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Njengoko uqhanqalazo oluchasene nogonyamelo lwamapolisa anocalucalulo lunyakazela ilizwe, i-fascism inyuka kwi-Trump White House kwaye ubhubhani we-COVID-19 uyaqhubeka, eli lizwe likumzuzu obalulekileyo. Ndikhe ndathetha ngeli nqaku liphanyazayo kwimbali noNoam Chomsky, owaziwa ngokuba ngutata weelwimi zanamhlanje, ongomnye weenkcubabuchopho ezibalaseleyo kwihlabathi kunye nombhali weencwadi ezingaphezu kwe-100, kubandakanya. Hegemony okanye Ukusinda, Amazwe Ahlulekile, Ithemba Elingaphezu Kokuphelelwa Lithemba, Amathemba kunye neZibonelelo, Iinkosi zoLuntu kwaye Ngubani Olawula Ihlabathi?
Kudliwano-ndlebe olulandelayo, uChomsky usinika imbono malunga nendlela esinokujongana ngayo nomzuzu wangoku-kwaye silungiselele ikamva eliqaqambileyo.
UGeorge Yancy: Phambi kokuba ndikubuze nge-COVID-19, ndingathanda ukuqala ngokubuza iingcinga zakho malunga nokubulawa kakubi kukaGeorge Floyd kunye nokuba uluqonda njani uqhanqalazo olwenzekile e-US nakwihlabathi liphela. Ndinomdla ngakumbi kwimpendulo yakho kwintetho kaTrump yokuthumela umkhosi ukucinezela into ebizwa ngokuba luvukelo.
UNoam Chomsky: "Ukubulala okoyikekayo" kulungile. Kodwa masicace ngokubulawa kwabantu abamnyama baseMelika okwenzekayo ngoku. Inkohlakalo yamapolisa ambalwa anocalucalulo eMinneapolis iyinxalenye encinci yolwaphulo-mthetho.
Kuye kwaphawulwa ngokubanzi ukuba izinga lokufa ngenxa yobhubhane liphezulu kakhulu phakathi kwabantu abaNtsundu. Uphononongo lwangoku lufumanise ukuba “abantu baseMelika abahlala kwimimandla enabemi abantsundu abangaphezulu komndilili Amathuba amathathu okufa yi-coronavirus njengazo zikumabala amhlophe angaphezulu komndilili. Oku kubulawa kwabantu abaNtsundu ngokuyinxenye kusisiphumo sendlela oovimba abathe banikelwa ngayo ekujonganeni nale ngxaki, ubukhulu becala “kwiindawo ebezimhlophe nezityebileyo.” Kodwa imiliselwe ngokunzulu ngakumbi kwingxelo eyoyikekayo yeminyaka engama-400 yocalucalulo lobuhlanga. Isibetho sithatha iindlela ezahlukeneyo ukusukela ekusekweni kweyona nkqubo ikhohlakeleyo yobukhoboka kwimbali yoluntu - isiseko esiphambili soshishino lwelizwe, ezemali, urhwebo kunye nokuchuma ngokubanzi - kodwa ubukhulu becala siye sancitshiswa, asizange sisondezwe kunyango.
Ubukhoboka baseMelika babukhethekile kungekuphela nje ngokukhohlakeleyo, kodwa nangenxa yokuba kwakudityaniswa nombala wolusu. Kule nkqubo, bonke ubuso obuMnyama buphawulwe ngophawu, "Indalo yakho kukuba likhoboka."
Amanye amacandelo aye aphathwa kakubi. AmaYuda namaTaliyane ayesoyikwa yaye ejongelwa phantsi kwinkulungwane edluleyo kangangokuba umthetho wocalucalulo wokufudukela kwelinye ilizwe ngowe-1924 wawuyilelwe ukuba ungangeni kweli lizwe, uthumela amaYuda amaninzi kwindawo yokutshisa izidumbu. Ngenkxaso, abacalucalulo bemini banokusibongoza ukuba kufuneka sizikhusele kumaYuda kunye namaTaliyane aqhuba amaqela amakhulu olwaphulo-mthetho, kwizidalwa ezifana noMeyer Lansky kunye noAl Capone kunye noBugsy Siegel. Kodwa ekugqibeleni bahlanganiswa. Kwenzeka into efanayo nakuma-Irish.
