I-Red Cross isanda kumemezela ubudlelwano obusha bokubhekana nezinhlekelele ne-Wal-Mart. Uma isiphepho esilandelayo sifika, kuzoba ukukhiqizwa ngokubambisana kwe-Big Aid ne-Big Box.
Lesi, ngokusobala, yisifundo esitholwe ekuphenduleni okuyinhlekelele kukahulumeni eSiphepho iKatrina: Amabhizinisi enza inhlekelele kangcono.
"Konke kuzoba ibhizinisi elizimele ngaphambi kokuthi kuphele," kusho uBilly Wagner, isikhulu sabaphathi bezimo eziphuthumayo eFlorida Keys, okumanje engaphansi kokubhekwa kwesiphepho seTropical Storm Ernesto, ngo-Ephreli. โBanobuchwepheshe. โBanazo izinsiza.โ
Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba lokhu kuvumelana okusha kuqhubeke, mhlawumbe sekuyisikhathi sokubheka ukuthi ukwenziwa kwenhlekelele kwaqala kuphi, nokuthi kuzoholela kuphi nakanjani.
Isinyathelo sokuqala kwaba wukweqa kukahulumeni umthwalo wakhe oyinhloko wokuvikela abantu ezinhlekeleleni. Ngaphansi kokuphatha kukaBush, yonke imikhakha kahulumeni, ikakhulukazi uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya, isiphendulwe izikhungo zesikhashana ezihlonishwayo, ezinemisebenzi ebalulekile enikezwe izinkampani ezizimele. Ithiyori iwukuthi osomabhizinisi, beqhutshwa isisusa senzuzo, bahlale besebenza kahle (sicela umise ukuhleka okucasulayo).
Sabona imiphumela eNew Orleans ngonyaka owodwa odlule: I-Washington yayibuthakathaka ngendlela esabekayo futhi ingasebenzi kahle, ngokwengxenye ngenxa yokuthi ochwepheshe bayo bokuphatha izimo eziphuthumayo babebalekele emkhakheni ozimele futhi ubuchwepheshe bayo nengqalasizinda kwase kuphenduke i-retro enhle. Okungenani uma kuqhathaniswa, imboni ezimele ibukeke yesimanje futhi inekhono (umbhali we-New York Times waze waphakamisa ukuthi kudluliselwe i-FEMA ku-Wal-Mart).
Kodwa i-honeymoon ayihlali isikhathi eside. "Ishonephi yonke imali?" buza abantu abaphelelwe yithemba ukusuka e-Baghdad ukuya eNew Orleans, ukusuka e-Kabul ukuya e-Sri Lanka ehlaselwe yi-tsunami. Enye indawo enkulu eye yahamba ngayo yizindleko ezinkulu zalaba bosonkontileka abazimele. Ikakhulukazi ngaphansi kwe-radar yomphakathi, izigidigidi zamadola zabakhokhi bentela zichithwe ekwakhiweni kwengqalasizinda eyimfihlo yokubhekana nezinhlekelele: ikomkhulu elisha lesimanje le-Shaw Group i-Baton Rouge, izimpi ze-Bechtel zemishini yokugudluza umhlaba, i-Blackwater USA's 6,000-acre. Ikhampasi eNyakatho Carolina (igcwele ikamu lokuqeqesha i-paramilitary kanye nomzila wesitimela wamamitha angu-6,000).
Ngiyibiza ngeDisaster Capitalism Complex. Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi yini ongase uyidinge esimweni esibucayi, laba sonkontileka bangakunikeza: amajeneretha, amathange amanzi, ombhede, ama-port-a-potties, amakhaya angomahamba nendlwana, izimiso zokuxhumana, izindiza ezinophephela emhlane, imithi, amadoda aphethe izibhamu.
Lesi sifundazwe sakhiwe cishe kuphela ngemali evela ezinkontilekeni zikahulumeni, okuhlanganisa nokuqeqeshwa kwabasebenzi baso (ababeyizisebenzi zikahulumeni ngokweqile, osopolitiki namasosha). Nokho konke kungokwangasese; abakhokhi bentela abanalo nhlobo igunya phezu kwayo noma bathi kuyo. Kuze kube manje, lelo qiniso alikakangeni ngenxa yokuthi lapho lezi zinkampani zithola izikweletu zazo ngezinkontileka zikahulumeni, i-Disaster Capitalism Complex inikeza izinsizakalo zayo emphakathini mahhala.
