Umthombo: Ipolitiki Entsha
U-Ashley Smith noCharlie Post banayo Waphendula yami ezibucayi yabo Ucezu ekuvoteni okubi okuncane. Ngisaqhubeka nokuthola ingxabano yabo ingagculisi.
USmith noPost babhala ukuthi ukuvikela ukuvota okungalungile okhethweni lwamanje "kunesikhathi esingavamile" ngoba izinombolo zokuvota zikaTrump bezilokhu zehla. Kodwa-ke izivikelo abazigxekayo zabhalwa ngaphambili, futhi ngisho namanje, kuyilapho uTrump eyintandokazi enamandla yokulahlekelwa. if izinombolo zokuvota zihumushela kumavoti angempela abaliwe, akuyona neze into eqinisekile. Amathuba ami aphezulu okusinda ku-Covid uma ngiyithola, kodwa lapho izindleko uma izinto zingahambi kahle, umuntu akafuni ukuthatha amashansi. Amathuba kaTrump okunqoba njengoba ngibhala namuhla aphansi, kuphela I-1 ku-8. Lokho kungamathuba okuthi uphathwe ngama-jacks amabili noma okungcono ku-poker. Phansi, kodwa hhayi ngaphandle komdlalo. Njengoba ngibhekene nobunzima, ngisakhathazekile.
Iningi lendatshana kaSmith noPost ibalekela umbuzo obalulekile. Ukwengeza ohlwini lwezindlela lapho uBiden engongenele ukhetho noma ukuthi amaDemocrat asehlulekile noma ukuthi amaRiphabhlikhi kwesinye isikhathi aphendule ingcindezi yezinhlangano zomphakathi akubheki izinqumo eziphambi kwethu.
Umbuzo uwukuthi hhayi ukuthi "ukukhetha ububi obuncane kuzonqoba abakude kwesokudla." Umbuzo uwukuthi ingabe ukukhetha okubi okuncane kuzosinika ithuba elingcono lokunqoba ilungelo elikude kunokunqoba okhethweni kwesokudla. Ngokunjalo, umbuzo awukona ukuthi izinguquko ziyeza njalo uma amaDemocrat esesikhundleni. Futhi akusiwo umbuzo wokuthi ushintsho alunakwenzeka yini ngaphansi kwabaholi abalwela amalungelo. Umbuzo uthi ngabe ukhona yini umehluko obonakalayo enqubekela phambili kanye namathuba omnyakazo okwenza izinguquko ngaphansi kwalezi zinhlaka ezimbili ezahlukene zabaholi. (Bheka u-Bob Master omuhle kakhulu esihlokweni mayelana nokuthi iBiden ingaphushwa kwesokunxele.)
Ngabe kungumehluko ozwakalayo ukuthi ingcindezi yokunyakaza ikwazile ukwenza u-Obama amise i-Keystone kanye namapayipi e-Standing Rock, ngenkathi naphezu kwemibhikisho emikhulu yezemvelo uTrump wayiqala kabusha yomibili? Abanye abahlaziyi kwesokunxele bathi laba โIthokheniโ ukushukuma komzimba, kodwa uma kunjalo, lapho-ke sichitha ukubaluleka kokushoshozelwa kwezemvelo, okuhlangene ngalezi zinkinga. Ingabe kubalulekile ukuthi u-Obama enze amakhulukhulu emithetho yezemvelo futhi ajoyine Isivumelwano Sesimo Sezulu saseParis ngenkathi uTrump ebukela phansi kokubili? Noma ukuthi iBiden ifuna ukujoyina kabusha Isivumelwano saseParis? Umbuzo awukona ukuthi u-Obama noma uBiden bangama-eco-socialists. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi sinalo yini ithuba elingcono lokuzitholela thina kanye nezinhlobo zethu isikhathi esisidingayo ukuze sigweme inhlekelele yesimo sezulu.