Noko ke, kubantu abaNtsundu, kwahlukile. Bagqalwa njengabangenakulinganiswa ngokusisigxina kuluntu oluqalekisiweyo lucalucalulo ngokobuhlanga nokongamela kwabamhlophe. Kumaxhoba, iziphumo zongezwa zizikhewu ezihlala zihleli kwezentlalo nezoqoqosho eziveliswe sisiqalekiso, esiqiniswe luhlaselo lwe-neoliberal lweminyaka engama-40 edlulileyo, intsikelelo enkulu kubutyebi obugqithileyo, intlekele kwabo basesichengeni.
Ukubulawa kwabantu abamnyama baseMelika kuqhubeka phantsi kweradar. Umongameli, onobubi obungenasiphelo, ebesebenzisa ujoliso kulo bhubhani ukuze aqhubeke nenkonzo yakhe kwindawo yakhe yonyulo, ubutyebi obukhulu kunye namandla eshishini. Enye indlela kukuphelisa imimiselo ekhusela uluntu kodwa yonakalise ingeniso. Ngaphakathi kwesibetho sokuphefumla esingazange sibonwe ngaphambili, uTrump uye washukuma esonyusa ungcoliseko lomoya, okwenza i-COVID-19. ibulala kakhulu, kangangokuba amashumi amawaka abantu baseMerika banokufa ngenxa yoko, iphephandaba lezoshishino linika ingxelo. Njengesiqhelo, ukufa akusasazwa ngokungacwangciswanga: “Eyona nto ichaphazeleka kakhulu luluntu olunemivuzo ephantsi kunye nabantu bebala,” abanyanzelwa ukuba bahlale kwezona ndawo ziyingozi.
Kulula kakhulu ukuqhubeka. Abaqhankqalazi bayazi kakuhle yonke le nto. Abafuni zifundo. Kwabaninzi ngamava abo aphilayo. Uqhanqalazo alumemezeli kuphela ukupheliswa kwenkohlakalo yamapolisa kwiindawo ezihlala abantu abaNtsundu, kodwa lufuna uhlengahlengiso olungundoqo kumaziko ezentlalo nezoqoqosho.
Kwaye bafumana inkxaso ephawulekayo, njengoko sibona kungekuphela nje kwizenzo kwilizwe lonke kodwa nakwiivoti. An Uvoto ekuqaleni kukaJuni “Kwafumaniseka ukuba ama-64 ekhulwini abantu abadala baseMerika ‘babenovelwano kubantu abaqhankqalazayo ngoku,’ ngoxa abangama-27 ekhulwini besithi akunjalo yaye abasi-9 ekhulwini babengaqinisekanga.”
Le ndlela yokusabela sinokuyithelekisa nesinye isihlandlo xa kwenzeka uqhanqalazo olufanayo: ngowe-1992, emva kokukhululwa kwamapolisa aseLos Angeles awabetha uRodney King waphantse wafa. Kwalandela iveki yezidubedube, nokufa kwabantu abangaphezu kwama-60, ekugqibeleni kwapheliswa nguMkhosi weSizwe oxhaswa yimikhosi yomanyano eyayithunyelwe nguMongameli Bush. Uqhanqalazo lwalulinganiselwe eLos Angeles, akukho nto ifana nale siyibonayo namhlanje.
UTrump unenkxalabo enye ephambili, intlalontle yakhe: Ndingayisebenzisa njani le ntlekele ukukhulisa amathuba am onyulo ngokudubula awona malungu anobuhlanga nobundlobongela kwindawo yam yokuvota? Ithuku lakhe lemvelo lifuna ugonyamelo: “ezona zinja zikhohlakeleyo nezona zixhobo zoyikekayo ndakha ndazibona.” Kwaye uthumele emkhosini ukuba ufundise "i-scum" isifundo abangasokuze basilibale.
