Maphakathi noMashi 2023, uDavid Swanson washicilela indatshana ethakazelisa kakhulu: "I-Iraq kanye Nezifundo Eziyi-15 Esingakaze Sizifunde." Kwakukhona izinto engangivumelana nazo, ezinye ngangingavumelani nazo, ezinye engangifuna ukuziphikisa. Noma kunjalo, ngawazisa umzamo wakhe wokuhlanganisa imibono evela kulokhu okuhlangenwe nakho.
Kodwa-ke, kunento eyodwa angazange ayikhiphe (yize ayisho ngasekupheleni kwalesi sihloko), kodwa ngifuna ukukubeka phambili: I-US Left (noma kunjalo ichazwe) ayikutholi ukuthi i-United States hhayi nje elinye izwe; unguMbuso.
Manje, uMbuso wase-US uhlukile kuMbuso WaseRoma ngisho noMbuso WaseBrithani (futhi ngithatha yonke eminye imibuso eyandulele) ngendlela eyodwa ebalulekile: awusekelwe ngokuyinhloko ekuthathweni kwezindawo. Manje, angisho ukuthi i-US ayikaze inqobe amazwe—buza abasePhilippines, abasePuerto Rican, abaseGuamania, namaSamoa (nabanye abambalwa) ngalokho!—futhi ngiyawazi ngempela umlando wayo wamazwe ahlaselayo, ikakhulukazi I-Latin America ne-Caribbean, kodwa leyo bekungeyona indlela yayo eyinhloko yokusebenza.
Lokho abaholi baseMelika abakufundile emakhulwini eminyaka ukuthi isihluthulelo sokugcina (futhi mhlawumbe nokwandisa) umbuso ukulawula kwezomnotho nepolitiki emazweni angaphandle, hhayi “ukuba ngabanikazi” bazo; awawadingi “amabhuzu phansi.” Eqinisweni, lokho kugxilisa ukunaka kakhulu kuma-shenanigans abo; ngesizathu esingavamile, abantu baseMelika ngokuvamile bakhathazekile ngenhlalakahle yamasosha abo, noma ngabe benza udlame olubi nokucekela phansi abanye abantu. Kodwa-ke, okungcono kakhulu, ukuthi kube nabantu bangaphandle abaphethe izwe labo (kanye nabanye abantu) egameni lombuso. Lokhu kwaziwa nge-neo-colonialism. Ngokunikeza “inkululeko” yezombangazwe kumakoloni angaphambili, kodwa ukuqhubeka nokubusa kwezomnotho, umbuso uthola inzuzo yokweba izinto ezingavuthiwe (igolide, isiliva), izinsiza zemvelo (izinkuni, umhlaba wokulima othengiswa kwamanye amazwe), futhi ngezinye izikhathi ngisho nabantu (izisebenzi zakwamanye amazwe) imigomo engalungile yohwebo ukuze kuzuze izwe lakubo, nakuba yabiwe ngendlela engalingani ekhaya. [Yingakho abaholi baseMelika becasukile eCuba naseVenezuela, kanye neChina neRussia, abafuna ipolitiki. futhi ukuzimela kwezomnotho, kanye nomhlaba wangemva kobukoloni.]
Ngasekupheleni kweMpi Yezwe II (circa 1943), izikhulu zezombangazwe nezomnotho zase-US zaqala ukusebenzisana nezikhulu zaseBrithani ukuze i-US izobusa umhlaba ngemva kokuphela kwempi, okungenani ngaphandle koMbuso WaseSoviet. Babekela inselele ukuba khona kweSoviet Union, futhi babazi ukuthi amazwe amaningana ayeyofuna “ukuzimela” noma, ngokufanelekile, ukuqeda amakoloni. Babengaqhubeka kanjani belawula?
Enye indlela kwakungezempi. Ekupheleni kwempi, i-US yayinebutho elikhulu kunawo wonke lasolwandle nelasemoyeni kulo mlando womhlaba—iSoviet Red Army yayinamandla amakhulu emhlabeni—futhi yayinezikhali zenuzi futhi yayibonise umhlaba ukuthi yayinesifiso sokuzisebenzisa. (ngisho nangemva kokuba iJapan isiqalile ukufinyelela imigomo yokuthula). Kabili. Okwengezwe kule arsenal kwaba ukudalwa kweCIA (Central Intelligence Agency) ngo-1947, eyasetshenziswa “buthule” ukuphoqelela izimfuno zombuso.
