Yini engalungile ngomphakathi ovotayo? Noma yimina? Iminyaka emine engeziwe, ngibukele uBush kumabonakude futhi ngakha isithombe sengane ecebile eyonakele, isiwula esaholela izwe obishini oluchitha igazi e-Iraq ngokungacabangi, salimaza umnotho futhi sacekela phansi imvelo. Esikhundleni sokuphishekela abashokobezi, wenza impi e-Iraq, eyayingenazo izixhumanisi kuma-fiends we-9/11. Bush walahlekelwa amathuba okuphishekela amaphekula. Kodwa izigidi zomama bebhola likanobhutshuzwayo nabantu abasebenza ngokuzinikela babona kuye umuntu owayezobavikela ekwesabeni. Bengingeke ngithenge imoto eke yasetshenziswa kulo mfana, ingasaphathwa eyeqembu le-baseball.
Kodwa esikhundleni sokubona uBush njengesidakwa esomile esikhuluma amazwi angenalutho, abantu baseMelika abangaba yizigidi ezingu-60 bambona njengobubi obuncane obubili noma umfana owayezofundisa izingane zabo izindinganiso ezifanele zobuKristu. Umcabango onjalo wacishe wangishukumisela ukuba ngizame ukuceba ngokuthengisa iBhuloho laseBrooklyn eNingizimu naseMidwest.
Ingxoxo eyodwa ethule, nokho, yangiphazamisa kakhulu kunawo wonke amazwi ezinkulumo phakathi nomkhankaso wokhetho wakamuva. Owesifazane okhaliphile, ozwelayo futhi onakekelayo wathi umuzwa wakhe wamathumbu wamenza wathembela uBush ngaphezu kukaKerry; umyalezo onekhodi wokuthi udaba lokukhipha isisu luzonquma ivoti lakhe. Ngempela, amathumbu hhayi ikhanda kubonakala sengathi kunqume iningi elingenalutho lamavoti? akuyona into entsha. Ukuthambekela kwezigidi zabantu baseMelika ukuvota ngokumelene nezinhloso zabo zezomnotho akuzange kuqale ngo-2004.
Sekuyiminyaka ecishe ibe yikhulu nesigamu osopolitiki besebenzisa izinto eziphazamisayo ukuze balawule abavoti. Ngemuva kweMpi Yombango, ama-mountebanks asebenzisa ubuhlanga kanye nokufudukela kwamanye amazwe ukuze aphendulele abasebenzi abamhlophe ngokumelene nabamnyama nabase-Asia. Osozimboni nabamabhange bajabula; ukunyakaza kwezinyunyana kwaba buthaka.
Ekhulwini lama-21, njengoba sizungezwe ubuchwepheshe nesayensi, amashumi ezigidi asabambelele ezindabeni ezihlukanisayo osopolitiki abaziphindaphinda njengezingoma zakudala ukuze bahlukanise abantu abasebenza ezithakazelweni zabo ezifanayo. Umjaho usuphelile waba ama-euphemisms akude kanye nezinhlobo zokukhuluma ezincane, kodwa ukuthuthela kwelinye izwe kuseyisihloko esishisayo, kanye nokuhushula isisu, izibhamu, umthandazo ezikoleni kanye nemishado yezitabane. Okubi nakakhulu, abashumayeli kanye nama-charlatans baye baguqula lezi zihloko zaba izindaba zokholo noma intshiseko. Ngempela, sekunzima ukuxoxa ngezindaba eziphikisana nenkulumo ehluzekile.
Emashumini ezigidi, amathumbu athathe indawo yekhanda njengengxenye yomzimba eqondisa ukuvota. Ngabe umphakathi usungenile emhlabeni owake waba yinganekwane kaGeorge Orwell ka-1984?
Ukungabikho kokubumbana kwezombusazwe kuyangethusa. Eminyakeni emihlanu edlule ngaphikisana nomuntu ophikweni lwesokudla owedlulele owagcizelela ukuthi uhulumeni kufanele avale ukuhushulwa kwezisu futhi ayeke ukuxhasa abampofu ukudla, ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha, indawo yokuhlala kanye nezinto zokuhamba. ?Abangakazalwa abanacala,? wakhala.