Isicwangciso sikaTrump “sokulawula” abantu abaphambukayo ngobundlobongela sibangele umsindo ogqubayo, kuquka ukugwetywa okukrakra ngoobesakuba ngoosihlalo beeNtloko zaBasebenzi kunye namazwi ovelwano kubaqhankqalazi. Owayesakuba nguSihlalo weeNtloko zaBasebenzi u-Admiral Mike Mullen wabhala: "Njengendoda emhlophe, andinakubanga ukuqonda okugqibeleleyo koloyiko nomsindo abantu base-Afrika baseMelika abaziva namhlanje…. Kodwa njengomntu osele ekhona kangangexesha elithile, ndiyazi ngokwaneleyo-kwaye ndibone ngokwaneleyo-ukuqonda ukuba ezo mvakalelo ziyinyani kwaye zonke zisekwe kabuhlungu.”
Utshintsho kumashumi amabini eminyaka adlulileyo mhlawumbi luphawu lokuba uninzi lwabemi luyeza ukuqonda iinyaniso ezifihlwe kudala malunga noluntu lwethu, imitha yokukhanya kumaxesha amnyama.
Sisoloko sixelelwa ukuba iUnited States lelona lizwe linamandla ehlabathini. Sondliwa ngokutya “kokukhetheka eMelika.” Nangona kunjalo, kwihlabathi jikelele, sinelona nani liphezulu lokufa ngenxa ye-COVID-19. Besingazilungiselelanga ngokwenkqubo. Ukuchaza njani oku kungahambisani, kwaye yintoni indima edlalwa nguTrump kuyo yonke le nto?
Ukungabikho kokulungela kunezizathu ezithathu ezisisiseko: ingqiqo yongxowankulu, imfundiso yeniyoliberal, kunye nesimilo sobunkokheli bezopolitiko. Makhe sijonge kubo ngokufutshane ngokulandelelana.
Emva kokuba ubhubhani we-SARS ka-2003 uqukunjelwe, izazinzulu zaziqonda kakuhle ukuba ubhubhani wawunokwenzeka kwaye unokubangelwa yenye i-coronavirus. Kwakhona babeyazi indlela yokuthabatha amanyathelo okulungiselela. Kodwa ulwazi alwanelanga. Kufuneka umntu ayisebenzise. Umgqatswa ocacileyo ziinkampani zamachiza, ezinazo zonke izibonelelo ezifunekayo kunye neengeniso ezinkulu, enkosi ngeyona ndlela incinci kumalungelo awodwa abenzi bamachiza axhonywe ngokungafanelekanga abhalwe ngendlela engeyiyo “yorhwebo olusimahla” lwezivumelwano. Kodwa bathintelwa yingqiqo yongxowankulu. Akukho nzuzo ekulungiseleleni intlekele enokwenzeka ezantsi kwendlela - kwaye njengoko ingcali yezoqoqosho uMilton Friedman yatsho ekuqaleni kwe-neoliberal kwiminyaka engama-40 eyadlulayo, olona xanduva lwequmrhu kukunyusa ixabiso labanini-zabelo (kunye nobutyebi bolawulo). Kutsha nje ngo-2017, iinkampani ezinkulu zamachiza sikhabe isindululo seManyano yaseYurophu sokukhawulezisa uphando kwiintsholongwane ezibangela izifo, kuquka i-coronavirus.
Omnye umgqatswa ngurhulumente, naye onezixhobo eziyimfuneko kwaye udlale indima ebalulekileyo ekuphuhliseni uninzi lwamachiza kunye namachiza. Kodwa loo ndlela ivaliwe yimfundiso ye-neoliberal eye yabakho ukusukela oko uReagan, owasazisa ukuba urhulumente yingxaki-ethetha ukuba izigqibo kufuneka zisuswe kurhulumente, nto leyo ephenjelelwa ngabemi, kubuzwilakhe obungaphendulekiyo. iiarhente eziphambili (kunye nabaxhamli) boloyiso lweneoliberal. Ngoko ke, urhulumente uvaliwe.