Enye indlela kwakungokomnotho. I-US yavela njengokuphela kwezwe elinezimboni elavela lingenamyocu empini. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1950, i-US yakhiqiza amaphesenti angu-50 azo zonke izimpahla namasevisi emhlabeni; lokho kwakusho ukuthi sikhiqize kakhulu kunawo wonke amanye amazwe emhlabeni kuhlangene. Lokho kwayinikeza amandla angenakulinganiswa kwezomnotho.
Nokho i-US yayifuna ukuqinisekisa ukuthi umnotho womhlaba ngeke ubukele phansi izifiso zayo, ngakho yasungula izikhungo zeBretton Woods—Isikhwama Semali Samazwe Ngamazwe (IMF), IBhange Lomhlaba, kwathi kamuva, Isivumelwano Jikelele Sentela Nokuhweba (GATT)— ukugcina izindlu zezomnotho zamanye amazwe zihlelekile. Ukukhonza “njengomphathi webhange emhlabeni” kwakungomunye umthombo wamandla omangalisayo.
Futhi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, izikhulu zase-US zasebenzisa amandla amasiko e-United States ukusiza ukusungula ukubusa kwamasiko emhlabeni wonke; amamuvi, ikakhulukazi, "abonise" wonke umuntu ukuthi i-US yayimangalisa kangakanani, futhi ngokuyisisekelo wathi uma wamukela izindinganiso zethu, izindinganiso zethu, izinkambiso zethu, nawe ungaphumelela, ube nendlela yokuphila yekilasi eliphezulu, ngaphandle kokunakekelwa umhlaba.
Njengoba i-US yaba yinkimbinkimbi—futhi njengoba yaqaphela ukuthi kwakungadingeki ibuse bonke abantu, kodwa yayidinga kuphela ukuzuza ukubusa okungokwengqondo phezu kwabathile bayo ukuze balondoloze izinga lokulawula—bathuthukisa inkulumo-ze yabo, ulimi lwabo lokulawula; Ukubusa kwe-US akuzange kuthinte kakhulu abantu abaqaphela i-US hegemony.
Into, nokho, eyayisekela i-US hegemony-futhi lokhu kufanele kukhunjulwe njalo-kwakuyibutho lezempi lase-US, elinamandla amakhulu okubulala nokubhubhisa kunoma yikuphi okuhlosiwe okukhethiwe.
Ukuhlanganisa konke lokhu ngokwengqondo umqondo othi "ukuzivikela okungcono kakhulu kuyicala elinolaka," okunikeza "isizathu esiqondakalayo" sokuthi i-US isebenze noma kuphi emhlabeni; phela uma singalwi eKorea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan (ad nauseum), kuzomele silwe emabhishi aseCalifornia!
Cabanga ukuthi ngiyadlala: kungani yonke inkulumo-ze nokwakhiwa kwezempi, okufanele kuqinisekiswe ukuthi iChina noma iRussia ngeke ihlasele i-United States? Okokuqala nje, kunobuphukuphuku obuphelele bombono: ukuhlasela okukhulu kunakho konke emlandweni womhlaba kwakuwukuhlasela kuka-1944 eNormandy, eFrance—D Day—okwenzeka phezu kwe-English Channel engamamayela angu-20 ububanzi. Futhi cishe yehluleka. Eqinisweni, uJenene Eisenhower wayenencwadi yokwesula ayeyiphethe ejazini lakhe ngesikhathi sokuhlasela, ayezimisele ukuyihambisa uma ihlulekile. Amamayela angamashumi amabili! Futhi amaShayina noma amaRussia azohlasela izinkulungwane zamakhilomitha, emanzini abuswa amandla amakhulu kakhulu futhi anamandla kunawo wonke ahamba olwandle emlandweni womhlaba? Nginike ikhefu elilula!
Okwesibili, noma ngabe benza into efana nalokhu, bazobe befika ezweni lapho kunezibhamu eziningi kunabantu, futhi abantu base-US baye babonisa ngokuphindaphindiwe ukuthi bazokwenza futhi basekele izinga eliphezulu lobudlova "ukuvikela" E-US. Futhi, sinomlando omude wokwesaba owenziwe ngokumelene “nengozi ephuzi” kanye/noma “ubukhomanisi,” futhi amaShayina akuthola kokubili!
