Idemokhrasi yaseMelika ayisenademokhrasi kakhulu, ngokutsho kwesifundo esitsha seyunivesithi (4/9/14; Iimbono ngezoPolitiko, Ukwindla/14). Endaweni yoko, ilawulwa ngabaphezulu abanemali kwinkqubo apho uluvo loluntu lunempembelelo encinci kumgaqo-nkqubo. Ikhutshwe kwinyanga edlulileyo nguMartin Gilens wasePrinceton kunye no-Northwestern Benjamin I. Page, isifundo siphetha:
Abaphezulu kwezoqoqosho kunye namaqela alungelelanisiweyo amele umdla wamashishini aneempembelelo ezinkulu ezizimeleyo kumgaqo-nkqubo worhulumente wase-US, ngelixa abemi abaphakathi kunye namaqela anomdla asekelwe kwisininzi banempembelelo encinci okanye engenazo ezizimeleyo.
Izazinzulu zezopolitiko zijonge ngaphezulu kwe-1,700 yemigaqo-nkqubo kwiminyaka engama-20 ukufumanisa ukuba uluvo loluntu luguqulelwa njani kumgaqo-nkqubo, kwaye bagqiba kwelokuba apho iimbono zezoqoqosho zahluke kakhulu kwezo zoluntu, uluntu โalunalo ifuthe eliqikelelweyo kutshintsho lomgaqo-nkqubo, ngelixa abaphezulu kwezoqoqosho. zisaqikelelwa ukuba zinefuthe elikhulu kakhulu, elihle, elizimeleyo. โ
Ukujonga iindaba? Uphononongo luye lwasasazeka kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, kodwa alukhange lubonakale kushicilelo lweshishini laseMelika. Kwinyanga emva kokukhululwa kwayo akukhange kubekho zikhankanyiweyo zenethiwekhi, kwaye ayizange ibonakale kumaphephandaba anempembelelo kakhulu- ENew York Times, Washington Post kwaye I-Los Angeles Times. (I ENew York Times, 4/21/14 kwaye i Washington Post, 4/8/14 izithuba zeblogi ezipapashiweyo kuphononongo.)
The Baltimore Sun (5/12/14) ibiyinto enqabileyo ngaphandle kwekhwelo lokuba uluntu luxhaswe ngemali kumaphulo okuchasa impembelelo yobutyebi. โEndaweni yokuncama ikamva ledemokhrasi yethu kwabo baneeakhawunti zebhanki ezityebileyo,โ uKate Planco Waybright noJennifer Bevan-Dangel babhala bephendula kolu phando, โimibutho yethu ithatha inyathelo. Sikholelwa ukuba inkxaso-mali kawonke-wonke yonyulo inamandla amakhulu okuguqula idemokhrasi yethu kunye nokunceda abantu baseMelika abaqhelekileyo baphinde bathethe amazwi ethu kwezopolitiko. "
Kusenokwenzeka ukuba kukho izizathu ezininzi zokuba kutheni amajelo eendaba angaluhoyi uphononongo, oyintloko phakathi kwabo ukuba iziphumo zalo zisondele kakhulu ekhaya: Aba bantu banezithende ezintle kunye nabameli babo abalawula ezopolitiko kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo wase-US bangabanini bemithombo yeendaba yase-US.
Kuphononongo emva kolunye, i-FAIR ibonise indlela amajelo eendaba athoba ngayo iimbono ezidumileyo kunye nezimvo zabangenamandla kangako ekuthandeni iimbono ze-elite. Iitanki zokucinga zePro-shishini zi ubabalwe phezu abo bajongwa njengabangenabuhlobo kwezoshishino; kunye nemithombo yoshishino kumabali eendaba kude Kaninzi zininzi kunabo banokubonwa njengabalingani babo- abameli bemibutho yabasebenzi, abathengi kunye namaqela okusingqongileyo. Izifundo ze-FAIR ziye zabonisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo indlela umbandela wentlupheko uncitshiswa ngayo kwiingxelo zeendaba, kubandakanywa isifundo esiya kupapashwa kwinyanga ezayo (Yongezelelweyo!. Ngokwenene, ngokutsho kohlolisiso, oosozigidi bezigidi baseMerika abangama-6 bafumana ingxelo ephindwe kaninzi kunamahlwempu aseMerika angama-14 ezigidi.
Ayikuko ukuba udinga uphononongo lokubonisa imbeko kumajelo eendaba-hayi xa abantu abakhulu beendaba beza kuphuma bakuxelele. Njengokuba nini NBC's Ukudibanisa i-Press iankile uDavid Gregory (11/11/12) waphosisa uBarack Obama ngokungazihlanganisi ngakumbi kwi-CEO, exelela uJim Cramer owamnkelayo CNBC:
UJim, bendisoloko ndicinga ukuba enye yeempazamo ezinkulu zekota yokuqala ka-Obama kukuba akazange abenamzuzu eRose Garden apho wayekunye neenkokeli ezinkulu zoshishino eMelika kwaye wathi, โJonga, sizosebenza. kunye ngesizathu esifanayo sokuhlangabezana nolu qoqosho, sijongane nesimo sethu semali, size ekugqibeleni sichaphazele impembelelo yaseMerika ehlabathini lonke.โ Ngaba unokuwufumana lo mzuzu ngoku?
Ngapha koko, u-Obama wayenalo umzuzu kanye ngolo hlobo, evela kunye nabaphathi abaninzi kwinkomfa yabezindaba ngoJanuwari 28, 2009, kungekudala emva kokumiselwa kwakhe. Kunzima ukucinga umongameli weDemokhrasi oye wazama Nzima ukwenza imidla yeshishini ibe yeyakhe.
Ngokufanayo, xa yangaphambili CNBC umamkeli uMaria Bartiromo wayephehlelela entsha yakhe Fox News bonisa, uxelele iwebhusayithi yoshishino lweendaba Imithombo yeendaba (3/18/14) indlela ishishini lakhe elitsha eliya kwahluka ngayo-iinkampani ekugqibeleni ziya kufumana ithuba lokubalisa icala labo lebali:
Kukho isithuba emarikeni. Asikhe sive oosomashishini njengenxalenye yencoko ngeCawa. Ndiva kuphela iipoliticos zisenza iingongoma zazo zokuthetha. Ndifuna ukufumana umfana ophambili, igal ephambili, isixelela ukuba kutheni bengathathi imali phesheya kwaye bayibeke apha, kufuneka kujongeke njani uhlaziyo lwerhafu, kufuneka lubukeke njani uhlengahlengiso lwemmigration. Ngoko ke ndiza kuzisa oosomashishini kwincoko ngeCawe kusasa.
Ekuphela kwento ekhankanyiweyo yophononongo kumajelo eendaba entambo yavela MSNBC's Konke kukunye noChris Hayes (4/16/14), apho umamkeli-zindwendwe wakhankanya umthetho wemipu ofuna ukujongwa kwemvelaphi ngaphambi kokuba ubani athenge umpu, owawunenkxaso efikelela kuma-90 ekhulwini kawonke-wonke, kodwa wavotelwa phantsi kwinkongolo yokuqubha kwimali yokwamkela imipu. UHayes waqukumbela ngelithi, โEnyanisweni, kuvakala ngathi yingcaciso yencwadi ethi oligarchy, urhulumente ngabambalwa.โ Abazizityebi abambalwa.
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