Umba wesithathu ngoorhulumente ngabanye. Ukugcina e-US, uMongameli uGeorge HW Bush wayeseke [uMongameli] iBhunga labacebisi kwiSayensi kunye neTekhnoloji (PCAST) ukugcina umongameli enolwazi ngemiba ebalulekileyo yesayensi. Esinye sezenzo zokuqala zikaMongameli Obama ekuthatheni kwakhe isikhundla ngo-2009 yayikukugunyazisa uphononongo lwe-PCAST ngendlela yokujongana nobhubhane. Yanikezelwa kwi-White House kwiiveki ezimbalwa kamva. Ulawulo luka-Obama olusekwe kwisayensi luye lwabeka isiseko sobhubhani esicwangcise ukuphendula kwangoko kwizisongelo zesifo esosulelayo. Oko kwakusendaweni de kube nguJan. 20, 2017, xa uMongameli uTrump ethatha isikhundla, kwaye kwiintsuku nje ezimbalwa waqala ukudiliza yonke isiseko sesayensi yesebe, kuquka namalungiselelo obhubhane, kwaye ngokwenene uqhubele phambili ukugatya isayensi ngokubanzi kwindima yokwazisa umgaqo-nkqubo, ukubuyisela umva amanyathelo amabini ukususela kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi yesiBini ebaluleke kakhulu ekuphuhliseni uqoqosho lwanamhlanje oluphezulu.
Ukubethelela ezinye izikhonkwane ebhokisini, uTrump wazichitha iinkqubo apho izazinzulu zasebenza noogxa baseTshayina ukuphanda ii-coronavirus. Nyaka ngamnye, wayexhasa iZiko loLawulo lweSifo kunye noThintelo (CDC). Oko kuqhubekile nesindululo sakhe sohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lukaFebruwari 2020 ngelixa ubhubhane wawugquba, efuna ukucuthwa okuthe kratya kweCDC (ngelixa kunyuswa izibonelelo kumashishini efosili). Izazinzulu zatshintshwa ngokucwangcisiweyo ngamagosa oshishino awayeza kuqinisekisa ukuba inzuzo yabucala iye yandiswa nokuba yintoni na impembelelo kuluntu olungabalulekanga.
Izigqibo zikaTrump zihambelana nesigwebo sengcali ayithandayo, uRush Limbaugh, athe wawonga iMbasa kaMongameli yeNkululeko. Usiyalela ukuba inzululwazi yenye “yeembombo zone zenkohliso,” kunye nezifundiswa, amajelo eendaba norhulumente, zonke “zikho ngenxa yobuqhetseba.” Umgaqo okhokelayo wolawulo wachazwa ngokucace ngakumbi yinjengele ephambili kaFranco ngowe-1936: “Phantsi ngobukrelekrele! Kufa ukufa!"
Ngenxa yoko, i-US "yayingalungiselelanga ngokucwangcisiweyo" xa ubhubhane wahlasela.
NgoFebruwari, uTrump wathi i-COVID-19 iza kunyamalala, ukuba "ngenye imini, ifana nommangaliso, iya kunyamalala." Wayephazame kakhulu emva koko watyhola i-China, wade “wacalula” isifo. Abanye bangabanga ukuba uTrump unegazi ezandleni zakhe ngenxa yokuphatha kakubi i-COVID-19. Zithini izimvo zakho malunga noku?
Amashumi amawaka abantu baseMelika basweleke ngenxa yenkonzo ezinikeleyo kaTrump kwindawo yakhe yokuqala: ubutyebi obugqithisileyo kunye namandla eshishini. Inkohlakalo yakhe yaqhubeka emva kokuba isifo sihlasele. Kwiiveki ezimbalwa emva kokufunyanwa kweempawu zokuqala kuDisemba ophelileyo, izazinzulu zaseTshayina zachonga intsholongwane, zalandelelanisa i-genome, kwaye zanika ulwazi kwi-WHO nakwihlabathi. Amazwe aseAsia naseOceania asabela kwangoko, kwaye imeko iphantsi kolawulo. Ezinye zahluka. UTrump wanyusa umva. Kwiinyanga ezimbini ezibalulekileyo, ubuntlola base-US kunye namagosa ezempilo azama ukubamba ingqalelo ye-White House, ngelize. Ekugqibeleni, uTrump waqaphela - mhlawumbi xa i-stock market yawa, kuye kwabikwa. Ukususela ngoko kuye kwaba sisiphithiphithi.
