Into yokuqala iDemokhrasi kufuneka izame ukuyiqonda njengoko iphosa amehlo abo phezu kwamanxuwa okutshaya onyulo kukuqhubeka kwamandla eemfazwe zenkcubeko. Kwiminyaka engamashumi amathathu anesithandathu eyadlulayo, uMongameli uRichard Nixon walwela โisininzi esithe cwakaโ ngelixa usekela-mongameli wakhe, uSpiro Agnew, wayetyhola iinkululeko ngokugqwetha iindaba. Phantse kulo lonke unyulo ukusukela oko, inkululeko iye yanyeliswa njengokutshisa iflegi, ukungcatsha umbuso, ukuchaphazeleka kodidi oluphezulu. Kulo nyaka abavoti bathi babeka "imilinganiselo" njengomba obaluleke ngakumbi kunoqoqosho kunye nemfazwe yase-Iraq.
Kwaye okwangoku, iidemokhrasi azikabinasakhelo sibambeneyo sokujongana nesi sikhalazo singapheliyo, kuncinci ukusiqonda. Endaweni yoko, "bathathu," bahlala, bavakalisa ukuba baguqukele kwinkolo yeRiphabhlikhi yemarike, basayine i-Nafta kunye nohlaziyo lwentlalontle, bazama ukuba yi-hawkish ngaphezu kwamajoni aseRiphabhlikhi. Kwaye bayaphulukana. Kwaye balahlekelwa kwakhona. Ngeli xesha, ngaphandle e-Red America, imvukelo yabantu bephiko lasekunene iyaqhubeka, ingqumbo yayo โkwi-liberal eliteโ ingathotywa zizijekulo zoxolelwaniso zeDemokhrasi okanye ukuhamba kwexesha.
Njengeentshukumo ezininzi ezinjalo, le mvukelo yakudala iqhuba igcwele ukuphikisana. Luqhankqalazo lwabantu abaqhelekileyo olunempembelelo yexesha elide yezoqoqosho ibe kukuthululela ubutyebi kwabo sele bezizityebi nokuthobโ isidima kwabona bantu bavukelayo. Kukusabela ngokuchasene nenkcubeko yobuninzi eyala ukubuza imibuzo ngamaziko asisiseko eMelika ehlangeneyo enza inkcubeko yesininzi into eyiyo. Luvukelo-mbuso oluceba ukubhukuqa izihandiba ngokucutha irhafu.
Sekunjalo, amandla emvukelo elondolozayo akanakuphikiswa. Ibonisa indlela yokuthetha ngobomi apho sonke singamaxhoba e-overclass enekratshi - "inkululeko" - eyenza imifanekiso bhanyabhanya yethu, ipapashe amaphephandaba ethu, ifundise abantwana bethu, kwaye ikhuphe izigwebo ezivela ebhentshini. Ezi nkululeko ngokubanzi zisixelela indlela yokwenza ngobomi bethu, ngaphandle kokuqwalaselwa kwemilinganiselo yethu okanye izithethe.
Iimfazwe zenkcubeko, ngamanye amazwi, yindlela yokuqulunqa umxholo osoloko unamandla wodidi lwentlalo. Ziyindlela yokuba abantu baseRiphabhlikhi bathethe egameni lendoda elityelweyo ngaphandle kokubangela naziphi na iingxaki kumbindi wabo wamashishini amakhulu.
Ngokuchasene nale filosofi yomkhosi, ekhathazekileyo, egcwele umqala iiDemokhrasi zakhetha ukuhamba ... yintoni? I-centrism yabo eqhelekileyo ethambileyo, idala indawo yesi sigqeba kwaye, bekhathalela ukungachasi mntu, besala nokugxeka umongameli, ngenene, kwindibano yabo. Kwaye ngaphandle kweenzame ezinkulu zokuphuma-evotini kunye nonondyebo omkhulu, iiDemokhrasi zaphulukana nedabi lenkuthazo yabavoti ngaphambi kokuba liqalise.
Okubi kakhulu: Ngelixa abo balondolozayo babelola indlela yabo yokuba lixhoba leklasi, iiDemokhrasi zazisele ziyishiyile intsimi. Ngexesha elithile, ukusekwa kweDemocratic centrist eWashington kuye kwachukunyiswa ngumbono wokuba, ekubeni ixesha lemizi-mveliso liphela, iqela kufuneka lilibale ngabasebenzi bekhola eluhlaza kunye nemiba yabo kwaye lamkele iklasi "yobuchwephesha". Ngexesha lephulo lika-2004 ezi Democrats zintsha, zinobuhlobo kushishino zifumene uncedo olukwiprofayili ephezulu evela kwiitycoons ezinqwenelekayo kwaye zamkela ngokuphandle ithiyori yolawulo oluqhelekileyo. Bazicingela bona "iqela le-metro" yeebhiliyoni ezipholileyo ezizibandakanya kuhlobo oluthile lomlo we-cosmic kunye neebhiliyoni zesikwere ze-"retro" ye-Republican Party.
Nangona kunjalo lo bekuya kuba ngunyaka ogqibeleleyo wokunika abantu baseRiphabhlikhi i-Trumanesque yokubetha amahlazo amaninzi enkampani abaye bajongana nayo kwaye, ngandlela-thile, banikwe amandla. Ukuthatha inyathelo elinjalo bekuya kunika iiDemokhrasi indlela yokujongana kwaye mhlawumbi yoyise i-populism enomsindo eyazisa imiba "yexabiso" ngelixa ngaxeshanye ihlanganisa isiseko sabo.
Ukwenza isibheno esifutshane seRiphabhlikhi kubahlali bekhola eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, iiDemokhrasi kufuneka zijongane nenkcubeko yemicimbi ye-wedge kunye ne-economic populism yokwenyani. Bamele bawususe uthuli kumkhosi wabo womkhosi omkhulu endaweni yokuwucinezela; lola iyantlukwano phakathi kwamaqela endaweni yokuwanciphisa; kugxininise ukuchasana kwenkcubeko-war populism endaweni yokungazihoyi; kwaye uthethe ngokungafihlisiyo malunga nokuba ngubani ozuzayo kwaye ngubani na ophulukeneyo kumgaqo-nkqubo woqoqosho wolondolozo.
Yintoni enokwenzeka, ewe, kukuba i-Democratic officialdom iya kubona nje intlekele yale veki njengesizathu sokuphindaphinda imizamo yabo yokufudukela ekunene. Baza kunikezela, bathi, uKhuseleko lwezeNtlalo yabucala okanye irhafu yengeniso "uhlaziyo" kwaye baya kuqhubeka nokuphupha amaphupha abo avuyisayo malunga nokuba liqela leklasi yenkampani ekhanyisiweyo. Kwaye baya kumangaliswa kwakhona kwiminyaka emibini okanye emine ukusuka ngoku xa abantu abagcina abantu be-Red America, behlwempuzekile kwaye benomsindo kunangaphambili, beqhuba "iqela labantu" esinye isibetho esothusayo.
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