Yebo, uSmith kanye noPost baqinisile ukuthi inhlangano enkulu ye-socialist yikho esikudingayo ukuze sinqobe ngokufanele esikhathini eside futhi sakhe umphakathi onobulungiswa. Kodwa ngesonto elizayo ngeke sibe nalowo mnyakazo. Ngokufanayo, uScott McClarty we-Green Party uthi ukuthi okushodayo endleleni ethi โDump Trump, bese Ulwa ne-Bidenโ ukuthi ayiphusheli Ukuvota Okuqokelwe Ukukhetha. Kepha abanxele abafuna ukulahla uTrump abaphikisi i-RCV. Bayakweseka lokho kanye nezinye intuthuko eziyinkulungwane ezikhungweni zethu zentando yeningi ezinamaphutha. Kodwa akekho kulaba ozovotwa ngesonto elizayo.
Abanye abangakwesokunxele - njengokuthi amalungu ayisithupha webhodi lokuhlela leNew Politics - utshele abantu ngokusobala ukuthi bangayivoteli iBiden ("siyenqaba ... isimemo sokuthi abanxele bavotele iBiden njengobubi obuncane") futhi basitshela ukuthi senqabe ukuvotela iBiden hhayi ezifundazweni eziphephile kuphela, kodwa. โkunoma isiphi isimo.โ Basabela kanjani ekutheni lesi seluleko singaholela ekugodlweni kwamavoti anele kuBiden ukuze uTrump awine kabusha? Abakwenzi. I-athikili yabo ayibhekiseli nhlobo emigomeni yekolishi lokhetho noma uhlelo lokuvota lokuqala oludlule noma ingozi yokuthi isikhundla sabo singaholela kulokho abathi bayakuphikisa, ukunqoba kukaTrump. Ngibuze lo mbuzo njenge amazwana esihlokweni sabo; umbhali oyedwa Waphendula - futhi akakaze akhulume ngakho, ethi kuphela ukunxenxa iBiden ukuthi kuvotelwe ukuqamba amanga kubantu baseMelika. Kepha kungani kuqamba amanga ukusho ukuthi iBiden imbi, kepha imbi kakhulu kunoTrump nokuthi umehluko ufanele ukunakwa?
USmith noPost basitshela ukuthi ingxabano yabo ayikho mayelana nokuthi abantu kufanele bavote kanjani ngasese endaweni yokuvota, kodwa ukuthi kufanele yini umkhankaso ngoba Biden. Kepha kusho ukuthini โukukhankasela iBidenโ? Ngabe kusho ukunxenxa abantu esidlangalaleni ukuthi bavotele iBiden? Kodwa lokho kuhluke kanjani kulokho okwenziwa nguSmith noPost ekhuthaza abantu ukuvotela u-Hawkins (โsikhuthaza ukuvotelwa kukaHowie Hawkins, naphezu kwezinkinga ze-Green Party, njengevoti lombhikishoโ). Futhi yisiphi esinye isimo lapho inxele litshela abantu ukuthi izinqumo zabo zezombangazwe ziyizindaba zangasese, okungafanele kuxoxwe ngazo esidlangalaleni futhi kuphikiswe?
Futhi ingabe kunjalo ukukhankasela Biden ukutshela abantu - njenge incwadi evela kwizishoshovu ezingama-55 (kuhlanganise nami) ingabe - ukuthi kubalulekile ukunqoba uTrump? Njengamanje, kuleli sonto, ayikho enye indlela yokunqoba uTrump ngaphandle kokuvotela uBiden. Ukubona leli qiniso akudingi ukukhohlisa ngeBiden. Ukwehluleka nokulinganiselwa okuningi kukaBiden kuseceleni kwephuzu ngoba ukuphela kwendlela yokumisa ububi obukhulu kakhulu, uTrump, ukuvotela ububi obuncane. Lokhu akukona amanga kubantu. Okufiswa wukucabanga kuphakamisa ukuthi kuzoba nanoma yimuphi umthelela wokuvotela i-Green Party ezifundazweni ezisafufusa, iqembu elizoba nenhlanhla yokuthola โngaphezu kwephesenti elilodwaโ yevoti.