Ayothusi into yokuba, uTrump kunye nabalandeli bakhe bebesoloko betyhutyha befuna ukufumana ibhokhwe yokutyholwa ngolwaphulo-mthetho lwakhe kubantu baseMelika, bengazi ukuba bangaphi abantu ababulalayo. Ukufumana inkxaso-mali kunye nokuphuma kwi-WHO [World Health Organisation] sisibetho esilusizi kubantu base-Afrika, eYemenis, kunye nabanye abantu abaninzi abahluphekayo nabaphelelwe lithemba ababekhuselwe kwizifo ezixhaphakileyo nguncedo lwezonyango lwe-WHO nangaphambi kokuba i-coronavirus ibethe, kwaye ngoku bajongene nayo. iintlekele ezintsha ukongezelela. Ziyanikezelwa ukuba ziyakuphucula amathuba akhe onyulo.
Isityholo sikaTrump ngokuchasene ne-WHO, ehlekisa kakhulu ukuba singaxoxa, kukuba yayilawulwa yi-China. Ngokukhupha, wongeza impembelelo yaseTshayina. Kodwa akulunganga ukumgxeka ngobudenge. Isiphumo sigxininisa kuphela isibakala sokuba akazange ayikhathalele le nto kwasekuqaleni.
Ukuthetha ngoxanduva kunye negazi ezandleni zomntu, ukutolikwa okuthile kwamalungelo omntu kubonakala ngathi kugqitha uxanduva loluntu lwabaninzi base-US abangazithobeliyo iingcebiso ze-WHO kunye ne-CDC, kubandakanya nokuchaswa ngokuphandle kokunxiba imaski. Unokuthi yintoni ebangela umsindo nokungabi naluxanduva kwimpilo nokhuseleko lwabanye?
Abantu baseRiphabhlikhi banokholo kakhulu kumongameli, nokuba izenzo zakhe zibalimaza kangakanani na. Umfanekiso wakhe onjengothixo uyandiswa ngabo bamjikelezileyo, ngenxa yephulo lakhe eliyimpumelelo lokususa wonke umntu ngaphandle kwe-sycophants, njengomphathi wesibini, unobhala welizwe uMike Pompeo, ocinga ukuba uThixo unokuba uthumele uTrump ukuba umhlaba ukusindisa uSirayeli eIran. Abavangeli bakaPompeo, esona siseko sikhulu sabaxhasi bakaTrump, banokuvuma. Kwaye bava into efanayo ngokubanzi kwiRiphabhlikhi Party, ethe yayishiya ngokupheleleyo nakuphi na ingqibelelo yaza yamnqula ngokungqongqo nantoni na ayenzayo. Kuyafana nakwigumbi lakhe leendaba echo. Uphononongo lubonise ukuba owona mthombo wolwazi kubantu baseRiphabhlikhi Fox News, Limbaugh kunye Breitbart. Ngapha koko, i-dyad enomdla iphuhlisiwe: uTrump ukhupha isibhengezo esingacwangciswanga, sinconywa nguSean Hannity njengokufumanisa indlela, kwaye ngentsasa elandelayo uTrump ujikela kuye. Fox News ukufumana into emayicinge.
