Umthombo: Counterpunch
Ubugqila buyaqhubeka empilweni yase-US-America, bukhubaza โidemokhrasiโ yethu okuthiwa inkulu ngezindlela eziningi. Ingcebo enkulu, imali engenayo, kanye negebe lezempilo phakathi kwabaMnyama nabaMhlophe baseMelika kanye nokuhlukana okuqhubekayo okuhlobene nokuboshwa nokuboshwa kwabantu abaNsundu baseMelika ngeke kuqondwe kahle ngaphandle kokubhekisela emakhulwini amabili nengxenye lapho abantu abamnyama baseMelika babegqilazwe khona.
Isifundazwe samaphoyisa anobandlululo esikhiqize ukubulawa kwamaphoyisa Milton Hall, uMike Brown, u-Eric Garner, uFreddie Gray, uRekia Boyd, uLaquan McDonald, uSandra Bland, uBrionna Taylor, uTamir Rice, uGeorge Floyd, uDaunte Wright (ababulewe bude buduze nendawo okwabulawelwa kuyo u-Floyd ngesikhathi kuqulwa icala lombulali ka-Floyd uDerek Chauvin) kanye izisulu eziningi eziNsundu eziningi zinokuxhumana okumnyama komlando emuva ku-Slave Patrols of British colonial North America and the pre-Civil War US republic.
Abantu abandizisa ifulegi le-Confederate (njengoba kwenza abaningi bamafascist January 6 Capital Rioters) baphakamisa ibhanela lobugqila. I-Confederacy yasungulwa abanikazi bezigqila baseningizimu ababala ukuthi ukuphikisana kukamongameli wase-US u-Abraham Lincoln ebugqilini ezindaweni ezisentshonalanga yezwe kwasho inhlekelele ngohlelo lwabo lokusebenza oluphoqelelwe lokucwasa kanye nokuhlukunyezwa. Noma ubani othi uphawu lwe-Confederate lumayelana "namalungelo ezifundazwe" hhayi ubugqila kungenzeka ukuthi ungumqambimanga noma uyisiwula.
Ubugqila buphinde buhlanekezele impilo yezepolitiki nenqubomgomo yaseMelika ngezindlela ezingavamile ukuphawulwa. Uhlelo lwezepolitiki lwaseMelika lwephula umgomo wokuqala wentando yeningi womuntu oyedwa, ivoti elilodwa ngezindlela eziningi ezihlobene, okuhlanganisa nokusatshalaliswa okusabalele nokungenangqondo kwezifunda zomthetho zase-US House kanye nezifunda kanye nezinqumo zezimali zokukhankasa ezinikeza ingcebo egxilile amandla amakhulu okhethweni lwase-U.S. Izithiyo ezimbili ezibhalwe ngokomthethosisekelo nezimelene nentando yeningi ngokusobala ekuzibuseni okudumile - i-Electoral College kanye nokunikezwa kwamaSenatha amabili aseMelika ezifundazweni ezingama-50 kuzwelonke kungakhathalekile ukuthi abantu bakhona bahluke kangakanani - babuyela emuva ebugqilini.
Kungani umongameli wase-U.S. ophiko lwesokudla angakhethwa ngaphezu komphikisi ophakathi othola amavoti amaningi kunaye, njengango-2000 no-2016? Kungani ukhetho lukamongameli wase-US lugxile cishe ngokuphelele enanini elincane lezifundazwe zenkundla yempi, ngokunganaki iningi lalo lonke izwe? Futhi kungani i-Wyoming emhlophe, yasemakhaya, nesabelayo, eyikhaya labantu abangaphansi kuka-600,000, iba nabameleli abaningi endikimbeni enamandla yeCongress njengeCalifornia evulekile, enamasiko amaningi, ikhaya labantu abacishe babe yizigidi ezingama-40? Ukube iChicago noma isifunda saseNew York City saseBrooklyn bekuyizifundazwe futhi sinesilinganiso esifanayo samaSenator ase-US kubantu abajatshulelwa yi-Wyoming, bebezoba namaSenator acishe abe yi-10 lilinye. Akunangqondo. I ISenethi isesimweni esibi kakhulu njengamanje kangangokuba izifundazwe ezingama-26 eziqukethe amaphesenti ayi-17 kuphela abantu baseMelika zikhetha iningi lamaseneta ngaphambi kokhetho lwango-2020. Abantu ezifundazweni ezincane kakhulu ezingama-26 bakhethe ngaphezu kwengxenye yamaSeneta ase-US. Iningi leSenate yeqembu leRiphabhulikhi kanye neningi eliseduze eminyakeni yamuva nje besekelwe emandleni alo kulezi zifundazwe ezingalingani zasemaphandleni, ezimhlophe, nezingavumelani.
