye namava, singakhankanyi kakhulu iindawo esizisebenzelayo.
Into endizisa kumceli mngeni wokufuna inyaniso nokuyiqonda xa uyibona.
Ndimele ndivume ukuba ndahendwa yi ngcamango kaBarack Obama.
The ngcamango kaMongameli omnyama, i ngcamango kaMongameli oselula, i ngcamango yoMongameli ocacileyo, kunye ne ngcamango yendoda etshate enjalo stand up abafazi bentsapho yabasebenzi kwakunzima ukumelana.
Nanku umfana owayebonakala ekrelekrele ngokwenene, hayi nje kuba eye eHarvard kodwa ngenxa yokuba iinjingalwazi zalapho ndandizithanda zazichukumisekile nguye. (Ndifundise eHarvard, kwaye ndiyazi kakuhle ukuba abafundi abaninzi abanengqondo kangakanani!)
Ekugqibeleni, ayithethi nto ingako, kodwa ngelo xesha wayehlala malunga nebhloko kude neNdlu endakhe ndabelana ngayo eDartmouth Street eSomerville.
Ngaba loo nto yayingumlinganiselo wokwahlukana?
Wayekwangumququzeleli woluntu, eqalela kwezopolitiko kumazantsi eChicago. Ndaphinda ndasebenza kwi-Saul Alinsky-style organisation kwaye ndandimazi ngokobuqu umququzeleli odumileyo.
Ngaba eso yayisisinye isidanga?
Ucele umoya wombutho wamalungelo oluntu kodwa ebengeyonxalenye yawo. Wamphatha uGqr King njengesikhumbuzo ngaphambi kokuba isikhumbuzo esitsha sikhule, simamkele njengophawu lwexesha elidlulileyo, kungekhona isikhokelo kwikamva.
Wathatha isimo sokulwa imfazwe ngezizathu zepragmatic kuphela, ekhetha i-Afghanistan kune-Iraq. Akasikhuphanga nokuba kukweliphi na ibala ledabi.
Isicwangciso sakhe siboleke kakhulu kwiMfundiso kaBush. Yintoni umahluko, eneneni, njengoko imikhosi yase-US ngoku ingenelela kwihlabathi liphela kwaye iGuantanamo ihlala ivulekele ishishini?
Ininzi into ebendingayazi. Ndandingazi imvelaphi yabo babemqeqesha baze bamxhase ngemali. Ubudlelwane bakhe kunye ne-DLC ye-centrist yayibuthuntu njengoko zazikho iinkcukacha kwiinkonzo azenzileyo kwifemu enomthunzi, iBusiness International, yathi inamakhonkco eCIA.
Kwakukho abo balumkisayo, kodwa, ndiyaqikelela, andizange ndifune ukumamela.
Ngoba? Ndandingafuni ukuqinisa okwam ukuthandabuza nokuphelelwa lithemba. Ndiye ndazenza ngathi ndinethemba nanjengoko ndithathe amanyathelo ambalwa agxekayo kwizikhundla zakhe kwibhlog yam. Ukuphambuka kwakhe kwi-ajenda yenkululeko kunye ne-paeans yakhe ukuya "kwimarike yasimahla" kwabonwa kuyimfuneko "ukunyulwa" kwakhe.
Kwakhona ndachatshazelwa yimincili awayenayo phesheya kolwandle eyayiye yosulela kodwa emva koko yaba muncu.
Ukunyaniseka, ndandonyanya iminyaka esibhozo kaGeorge Bush ngenxa yezizathu ezichanekileyo zokuba ndandifuna ukuba ahambe ngokupheleleyo, njengoko kwenza izigidi zabantu baseMelika.
U-Hillary akazange andibhenele, hayi ngenxa yokuba engumfazi kodwa ngenxa yobudlelwane bakhe bobukhoboka be-lobby yakwaSirayeli kunye nombindi wendlela yeeDemocrats. (Ewe, Obama, wenze i-mea-culpa yakhe kwi-AIPAC nayo!)
Ndagwetywa njengomntu othanda isini obalaseleyo ngabambalwa ngokungathengi kwi-centrist Clintonista crusade.
Wayesuka kwigqwetha elingumfundi waya kwinxalenye yentsapho elawulayo; wahamba ukusuka kwi-activism ukuya phezulu ukuya phezulu ukuya phezulu.
Xa wayezibandakanya “neqela” lakhe, ubusazi ukuba bahlala bekwiligi enye.
Xa ilungelo lalimgxeka ngokunxulumana noBill Ayers, endandimazi, yandenza ndakrokra ukuba unokuba upholile kunokuba ndandicinga, naxa wayebaleka ukuzihlukanisa. Ubulungu bakhe kwicawe kaMfundisi uWright buthe thaca kwingqondo enzulu de wagqunywa bubushushu beendaba waza wayiphosa phantsi kwebhasi indoda eyayitshate naye.