Uphando lwezimvo zoluntu luveza iziphumo. I-poll ye-Pew ngo-Epreli, xa uxanduva lukaTrump lwentlekele ekhulayo lwalungaphaya kwengxoxo enkulu, yafumanisa ukuba Iipesenti ezingama-83 zabantu baseRiphabhlikhi kunye neRiphabhlikhi balinganisa impendulo kaTrump kuqhambuko njengento ebalaseleyo okanye elungileyo. (njengoko kuthelekiswa neepesenti ze-18 zeDemokhrasi kunye neDemocratic leaners). Bamamele umongameli owayethelekisa intsholongwane kunye “nomkhuhlane oqhelekileyo,” kwaye wathi phakathi ku-Epreli wathumela imiyalelo kubalandeli bakhe ukuba “KHULULA iVIRGINIA, kwaye ugcine isiHlomelo sakho sesibini esikhulu. Ingqingwe! Ulungiso lwe-2 alunanto ibaluleke kakhulu, kodwa uTrump uyazi ukuba ngawaphi amaqhosha anokutyhala. Waye, ngokuphandle, ebongoza imikhosi yakhe ukuba ithabathe izixhobo, inxalenye yakhe iinzame ngokubanzi zokukhuthaza abaqhankqalazi abaxhobileyo ukuba bophule imiyalelo kumazwe kunye neerhuluneli zeDemokhrasi (njengeVirginia), ngexesha apho kwakukho phantse i-50,000 yokufa okurekhodiweyo.
Masibulale abantu abaninzi baseMelika, hayi nje amaYemenis kunye nama-Afrika, ukuba iya kuphucula amathemba am onyulo. “Phantsi ngobukrelekrele! Kufa ukufa!"
Xa singayibandakanyi imisebenzi ye-Astroturf kunye nokunyaniseka kwesiseko sokuvota, akucaci ukuba kuninzi okuseleyo kwisibheno "kumalungelo omntu" nangayiphi na indlela enentsingiselo.
Kwaye akucaci ukuba abaqhankqalazi bagqithise uxanduva loluntu. Ngokucacileyo abayiboni ngaloo ndlela. Bangakhwankqiswa kuluvo lokuba le nto bayenzayo iyafana nabantu abanemipu yohlaselo ejikeleza ezitratweni bedubula ngokungakhethiyo, nangona uthelekiso lufanelekile. Abacingi ukuba babeka nabani na esichengeni. Endaweni yoko, balandela inkokeli yabo ebekekileyo ekuqhankqalazeni iinzame zasekhohlo, mhlawumbi ngokwemiyalelo evela eTshayina, yokutshabalalisa amalungelo abo asisiseko kwanokuthatha imipu yabo.
Zonke ezinye iimpawu ezibonisa ukuba ilizwe lisengxakini enkulu - kwaye ekukhanyeni kwamandla ase-US, ihlabathi kunye nalo.
Ngaphandle kokungakwazi kukaTrump, yintoni ekufuneka yenziwe kwihlabathi jikelele ukuze sobabini sithintele omnye ubhubhane kwaye kufuneka senze ntoni ukuze sizilungiselele ngcono kwixesha elizayo?
Andiboni ukuba “ukungakwazi” ligama elichanekileyo. Unobuchule ekuphumezeni iinjongo zakhe eziphambili: ukutyebisa abantu abazizityebi kakhulu, ukukhulisa amandla eshishini kunye nenzuzo, ukugcina isiseko sakhe sisemgceni ngelixa ebahlaba emqolo, kwaye egxininise amandla ezandleni zakhe ngokudiliza isebe elilawulayo, kwaye ngokoyikisa iiRiphabhlikhi zeCongress. ukuba bamkela nantoni na ngokuneentloni. Khange ndive ndikroba kubo xa uTrump wagxotha inzululwazi ephethe uphuhliso lwesitofu sokugonya ngokubuza imibuzo yonyango lokunyanga abantu abathi banolwazi lokunyanga kodwa bengenalo alukhuthazayo. Kukho ukuthula okufileyo kolu luhlu njengoko esenza uhlambululo lwakhe lwabahloli, abathi banyanzelise ulawulo kumgxobhozo awenzileyo eWashington, ethuka omnye wawona malungu ahlonitshwayo aseRiphabhlikhi, uChuck Grassley, oneminyaka engama-86 ubudala, ozinikeleyo. umsebenzi wakhe omde ukuseka le nkqubo.
Yimpumelelo encumisayo.