Ngakho-ke, amathuba okuthi ukuhlasela kwabantu bakwamanye amazwe futhi ikakhulukazi ukunqoba ngempumelelo i-United States, kwenza ithuba lebhola leqhwa esihogweni libe isiphakamiso esihle ngendlela emangalisayo!
Cha, i-US inombuso, futhi ifuna ukuwugcina. Eqinisweni, izikhulu zezombangazwe nezomnotho zase-US zifisa lokhu kangangokuthi zizimisele ukukhipha umnotho wezombusazwe wasekhaya kanye nokuhleleka komphakathi (imisebenzi, ukungabi namakhaya, ukuntuleka kokunakekelwa kwezempilo, ukungalingani kwezomnotho, ukuhlukana kwezinhlanga, ukwenqaba ukubhekana nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, njll. , njll.)—okuthinta thina sonke—ukuqhubeka siqongelela izinsiza zokulondoloza umbuso.
Ake nginikeze izibonelo ezimbalwa ukuze ngiqinise lokhu, ngisebenzisa isikweletu sikazwelonke kanye nezindleko zezempi.
Minyaka yonke, uhulumeni wase-US uphakamisa isabelomali sonyaka ozayo, futhi ngemva kwalokho, amemezele imali enqwabelene noma eshodayo yonyaka. Noma iyiphi ifakwa ku-akhawunti eqongelelwe nayo yonke enye imali enqwabelene nezabelomali kusukela ngo-1789, lapho i-US iba izwe elizimele, futhi lokho kwaziwa njengesikweletu sikazwelonke. Phakathi kuka-1789-1980 (ukuqala kokuphatha kukaGeorge Washington kuze kube sekupheleni kukaJimmy Carter), isikweletu sikazwelonke sase-US sasingu-$ .909 trillion dollars (noma $909 billion). Lokhu kwakusho ukuthi ngemva kokukhokha izindleko zeMpi ka-1812, iMpi Yombango, izimpi ezimelene naboMdabu Emathafeni, iMpi YaseSpain namaMelika (kuhlanganise neMpi YasePhilippines NaseMelika), iMpi Yezwe I, iMpi Yezwe II, Izimpi zaseKorea naseVietnam, kanye ne-Tennessee Valley Authority (eyaletha ugesi e-US South), i-Interstate Highway System, kanye nohlelo lwesikhala kuze kube yileso sikhathi, isikweletu sikazwelonke sase-US sasingu-$ .9 trillion. Eminyakeni engaphezudlwana nje kwengama-40 kusukela lapho, kusukela ngo-1981 lapho uReagan engena e-White House, isikweletu sikazwelonke sakhula esinye esiyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-30 ngaphansi kwamaDemocrats namaRepublicans! (Isamba singaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-31 zamaRandi namuhla.) Futhi kulindeleke ukuthi kunyuke enye isigidintathu samadola ayi-19 ngonyaka ka-2033. [Isilinganiso sesikweletu sikazwelonke kuMkhiqizo Wasekhaya Wase-US—inani eliphelele lazo zonke izimpahla nezinkonzo ezikhiqizwe ezimakethe ngonyaka— ikhule isuka cishe ku-32.5% ngo-1980 yaya cishe ku-120% namuhla!]
Futhi ngaphandle kokusangana okungenangqondo kwaleli zwe elingenamali, futhi wonke amabhange amakhulu emhlabeni ekwazi lokhu, uma umhlaba ungasuswa ezingeni lamadola, umnotho wase-US uzobe ujule kakhulu futhi mhlawumbe uwa!
Kulesi sikhathi seminyaka engama-40+, ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwase-US kuphela kusukela ekuqaleni kokuphatha kukaReagan kuze kube sekupheleni kukaTrump kufinyelele ku-$18.216 trillion. (Cishe ngiyaqiniseka ukuthi lokhu ukusetshenziswa okuqondile kuphela okungafaki ezinye izindleko zempi, njengokunakekela omakadebona base-US ngokusebenzisa i-Veteran's Administration, noma inzalo kule ngxenye yesikweletu sikazwelonke.) Futhi lokhu kwakungaphambi kokuba i-US iphendule. ekuhlaselweni kweRussia e-Ukraine.