Kwaye okwangoku, bendifuna ukukholelwa kuba bendifuna ukukholelwa, bendifuna ukukholelwa ukuba kunokwenzeka ukutshintsha i-behemoth yaseMelika, ukukholelwa ukuba, njengoko wayemana esithi, "kunokwahluka ngeli xesha."
Kunjengokuba umbhali ongasekhoyo uDavid Foster Wallace watshoyo, “Kwimihla ngemihla yobomi babantu abadala . . . hayi ukunqula. Wonke umntu uyanqula. Ekuphela kokhetho esilufumanayo kukukhonza… kungenjalo (into) oyinqulayo iya kukutya uphila. Ukuba unqula imali kunye nezinto - ukuba kulapho ufumana intsingiselo yokwenyani ebomini - awusoze wanele. Ungaze uzive unokwaneleyo.”
Ngoko, ngandlel’ ithile, ndaba ngumnquli njengabanye abaninzi, kungekhona owendoda okanye umdaniso awayewenza kwindawo yezopolitiko eyosulelweyo, kodwa ngenxa yokuba ndandiziqinisekisa ukuba ndinqula into enokwenzeka, ukuba kukho amaxesha apho izinto ezingalindelekanga, kwanaxa zingekalindelwa. kwenzeka into engakholelekiyo. Ndakhe ndambona uMandela ephuma entolongweni esiya kumongameli waseMzantsi Afrika.
Emva kwayo yonke loo nto, uqhushumba njani umgqatswa onoBruce Springsteen kunye noPete Seeger ecula inguqulelo engavalwanga ethi "Lo Mhlaba Lilizwe Lakho" kumsitho wakhe?
Nangona kunjalo, kwakusoloko kukho umbuzo okhathazayo: ingaba wayenathi okanye wayesikhethela nje?
Ewe singakwazi?
Kancinci, ngaphandle kokukhanya kunye ne-aura, iinyaniso ezinzulu ziye zavela, iinyani zokwenyani ndazibhangisa. Ayimangalisi into yokuba i-mantra yakhe ihambile, njengoko ingxelo yeWashington Post, ivela kwi "kungxamisekile ngoku," "Yiba nomonde, idemokhrasi inkulu kwaye inzima kwaye imdaka."
Ewe, ndandisazi, mhlawumbi ndandithethelela uthixo wobuxoki, owayengomnye, ukuba wayenomtsalane ngakumbi, wezobupolitika othetha into enye aze enze enye kwinkqubo yezobupolitika apho igunya, ingengabo abantu, kongamelayo.
Njengabaninzi ababengaphambi kwakhe wayeya "kubanjwa" yizakhiwo zamandla, ngamadoda omkhosi kunye neekontraka kwiPentagon kunye namadoda emali eWall Street.
Wayekwiofisi kodwa akazange alawule. Ngokucacileyo, akazange abe neevoti zokumisela i-ajenda yenguqu yokwenyani. Kodwa oko kwakungenxa yokuba elakhe itheko lalithengwe yaye lalihlawulelwa kudala.
Akazange abenalo ithuba, nokuba njengoko ndandifuna ukukholelwa, wayefuna elinye. Uthe ufuna ukuba ngumntu oguqukayo kodwa inkqubo yamguqula-kwaye ngokukhawuleza.
Wonke umntu ubaleka “nxamnye neWashington,” nokuba nguSenator, owayeyinxalenye yayo.
Ndiye ndabamba impumlo yam ndavota, ndinethemba lokuchasana nethuku lam lobulumko. Ndide ndenza ifilimu ekhuthazayo ngeli phulo elibonisa indlela asebenzisa ngayo imidiya yoluntu kunye nokuthumela imiyalezo ukudibanisa abavoti abatsha. Xa ndazama ukufumana ikopi kwi-White House, ngomntu ongaphakathi apho, ndafumanisa ukuba babengenamdla ungako.
Ngelo xesha, wayesele ephumile ekudlaleni “umdlalo wangaphandle” waya ekungeneni “kumdlalo wangaphakathi” owakhiwe malunga nokulalanisa egameni elithi “pragmatism, okanye ‘ukwenza oko,” ngokwamazwi akhe. Ekugqibeleni wayeyi-rookie ekusenokwenzeka ukuba wayezigqithise okanye wakhonza nje umdla owambeka apho.
Akakwazanga ukulahla abalandeli bakhe abanomdla kunye nabajolise kumcimbi ngokukhawuleza ngokwaneleyo.