?Yebo,? Ngaphendula, futhi ifilosofi yakho ithi lapho nje bezalwa bathola lokho okuza kubo. Uhulumeni kufanele angenelele kuphela ukuze aqinisekise ukuthi umbungu uyazalwa, kodwa angasizi ingane encane ukuthi ithole ukudla okunomsoco, ukunakekelwa kwezokwelapha nanoma yisiphi esinye isidingo ? futhi ungawabulala eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili uma egangile ngempela.
Inkulumo-mpikiswano yonakala ngaleso sikhathi njengoba wayelokhu egcizelela ukuthi mina nozakwethu singababulali ngoba izimbungu zazingabantu bangempela. Ngiphendule ngomugqa wakudala ukuthi lokhu kuqhamuke odabeni lwamasiko futhi ngokwesiko engakhulela kulo umbungu awuzange ube ngumuntu wangempela waze waphothula esikoleni sobudokotela.
Umuntu akamvumeli kalula umuntu osekela ukuphila ngendaba yokuhushula isisu; kunalokho, umuntu uzama ukuthola isivumelwano sokuyigcina ingekho ohlelweni lomthetho. Abesifazane bahushula izisu ngaphambi kokuba kube semthethweni futhi abaningi bashona ngenxa yalokho.
Ngokufanayo, wona kanye umbono wokushada kwezitabane wasongela owesifazane othile enyuvesi yami. โKuyanyanyisa,โ kusho yena. ?Yonke ilungiselelo lomshado libe sengozini ngenxa yalokhu kubekezelela okukhululekile esonweni esiqondile.?
Ingabe umshado wezitabane udale ukuthi umshado wesithathu ka-Rush Limbaugh wabhidlika ngasekuqaleni kwalo nyaka? Ingabe ingxenye yabantu baseCalifornia abashada isehlukaniso phakathi neminyaka eyishumi ngenxa yokuthi baphila ngokwesaba nsuku zonke ukuthi ongqingili bazoshada? Nokho, ingxenye enkulu yabavoti ibheke lolu daba njengengxenye enkulu esinqumweni sabo sangomhla zi-2 kuNovemba.
Ezifundweni zesayensi yezombangazwe, ngafunda ukuthi abantu bavame ukuvotela izithakazelo zabo zezomnotho. Ngokwesiko abacebile bafuna intela ephansi nezinkinga ezimbalwa ngezinceku zabo. Bush uyawufanela lowo mthethosivivinywa. Njengoba kwenza u-Reagan ngo-1980 no-1984, lapho izigidi zabantu abampofu, abasebenzi kanye nezakhamuzi ezisezingeni eliphakathi zishiya iDemocratic Party futhi zivotela uRonald Reagan, insizwa evamile eyayithembisa ukwehlisa intela yawo wonke umuntu, okusho ukuthi wayezokwehlisa intela yabangane bakhe abakhulu. (abacebe kakhulu) nokunciphisa izinsiza zikahulumeni kwabanye abantu.
Uphinde wathembisa ukuthi uzohweba ngokuyimfihlo impahla ethile yomphakathi, njengezikole, izikhungo zezokuthutha nezempilo, kanye nenqubomgomo yangaphandle. Unikeze inqubomgomo yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi neCuba emaqenjini azimele aphikisayo njengokungathi anekhono elengeziwe lokukhulisa isisindo sase-US kulezo zindawo. (I-AIPAC, i-American Israel Public Affairs Committee, kanye neCuban American National Foundation)
Ithimba lika-Reagan's cavalier ezingxenyeni zamalungelo omongameli wendabuko eziqeqebeni eziyisipesheli libonakale lingaphansi kwempilo esizweni nasezindaweni ezithintekile. Izinqubomgomo zakhe zezomnotho? I-Reaganomics ? wakhuphula izindleko zokuphila, ngaphezu kokukhansela noma yiziphi ikhefu lentela ayezinikeza. UReagan naye wayekuzonda ukukhipha isisu, ethanda izibhamu futhi efuna umthandazo owengeziwe, ngisho nasezikoleni. Noma kunjalo, lo mlingisi ongaphansi kwebanga B okhaliphile, waba uthisha omkhulu wezepolitiki ngasekupheleni kwekhulu lama-20. Ekanye nomngane wakhe, uMargaret Thatcher eNgilandi, wafundisa abantu ukuthi bazonde uhulumeni wabo futhi ngenxa yalokho bangayikhokhi intela ukuze bawusekele.
