Izinkundla zokuxhumana zithole igama elibi eminyakeni yakamuva, okuningi bekufanelekile, njengoba zibambe iqhaza elikhulu ekubhebhethekeni kokuhlehla ophikweni lwesokudla kanye nobugunyazi emazweni amaningi. Lokhu kufaka phakathi, okugqame kakhulu, amandla okufinyelela futhi ikakhulukazi ahlala kasopolitiki onamandla kakhulu ezweni elinamandla kakhulu emhlabeni, uDonald J. Trump.
Kodwa okokuqala, ukuze sigweme ihaba noma isithombe esidukisayo, kufanele siqaphele ukuthi izinkinga zokwaziswa okungelona iqiniso kanye nokuqamba amanga okwenza ezombangazwe zekhulunyaka lamashumi amabili nanye “zakhe ibhuloho lekhulu le-19” zinkulu kune-Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram, I-Tik Tok. Imithombo yezindaba yendabuko nayo isihlulekile ngezindlela ezibalulekile.
Ukuthatha isibonelo esisodwa nje, i-poll ngeDatha Yenqubekelaphambili ithole ukuthi abavoti eWest Virginia - esinye sezifundazwe ezimpofu kakhulu zaseMelika - isekele umthetho oyingqophamlando othi Build Back Better ohlongozwa amaDemocrats ngo-2021 ngamaphesenti angama-43. Basekela izingxenye zayo ngazinye ngamaphethelo afanayo noma amakhulu: ukutshala imali ekunakekelweni kwesikhathi eside, ukwandisa ukufakwa kwe-Medicare, ikhefu lomndeni elikhokhelwayo nelokwelashwa, i-pre-K yendawo yonke, ukwelula uxhaso lomshwalense wezempilo, kanye nokutshalwa kwezimali kwamandla ahlanzekile. Lo mthethosivivinywa ngabe uguqule i-United States ngokungangabazeki njengeNew Deal, eyabeka amaDemocrats emandleni kuzwelonke cishe unyaka wonke we-1932 kuya ku-1980. Futhi ngabe uguqule izimpilo zabantu baseWest Virginians, njengeMedicare, Medicaid, kanye neSocial Security yenza. . Kodwa uSenator wabo, uJoe Manchin, ukuvimbile.
Lo mphumela ungenzeka ngoba iningi labantu baseWest Virginians - njengeningi lezwe - bebengazi ukuthi yini ekulowo mthetho. Imithombo yezindaba emikhulu ayizange ikhulume kakhulu; abantu abaningi abakuzwa kakhulu ngalo mthethosivivinywa yintengo yawo, u-$3.5 trillion; okuthi, phakathi neminyaka eyishumi eyayizoqala ukusebenza, cishe iphesenti elilodwa lemali engenayo yezwe.
Abantu baseMelika bathole imibono engamanga mayelana nezindaba eziningi ezibaluleke kakhulu ezithinta ukuphila kwabo, kusukela kokubili kwendabuko kanye nezokuxhumana. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-73 abasebenzi bezinkampani ezizimele bakhathazekile ukuthi ngeke babone izinzuzo zabo Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi, okungasekho esimweni sokungenzeka kunalokho obekuyikho eminyakeni engama-80 edlule.
Kodwa imithombo yezokuxhumana imbi kakhulu ezicini eziningi, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yemodeli yayo yebhizinisi. Izinkampani ezifana ne-Facebook ne-Twitter zenza imali ngezikhangiso nedatha esiza ngokuqhubekayo ukucolisa ukuqondisa kokukhangisa nokukhangisa ku-inthanethi. Lokhu kubaqhuba ukuthi bathole amehlo amaningi kokuqukethwe kwabo futhi bazi okuningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngabantu ababahehayo.
Lawa mandla okushayela angabangela izinkundla zokuxhumana ukuthi zibekezelele ukusatshalaliswa “kwezindaba ezingafuneki,” amanga abangelwa amagciwane, inkulumo enenzondo, nezinkolelo-mbono zozungu.
Manje kufika u-Elon Musk, umuntu ocebe kakhulu emhlabeni, othenga i-Twitter ngamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-44. Lokhu kuwukwenziwa samuntu kokuthi izinkundla zokuxhumana zingagxilisa kanjani amandla emphakathini obonakala ulwela imingcele emisha yokungalingani. Imithombo yezindaba eyizigidigidi - UJeff Bezos wase-Amazon ungumnikazi weWashington Post. Kodwa i-Post ibalulekile mayelana ababhalisile abayizigidi ezintathu be-inthanethi, kuyilapho bekhona kubikiwe cishe abasebenzisi abayizigidi ezingama-240 ku-Twitter. Ngakho-ke, akuyona nje imodeli yebhizinisi kanye nemikhuba yezokuxhumana esongela intando yeningi; wukukhula okunamandla kokugxila kobunikazi.
Yini engenziwa ukuze kunqandwe umthelela owonakalisayo walezi zici zesakhiwo kanye nezitayela zezinkundla zokuxhumana? Uzakwethu kanye nomsunguli we- Isikhungo Sokucwaninga Kwezomnotho Nenqubomgomo, UDean Baker, uye ehlongozwayo isinyathelo sokuqala esilula kodwa esingaba namandla: ukuchithwa kweSigaba 230 soMthetho Wokuhlonipheka Kwezokuxhumana. Lokhu kulungiselelwa kuvimbela amasayithi e-inthanethi, okuhlanganisa i-Twitter kanye ne-Facebook, ekumangaleleni ngenxa yokwehliswa isithunzi, ngolwazi olungamanga olufakwa ezinkundleni zabo - njengezikhangiso noma emakhasini abantu ngabanye namaqembu (isb., amakhasi e-Facebook).
Vele bekungeke kwenzeke ukuqapha konke okuthunyelwa ku-Facebook noma ku-Twitter. Kodwa izinto ezihlambalazayo zingalawulwa kakhulu njengoba ukwephulwa kwemithetho ye-copyright kubhekwana nakho namuhla kulezi zinkundla: izinkampani kufanele ziphendule futhi zithathe isinyathelo lapho ukwephulwa kubizwa ekunakekeleni kwazo.
Lokhu kungamane kubeke izinkundla zokuxhumana endaweni efanayo naleyo yemithombo yezokuxhumana, okuyiyona ebhekele okuqukethwe okuvela emaphephandabeni, komagazini, kumabonakude, nakwezinye izindawo - ngaphandle kwamalungelo akhethekile anikezwa umthetho njengamanje ezinkundleni zokuxhumana.
Umphumela wawuyoba ukuncishiswa nokuncipha kokulawulwa okungakaze kubonwe, okugxilile kwezindlela zokuxhumana e-United States. Kanye neminye yemiphumela eyingozi yezombangazwe nezenhlalo ezifakwa yinkundla yezokuxhumana, ekuguqulweni kwayo kwamanje.
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