Okumele kwenziwe ehlabathini lonke kukulandela icebiso elinikelwa zizazinzulu. Ubhubhani omtsha unokwenzeka, mhlawumbi umbi kakhulu kunalo ngenxa yobushushu behlabathi, obunokuba sisibetho semozulu kunye neminye iminyaka emine yesibetho sikaTrump. Amanyathelo kufuneka athatyathwe ukuyilungiselela, uhlobo olwacetyiswa ngo-2003 kwaye inxalenye encinci iqhutywe de i-Trump isebenzise ibhola yakhe yokuphuka. Kufuneka kubekho intsebenziswano yamazwe ngamazwe ekufuneni ii-coronavirus kunye nezinye iingozi ezinokubakho, kuphuhliswe ukuqonda kwezesayensi okufunekayo kuphuhliso olukhawulezileyo logonyo kunye namachiza okunciphisa iimpawu, kunye nokuphumeza izicwangciso ezinokuthi zibekwe endaweni ukuba ubhubhani uphinde wabetha kwakhona.
Kwi-US ngokukodwa, oko kuthetha ukukhupha uluntu kwimfundiso ye-neoliberal, eye yaba nemiphumo ebuhlungu kwi-domain yezempilo (kunye nabanye abaninzi). Imodeli yeshishini kwizibhedlele, ngaphandle kwenkunkuma okanye umthamo osecaleni, sisimemo sentlekele. Ngokubanzi, inkqubo yokhathalelo lwempilo yabucala engasebenziyo ingumthwalo ombi eluntwini, eneendleko eziphindwe kabini zamanye amazwe aphuhlileyo kunye nezinye zezona ziphumo zihlwempuzekileyo. A kutsha nje Lancet Uphononongo luqikelela iindleko zalo zonyaka malunga nama-500 eebhiliyoni zeedola kunye nama-68,000 eebhiliyoni zokufa. Kuyacaphukisa ukuba i-US ayikwazi ukuphakama kwinqanaba lezinye iindawo kwaye endaweni yoko ixhomekeke kwinkqubo ekhohlakeleyo kunye neendleko zokunakekelwa kwempilo jikelele: amagumbi ongxamiseko. Ukuba unokuzitsalela kwenye ungafumana ukhathalelo-ilandelwa mhlawumbi lityala eliphilileyo.
Imfundiso efanayo ye-neoliberal ithintela amaZiko ezeMpilo eSizwe ukuba aqhubeke ngaphaya kophando oluyimfuneko kunye nophuhliso lwamachiza ukuba avavanywe kwaye asasazwe, edlula iinkampani zabucala kunye nokuphumeza imimiselo yomthetho wase-US, engahoywa rhoqo, efuna ukuba amachiza aveliswa ngoncedo lukarhulumente (phantse zonke ) zifumaneke kuluntu ngeendleko ezifanelekileyo. Olona phando lunenyameko lwale miba ndilwaziyo nguDean Baker, oqikelela ukonga okukhulu ngaphandle kwelahleko yokwenziwa kwezinto ezintsha ukuba amanyathelo anjalo angeniswa (bona incwadi yakhe Ibanjiwe, ifumaneka simahla).
Esi sisiqalo nje esingenanto. Kukho iingxaki ezinzulu zentlalo, inkcubeko kunye neziko ekufuneka ziqwalaselwe.
Ukucinga ukuba unyulo lukaNovemba lusondele, uyambona uTrump esebenzisa iqhinga lobuqhophololo bokuvota ukuze ahlale esemandleni? Ukuba oko kuyenzeka, ubona ntoni kwangaphambili malunga noku kudlala kwezopolitiko?
UTrump kunye noogxa sele betyhala eso scam ngamandla, hayi okokuqala. Bayazi ukuba bakhokela iqela elincinane yaye bafanele babhenele ekuqhatheni nasekuqhatheni ukuze bagcine igunya lezobupolitika. Kwaye kubo, kuninzi okusemngciphekweni. Eminye iminyaka emine iya kubenza baqinisekise ukuba imigaqo-nkqubo yabo yasekunene iya kulawula isizukulwana nokuba abantu bafuna ntoni na. Leyo ibe yinjongo yeqhinga likaMcConnell lokubeka inkundla, phezulu ukuya ezantsi, kwizandla zabaselula abasekunene abanokuthi bathintele iinkqubo ezinomdla woluntu. Ukulahlekelwa lithuba langoku kungayitshabalalisa iprojekthi yabo. KuTrump buqu, amathemba elahleko anokuba mandundu, nokuba unakho ngokwasengqondweni ukuyamkela njengomntu oqhelekileyo. Usenokuba sesichengeni kwizityholo ezinzulu zasemthethweni ukuba ukungakhuseleki kwakhe kulahlekile. Kwaye neqela leRiphabhlikhi linikezele kwigunya lakhe, isimbo saseNyakatho Korea, ujongene nezithintelo ezimbalwa. Okunye sinokukushiya kwintelekelelo.