Ngelixa abo babemxhasa babesatshisa, waphola kubo, kwaye, enyanisweni, wabakhaba ngamathuba ambalwa okuqeshwa. Wafaka ipini yeflegi yakhe waza wakuvuyela ukufuzisela “iofisi” leyo. Waba yinkosi yentetho eyakhayo efihla i-ajenda yomgaqo-nkqubo eyahlukileyo.
Wayethethela abantu kodwa ekhonza igunya. Wayefuna ukuba elinye icala limthande, nanjengoko ukuhlaba kwakhe “kwi-bi-partisanship” kubonakalise ukuba abaqali.
Xa ulala kunye naloo "amatakane," (okanye ngaba iinyoka?) Awungcatshi kuphela abaxhasi, kodwa ithemba labo. Kungekudala i-FDR yayijikeleza engcwabeni lakhe.
Andothusi ukuba abagxeki abanolwazi lwemigaqo-nkqubo yakhe yezoqoqosho abamcingeli nje ukuba unentloko yenkomo kwaye engalunganga, kodwa, eneneni ekhohlakeleyo, ehambelanayo kwaye ebandakanyekayo, kunye nabagcini bebhanki abasasiqwengayo. Ayimangalisi into yokuba “ehlanganise” iminikelo eyongezelelekileyo evela kubantu abanyolukileyo nabaxhasa ngemali kulo nyaka kunango-2008! Akumangalisi ukuba, wafulathela ummeli wabathengi u-Elizabeth Warren kwaye uzama ukubulala izityholo zobuqhetseba bebhanki kwiindawo eziphakamileyo.
UChristopher Whalen obhalela iReuters uthi kuya kuba neendleko zokungenzi nto, "Indlela yokuchasa kancinci kwezopolitiko ibikukwexeshana kunye nokuthetha. Kodwa ngokulandela ingcebiso kaRubin kunye neSummers, kunye nokunqanda izigqibo ezinzima malunga neebhanki kunye ne-solvency, uMongameli u-Obama wenze kuphela le ngxaki ibe mbi ngakumbi kwaye ngokuthe ngcembe yaphelisa ukuzithemba koluntu. Ngokwezopolitiko, u-Obama ubuyela kuHerbert Hoover. "
Ukanti, kwangaxeshanye, abaninzi bethu abayaziyo ngoku indlela esiye sasetyenziswa ngayo, baya kuphinda bamvotele, kuba, njengoko ebala ngokufanelekileyo, akakho omnye umntu, kwaye enye indlela imbi ngakumbi. Jonga kwaye ulile njengoko abavukeli banamhlanje besiba ngabaqiqi bonyaka ozayo.
Indikhumbuza xa abaphembeleli bacelwa ukuba bavotele uLyndon Johnson ngo-1964 kunye nesiqubulo esithi "Inxalenye yeNdlela kunye ne-LBJ." Loo ndlela yaphela ngokunyuka okungapheliyo kwemfazwe eVietnam, kwaye imipu ivuthela ibhotolo. Ivakala iqhelekile?
Ukukhangela inyaniso kunye nenyaniso kuye kwabetha udonga kodwa kufuneka kuqhubeke. Izifundo kufuneka zifundwe. Simele sithi sasiphosakele, xa sasingekho kwiinkolelo zethu, kodwa ekubekeni amathemba ethu kwigcisa lezopolitiko elinobuqili, elinamabhongo nelinobuso obubini.
Ngelixa abantu abasamxhasayo bayasichitha isityholo sokuba ungumntu ofihlakeleyo wentlalontle, umKenya, okanye umphambukeli wasesibhakabhakeni, baninzi kakhulu abarhanela ukuba unokuba yiRiphabhlikhi eyimfihlo. Uyiloo nto ayiyo, uzimele, ulumkile, kwaye uyindoda phakathi. Uhleli apho.
Makhe sinike uDavid Foster igama lokugqibela.
“Olona hlobo lwenkululeko lubaluleke ngokwenene lubandakanya ingqalelo, nokuqonda, nokuziphatha kakuhle, nomzamo, nokukwazi ukubakhathalela ngokwenene abanye abantu nokuncama ngenxa yabo, ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ngeendlela ezininzi ezincinane ezingamanyala, yonke imihla. Leyo yinkululeko yokwenene. Enye indlela kukungabikho zingqondweni,...
… Imalunga nokuqonda okulula – ukwazi ukuba yintoni eyinyani kwaye ibalulekile, efihlwe ngokucace gca kuyo yonke indawo esingqongileyo, kufuneka sihlale sizikhumbuza, ngokuphindaphindiweyo…”
Umenzi wefilimu kunye ne-News Dissector uDanny Schechter uhlela iblogi ye-Newsdissector.com. Wayalela “uBarack Obama: uMongameli waBantu” (2009) kwinkampani yezosasazo yaseMzantsi Afrika.
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