Ngiyavuma ukuthi ngaphansi kukaClinton, ngezinye izikhathi ngangizizwa nginesithukuthezi seminyaka kaReagan lapho ukulala nomongameli kwakusho ukuya emhlanganweni weKhabhinethi. Futhi ngayithanda indlela ka-Reagan? Uma iqhubeka ihamba, yilawule. Futhi uma iyeka ukunyakaza, yixhase.?
Kodwa ngaphandle komugqa wakhe owodwa nambili ohlekisayo, uReagan ulale ngendlela yakhe ehhovisi likamongameli. Empeleni uye wenyusa isabelomali sikahulumeni kakhulu, nakuba wehlisa izinga lokukhula kancane. U-Reagan uphinde wandise abasebenzi base-federal abangaphezu kuka-60,000. Kodwa abalandeli bakhe babonakala bengenandaba nale mininingwane. UClinton, ngokuxakayo, unqamule imisebenzi engama-370,000 emalini ekhokhelwa uhulumeni.
UReagan naye wayeyindoda eyafunda emaphutheni ezombusazwe. Ngenkathi izingqondo zakhe zimkholisa ngo-1981-2 ukuthi azame ukunciphisa ukuphepha komphakathi, Iqembu lakhe lalahlekelwa izihlalo zeNdlu engama-26 okhethweni lwaphakathi nonyaka we-1982, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yalo mzamo wokuphumelela ngokweqile.
Ngakho-ke, i-Great Somnambulist yavele yaziphendulela futhi yakhipha uhlelo Lokuphepha Komphakathi ngenkokhelo ye-$ 165 billion. Ngakho-ke lokho kwakusho ukukhuphuka kwezintela ezikhokhelwayo futhi ekugcineni kwakhokhiswa intela izinzuzo Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi zabamukeli abaneholo eliphezulu kuphela.
Ngokusobala, iningi labavoti lithole ku-Reagan umfana wabo ojwayelekile, owesilisa owayengazi okuningi ngezihloko eziningi futhi exoxa namahlaya amnandi: ?Abantu bakithi baseMelika. Ngiyajabula ukumemezela ukuthi ngisayine umthetho owenqabela i-Soviet Union. Siqala ukuqhuma amabhomu emizuzwini emihlanu.? Utshele leli phephandaba ngesikhathi ehlola umbhobho emsakazweni.
NjengoBush (43), uReagan wayenesicelo esiphikisa ukuzwela kwami. Uma abantu abaningi kangaka bathola uReagan futhi manje uBush ekhanga njengomholi wezombangazwe, naphezu kwezinqubomgomo zabo ezibhubhisayo, abantu abathuthukayo baqala kanjani ukucabanga kabusha ngemfundo yezombangazwe? Cishe abantu baseMelika abayizigidi ezingu-60 bakhethela uBush nakuba ayehole izwe empini engafanele, walimaza umnotho, wacekela phansi iMvelo ngokusemandleni akhe futhi wagcina ukwethembeka kuPhini Likamongameli okwakubonakala sengathi inkampani yakhe yangaphambili intshontsha iPentagon. Sizikweleta thina kanye nomhlaba wonke ukuthola izindlela zokukhuluma neningi lalabo bantu. U-Landau uqondisa uhlelo lwe-Digital Media e-Cal Poly Pomona University futhi unguzakwabo we-Institute for Policy Studies. Incwadi yakhe entsha ethi, IBHIZINISI LASE-AMERICA: INDLELA ABATHENGI ABASISHISE NGAYO IZAKHAMUZI.