Futhi leyo Senethi eyabiwe ngokungenangqondo isithiyo esikhulu kumthetho oqhubekayo osekelwa iningi labantu baseMelika. Eminye yalowo mthetho isivele iphasisiwe yilowo omele iNdlu ngobuqotho uma isaphethwe kabi i-gerrymander House. Izinyathelo ezivinjiwe zihlanganisa ukuguqulwa okukhulu komthetho wezabasebenzi okuzophinde kugunyaze futhi kunikeze amandla ukuhlela izinyunyana kanye nezingxoxo ezihlangene kanye nomthethosivivinywa wamalungelo okuvota ozohlehlisa ukucindezelwa kwabavoti abanobandlululo kanye nokuziphatha okubi.
Leyo Senate yophiko lwesokudla engenangqondo yingakho siboshelwe ngokungenangqondo ngeNkantolo Ephakeme ephiko kwesokudla eyi-6-3 ekude nelungelo lombono womphakathi omningi.
Yini ehlobene nobugqila? Kancane kancane. Ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela Yesizwe Yomthethosisekelo, abameleli bamazwe aseningizimu aphethwe yizigqila badinga i-Electoral Electoral College (emelela kabi izifundazwe ezincane ngokufaka ukukala ngokweqile kweSenatorial esabelweni sabaKhethi esifundazweni ngasinye kanye ngokunikeza ukunqoba ngesisekelo samavoti angu-270 avela kumasleyithi Okhetho asekelwe kuhulumeni owinile-thatha-bonke esikhundleni sevoti elidumile likazwelonke) kanye nomthetho wezigele ezimbili zesifunda ngasinye njengezintengo zokuvuma ukujoyina iNyunyana ababezozihlukanisa kuyo kamuva. . INingizimu yayithembele ekusebenzeni (okuxhashazwe ngonya) kwabantu abaNsundu okungezona izakhamuzi, into eyenza izithunywa zabaphathi bezigqila zesabe ukumelwa kancane kuhulumeni wobumbano okungenzeka (babekhathazekile) uqede umbuso wabo wokuxoxa onyanyekayo. Bathole ingxenye yesixazululo ohlelweni lokhetho lukamongameli olwahlanganisa ukhetho olungaqondile lwesikhulu esiphezulu saseMelika - i-Electoral College ebusa ngentando yeningi - ne-"Three Fifths Compromise" evukelayo, eyavumela amazwe aseningizimu ukubala izigqila zabo, nakuba isaphulelo esiphindwe kabili nesihlanu, njengengxenye yenani layo eliphelele Labakhethi (kanye Nabamele Indlu). Enye ingxenye yesixazululo kwakuwukunikezwa kwamaSenator amabili kuphela esifundazweni ngasinye, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi inani labantu lingakanani, okusho ukuthi inani elincishisiwe lezakhamuzi ezivotayo elibekwe ubugqila ngeke lichoboze ukumelwa okuqinile kwaseningizimu ekamelweni eliphezulu elinamandla le-Congressional.
Silapha manje eminyakeni engaphezu kwamashumi amabili nantathu ngemva kokuba lo Mthethosisekelo wenkathi yehhashi nekalishi wabhalwa futhi waphasiswa futhi konxiwankulu abangabahwebi, osomphakathi, kanye nabanikazi bezigqila intando yeningi okwakuyiphupho elibi kubo. Sidlala umdlalo ohlekisayo ka-Simon Says nabahlonitshwa ngokungenangqondo, Abasunguli be-aristo-republican. Sivuma ngekhanda njengeziphukuphuku ezingenathemba ekuthukweni okugunyaziwe kukahulumeni onikeza i-Wyoming uSenatha oyedwa wase-US kubantu abangu-23 kanye naseCalifornia uSenatha oyedwa wase-US kubantu abayi-284,506.
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