Kepha nakhu okubambekayo: Uhulumeni wase-US uzophuka, hhayi ingxenye encane ngenxa yalolu hlobo lokusebenzisa imali. Isikweletu sezwe siyizigidi eziyisi-8 zamadola; ukushoda kwesabelomali sombuso okungenani kungama- $260-billion. Lokho kusho ukuthi maduze nje, izinkontileka zizoma. Futhi akekho owazi lokhu kangcono kunezinkampani ngokwazo. URalph Sheridan, isikhulu esiphezulu seGood Harbour Partners, enye yamakhulu ezinkampani ezintsha ezilwa namaphekula, uchaza ukuthi โizindleko zohulumeni ziyizigigaba futhi ziza ngamagwebu.โ Abangaphakathi bakubiza ngokuthi "ibhamuza lezokuphepha kwezwe."
Uma iqhuma, amafemu afana ne-Bechtel, i-Fluor ne-Blackwater izolahlekelwa umgudu wazo oyinhloko wemali engenayo. Basazoba nawo wonke amagiya abo obuchwepheshe obuphezulu okubanikeza amandla okubhekana nezinhlekelele - kuyilapho uhulumeni ezobe evumele lelo khono eliyigugu ukuthi libe kude - kodwa manje bazoqashisa ingqalasizinda exhaswa intela nganoma iyiphi intengo abayikhethayo.
Nasi isifinyezo salokho okungase kube khona esikhathini esizayo esingekude kakhulu: indiza enophephela emhlane igibela ophahleni lwezindlu emadolobheni agcwele izikhukhula ($5,000 i-pop, i-$7,000 yemindeni, kuhlanganisa nezilwane ezifuywayo), amanzi asemabhodleleni kanye โnokudla osekulungele ukudliwaโ ($50 ngomuntu ngamunye, umqansa, kodwa lokho okunikezwayo kanye nesidingo) kanye nombhede endaweni yokukhosela eneshawa ephathekayo (sibonise umazisi wakho webhayomethrikhi - owenziwe ngenkontileka ye-Homeland Security enenzuzo enkulu - futhi sizokulandelela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi ngomthethosivivinywa. Donโ ungakhathazeki, sinezindlela: ubunhloli buye bakhishwa ngaphandle).
Imodeli, vele, uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lwase-US, lapho abacebile bengathola khona ukwelashwa okusezingeni eliphezulu ezindaweni ezinjenge-spa kuyilapho abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingama-46 bengenawo umshwalense wezempilo. Njengempendulo yezimo eziphuthumayo, imodeli isivele iyasebenza kubhadane lwe-AIDS lomhlaba wonke: amandla omkhakha ozimele asiza ukukhiqiza izidakamizwa ezisindisa impilo (ngosizo olunzima lomphakathi), wabe esebeka amanani aphezulu kangangokuthi iningi labantu abangenwe yileli gciwane lingakwazi ukukhokhela ukwelashwa.
Uma lokho kuwumlando wenkampani ezinhlekeleleni ezihamba kancane, kungani kufanele silindele izindinganiso ezihlukile ukuthi zilawule izinhlekelele ezisheshayo, njengeziphepho noma ngisho nokuhlasela kwamaphekula? Kuhle ukukhumbula ukuthi njengoba amabhomu akwa-Israel eqhumisa iLebanon esikhathini esingengakanani edlule, uhulumeni wase-US ekuqaleni wazama ukukhokhisa izakhamizi ngezindleko zokuphuma kwazo. Futhi-ke noma ngubani owayengenayo ipasipoti yaseNtshonalanga eLebanon wayengenalo ithemba lokuhlenga.
Ngonyaka odlule, izakhamizi zaseNew Orleansโ ezingasebenzi kanye nezakhamuzi ezimpofu zazivaleleke ophahleni lwezindlu zilindele usizo olungazange lufike, kuyilapho labo ababengakwazi ukukhokha babalekela endaweni ephephile. Abaholi bezombangazwe bezwe bathi konke lokhu bekuyiphutha elibi, ukuwohloka kokuxhumana okulungiswayo. Isixazululo sabo wukuqhubekela phambili emgwaqeni oyinhlekelele โwezixazululo zomkhakha ozimele.โ
Ngaphandle uma kudingeka uguquko olukhulu, iNew Orleans izoba amazwibela ekusasa elibi, ikusasa lenhlekelele yobandlululo lapho abacebile besindiswa khona futhi wonke umuntu asale ngemuva.
Incwadi ka-Naomi Klein nge-capitalism yezinhlekelele izoshicilelwa entwasahlobo ka-2007. Inguqulo emfushane yalesi siqeshana ivele ku-LA Times.