Futhi ake sikubeke kumongo owengeziwe: ngo-2021, futhi ngaphambi kwe-Ukraine, ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwase-US kwakungama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-800.67 unyaka owodwa. Ake siqhathanise lokho nabalingani abangu-10 base-US ngonyaka ofanayo: i-UK (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-68.37), iFrance (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-56.65), iJalimane (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-56.02), iSaudia Arabia (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-55.56), iJapane (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-54.12), iNingizimu Korea (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-50.23), I-Italy (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-32.01), i-Australia (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-31.75), iCanada (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-26.45), kanye no-Israel (amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-34.34). Bangeze, futhi ubona abalingani abangu-10 base-US bebonke basebenzise amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-455.5, noma ngaphezudlwana kwengxenye yalokho okwachithwa yi-US! [Le datha ivela kuwebhusayithi yeMacrotrends, LLC, “US Military Spending/Defense Budget, 1960-2023” at https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/USA/united-states/military-spending-defense-budget (kufinyelelwe ngo-Ephreli 19, 2023).]
Futhi imali esetshenziswe emshinini wempi wase-US yimali engakwazi ukusetshenziselwa imfundo, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kazwelonke, ukulwa nokungabi namakhaya, ukulungisa ingqalasizinda, ukuzivumelanisa nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kanye nomonakalo ohlobene nesimo sezulu, ukukhokha isikweletu sezwe, njll, njll.
Iphuzu lakho konke lokhu ukuthi naphezu kwalokho okushiwo yizikhulu zezombangazwe nezomnotho zase-US, empeleni azinikezi lutho nganoma yibaphi abantu baseMelika ngaphansi kwe-1% ephezulu (Occupy kwakungalungile kulokho!), Futhi ikakhulukazi labo abanombala. Bona kukhona abanentshisekelo yokugcina uMbuso Wase-US (ukuvikela ingcebo yabo namandla abo), futhi bazimisele ukusebenzisa abantu abampofu nabasebenzayo ukuthi baye empini yase-US bese bezimisele ukubulala nokubhubhisa ngomyalo. (Njengoba ngafunda ngokusebenza e-USMC kusukela ngo-1969-73!)
Ngakho-ke, ngiyaphikisana, ukuthi noma yikuphi ukuhlaziya kwezepolitiki nezomnotho okungawucabangeli uMbuso WaseMelika kuzophela kusukela ekuqaleni. Isikhathi.
Ukubophela lokhu emuva esihlokweni sikaSwanson; kulinganiselwe kakhulu, ngokubona kwami. Iphutha elikhulu elenziwe yi-US Left ukuthi sehlulekile ukukubona lokho siphila enhliziyweni yombuso onamandla kakhulu nomshini wempi emlandweni wesintu. (Ngicabanga ukuthi uChe ubenokuthile afuna ukukusho ngalokhu!)
Ngokufanelekile, futhi kusukela kulokho, ngingaphikisa ukuthi asiqondanga ukuthi thina, kwesokunxele (futhi, noma kunjalo, noma kunjalo kuchazwe) asinamandla ngokwanele ukukuqeda lokho. Okuwukuphela kwendlela esinethuba ngayo ngokuzuza iningi lomphakathi waseMelika ohlangothini lwethu. Futhi, kuze kube manje—okungenani kusukela cishe ngo-1973—sehlulekile ukwenza lokhu. Senze izinto ezinhle, futhi izinto zingaba zimbi kakhulu ngaphandle kwemizamo yethu, kodwa sehlulekile ukuzuza umphakathi waseMelika ohlangothini lwethu.
Iphuzu akukona ukukhala ngokwehluleka kwethu, kodwa ukuqaphela lokhu, futhi sisebenzele ngqo ukunqoba lokhu kwehluleka. Ukuma emigomeni yethu yezepolitiki, njengokulwa nokucwasa ngokwebala, ukucwasa ngokobulili, ukulwa ne-imperialism, njll., nginethemba lokuthi singazuza ukwesekwa kwabo ngesisekelo somthetho; futhi nginesiqiniseko sokuthi uma singazami, sizoqhubeka nokuhluleka abantu bomhlaba, kuhlanganisa nabakuleli.
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