Ngabe ukunxenxa abantu ukuthi bavotele iBiden kubukela phansi ukuhlelwa kwenhlangano? Ngicabanga ukuthi kunjalo. Abanxele ngeke bathathelwe phezulu yizinhlangano zomphakathi uma kubona sengathi asinandaba nezindaba zabo. Labo abathintekayo kakhulu ku- kwezemvelo umzabalazo uyakuqonda ukuthi ukwehlula uTrump kuyisidingo kodwa kungesona isimo esanele sokuvikela inhlekelele yesimo sezulu. Labo ababambe iqhaza emzabalazweni wama- $ 15 ngehora bayazi ukuthi amathuba abo okufeza inhloso yabo makhulu kakhulu ngaphansi kweBiden kunoTrump. Futhi kwenzani ngokwethembeka kwethu nezishoshovu ze-Black Lives Matter ukuthi asenzi konke esingakwenza ukuvimbela ukuqokwa kabusha kondunankulu omhlophe. Ngabe labo abanolwazi lwabo lokucwasa ngokwebala lwenziwa lwaba lubi kakhulu bazosincoma isibindi sethu sokwenqaba ivoti lokunquma ngokumelene noTrump esimweni esishintshayo? Ngabe amalungelo okuzala noma izishoshovu ze-LGBTQ+ zizosithatha njengabalingani uma amavoti ethu evumela uTrump ukuthi engeze ubulungiswa besikhombisa eNkantolo Ephakeme? Ngabe labo abalwela ukuvikela amalungelo ayisisekelo entando yeningi bazokuncoma ukwenqaba kwethu ukususa usongo olukhulu lwentando yeningi yaseMelika emashumini amaningi eminyaka?
Kuzofanele kuliwe nokuphathwa kweBiden kusukela ngosuku lokuqala. Isokunxele akufanele neze lizithobe ngaphansi kweBiden. Kepha ukuvotela iBiden esimweni esishintshayo, nokucela abanye ukuthi benze okufanayo, akubandakanyi ukuzithoba. Kuwukuqashelwa kwamaqiniso esibhekene nawo kanye neqiniso lokuthi ukunqoba kukaTrump kuzoba nemiphumela engenakubalwa kwesokunxele, kubo bonke abantu baseMelika, kanye neplanethi yethu.
UStephen R. Shalom usebhodini labahleli be Ipolitiki Entsha.
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ukukhetha, ukukhetha. Ake sibone, a) i-nutbar ephiko lwesokudla enezinkohliso zobukhulu, lapho ungeke wazi ukuthi yini ezayo futhi hhayi ithambo eliqhubekayo emzimbeni wakhe noma b) usopolitiki owonakele ophiko lwesokudla oxhaswe ngamabhizinisi amakhulu kanye nemboni yezempi onomlando we-fascist ukuvota kanye nokuwohloka komqondo okungathi sรญna, lapho umuntu engazi ngempela ukuthi ubani ozobe ephethe uhulumeni noma c) ikhandidethi elinengqondo nelithuthukayo elifana nengikulindele kunqubomgomo yami. Hmmmm. Isinqumo esinzima.
Kunencwadi kaDavid Callahan enesihloko esithi โThe Cheating Culture,โ eyanyatheliswa ngo-2004. Yanconywa kimi futhi ngathola ikhophi. UCallahan ushicilele incwadi enamandla echaza izinguquko zamasiko ezenzeke phakathi namashumi eminyaka. Yiqiniso, isimo siye sathuthuka nakakhulu.
Incazelo yakhe inengqondo, ibhalwe kahle, futhi ishukumisa ingqondo, ayilona neze ihaba noma eyeqisayo. Ngacabanga ngale ncwadi lapho ngifunda isihloko sikaStephen Shalom nokuthi kufanele sithathe kaningi kangakanani izinqumo โezimbi kakhuluโ zokuzikhipha ezimweni โezimbi nakakhuluโ. Amaqiniso okuziphatha kanye nokukhetha kuvame ukuba nzima futhi kunzima. Mhlawumbe ngenkathi ingaphelelwa isikhathi, le mvamisa ibonakala ikhula ngezindlela eziningi. Iphuzu eliphikisanayo, kodwa okufanele ucabange ngalo.