Ndiyaqonda ukuba oku kuvakala ngathi yi-dystopian, kodwa ngubani onokuthi uTrump, ngenxa yokukhanukela amandla, akasayi kukhuthaza umkhosi ukuba uxhase umnqweno wakhe wokuhlala esemandleni? Naziphi na iingcinga?
Akunakukhutshelwa ngaphandle. Njengoko kubonwa ngokubanzi, ilizwe lijongene nengxaki yomgaqo-siseko yexesha elide. INdlu yeeNgwevu liziko elingenademokhrasi kakhulu, ukuya kutsho kwikholeji yonyulo. Ngenxa yezizathu zedemokhrasi kunye nolwakhiwo, iqaqobana labamhlophe, ubuKristu, basemaphandleni, abavoti bemveli, abasoloko bebalasele abamhlophe banokugcina ulawulo ukusa kwinqanaba elingaphaya koko kwenziwa yi-Southern Democrats enocalucalulo ngaphambi kokuba "iqhinga lasemazantsi" likaNixon libazisele kwisibaya seRiphabhlikhi. Kwaye oku akunakuguqulwa ngokulungiswa komgaqo-siseko. Ayiphumi kumbuzo ukuba ezandleni zikaTrump, le ngxaki izayo inokuza kungekudala.
Noam, ndiyazi ukuba awufuni ukuthetha kakhulu ngawe, kodwa xa uneminyaka engama-91 uqhubana njani nomzuzu wethu wembali ophila phantsi kwe-COVID-19?
Kwimeko emxinwa yobuqu, ayilobunzima buqatha kum nomfazi wam. Kwabanye abaninzi, libali elahluke kakhulu. Umzuzu ngokwenene surreal. Ikamva liyakubunjwa yindlela esiphuma ngayo kule ngxaki. Imikhosi enoxanduva lwalo, kunye nohlaselo lwe-neoliberal kuluntu oluthe, ngokubonakalayo, lwaluqinisa kabukhali, aluhlali ngasemva luzolile. Basebenza ngokungayekiyo ukuqinisekisa ukuba oko kuvelayo yinguqulelo engqongqo kunye nenegunya elingaphezulu koko babekudalile ngokweminqweno yabo. Kukho amandla aziwayo afuna ukubamba amathuba akhoyo okubuyisela umva iintlekele zexesha elidlulileyo kunye nokuqhubela phambili kwihlabathi elinobuntu nelinesidima. Kwaye, ngokubaluleke kakhulu, ukujongana neemeko ezinzima kakhulu ezizayo.
Siya kuchacha kulo bhubhani, ngexabiso elibi kakhulu. Asiyi kuchacha ekunyibilikeni okuqhubekayo komkhenkce owenziwe kwincam yomhlaba nakwiminye imiphumo yokugcadiswa komhlaba eya kwenza iindawo ezininzi ezihlala abantu zingaphili ngaphambi kwexesha elide ukuba siqhubeka nekhondo lethu langoku. Eminye iminyaka emine yobubi bukaTrump iya kwandisa kakhulu ubunzima bokujongana nale ntlekele izayo - nokuba siyasinda kwisoyikiso semfazwe yenyukliya ebulalayo ethi iTrump iyanda ngokudiliza ulawulo lwezixhobo olunikezela ngokhuseleko kunye nomdyarho wokuphuhlisa into entsha nangaphezulu. iindlela eziyingozi zentshabalalo ezisingela phantsi unqabiseko lwethu oludodobalayo.
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