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Usongo lwe-fascism ngeke luphele lapho uDonald Trump ephuma eWhite House. E-Capitol Hill, amaRiphabhulikhi akubeke kwacaca ukwedelela kwawo intando yeningi azophinde abe namandla kuhulumeni wase-US. Futhi zigxilile ngokuvikelekile ngoba i-Trumpism iyaqhubeka nokuchuma endaweni enkulu yezwe.
Nokho, ngo-2021, abathuthukayo kufanele bagxile kakhulu ekuphikiseni inselelo ye-neoliberalism yabaholi beDemocratic Party. Kungani? Ngoba imodeli ebusayo ye-neoliberal iphikisana ngokuqondile nezibopho ezinkulu zesokunxele—ukunqoba amandla aphiko lwesokudla kanye nokulwela ngempumelelo umphakathi ohloniphekile, oqinisekisa ukuphila.
I-Neoliberalism ingachazwa njengendlela yezombangazwe “efuna ukudlulisa ukulawulwa kwezimo zezomnotho isuka engxenyeni kahulumeni iye ezinkampanini ezizimele”—futhi ilwela “ukubeka imingcele ekusetshenzisweni kwemali kukahulumeni, izimiso zikahulumeni, kanye nobunikazi bomphakathi.” I-Neoliberalism ingachazwa ngokusobala njengokuphanga okukhulu, okuhlelekile, okungami.
Impango igcwele ipolitiki. Ezweni langempela, amandla ezomnotho amandla ezombusazwe. Futhi ukwenza amandla ezepolitiki azimele kufana nokubukela phansi intando yeningi.
Ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amane yomfutho we-neoliberal, singabona izingozi ezisizungezile: imiphumela enqwabelene, ukucekela phansi izimpilo zabantu ezingenakubalwa ezintula ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okwanele, imfundo, izindlu, ukuvikeleka komnotho kanye nokuba khona ngaphandle kokwenza imali ngobuqili. Ngenkathi osopolitiki baseRiphabhulikhi bevame ukuhola izisebenzi ezicekela phansi, ozakwabo beDemocratic Alliance bavame ukusebenza njengabanikezi amandla noma baqale awabo amaphrojekthi wokucekela phansi.
Njengoba izinqubomgomo zayo zilulaza kancane kancane izinga lokuphila kanye nezinga lempilo labantu abaningi, i-neoliberalism inikeza uphethiloli onoshevu wenkulumo-ze ephiko lwesokudla kanye ne-deagoguery. Yize imithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi ivamise ukugomela ukuthi amaDemocrat “amaphakathi” asesimweni esingcono kakhulu sokuvimbela ukuthuthuka kwamalungelo, izinqubomgomo ezigxile ezinkampanini zalawo maDemocrats—okuhlanganisa amadili ohwebo, ukuhoxiswa kwemithetho kanye nokwenza izinto ezizimele—ziye zasiza esikhundleni sokuvimbela ubungako bangempela.
Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, amaqiniso okungalingani kweholo okudlangile akanakucaciswa—kanye nokuphelelwa ithemba nolaka olulubangelayo. Inkohliso futhi ingaguquki njengoba injalo, i-Trumpist extremism inikezela ngokufutheka okunjalo indlela yabantu abaningi, egandaywe ngohlu lobandlululo olubi nonya. Lapho amaDemocrat ehluleka ukunikeza indlela yokuncintisana yabantu abaningi, iqembu labo libonakala lihambisana nesimo esikhona. Futhi kule nkathi, isimo esikhona siwukulahlekelwa kwezombusazwe.
Inganekwane yepolitiki evamile yase-US kanye nemithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi ukuthi indlela ephumelela kakhulu yokuphikisa ilungelo lezepolitiki iwukuyekethisa ngokuhamba ngendlela efanele. Uma abathuthukayo befaka le nganekwane ngaphakathi, bahlehla ohlotsheni lobuholi beqembu leDemocratic Party oluvamise ukusiza esikhundleni sokubukela phansi i-Republican Party.
Yilokho okwenzeka lapho, njengomongameli abafikayo, uBill Clinton kanye no-Barack Obama begcwalisa izikhundla zabo zesigaba esiphezulu sokuphatha ngabashukumisi nabanyakazayo be-Wall Street, abeluleki bamabhizinisi amakhulu abakhethekile nokunye okunjalo. Lokho kuqashwa kwafanekisela izinqubomgomo ezinkulu ze-pro-corporate-njengesivumelwano sohwebo sikaClinton sika-NAFTA, kanye nokutakulwa kuka-Obama okunethezeka kwamabhange amakhulu ngenkathi izigidi zabanikazi bezindlu zibona izindlu zabo zicwila ngaphansi kwamanzi okuvalwa - izinqubomgomo ezazingenabulungiswa kwezomnotho. Futhi inhlekelele kwezombusazwe. Ngemuva kweminyaka emibili uClinton no-Obama bangena eWhite House, amaDemocrats ahluleka ukulawula iCongress okhethweni lwaphakathi nonyaka ka-1994 no-2010.
Manje, kunobufakazi obuncane bokuthi uJoe Biden ubheke izinguquko ezibalulekile zesakhiwo ezingaphazamisa ukuthambekela okuqhubekayo komcebo okhulayo kwabambalwa kakhulu kanye nokucindezeleka kwezezimali okujulile noma ukudangala okuqondile kwabaningi. Ngaphandle kwengcindezi enkulu evela kwabathuthukayo, kuyabonakala ukuthi uBiden—njengoClinton no-Obama—uzophatha isikhundla sakhe sobumongameli njengebhizinisi elisebenzelana kahle ngaphandle kokuphonsela inselelo enkulu ukungalingani okukhulu kokungabi nabulungisa kwezomnotho.
"Imakethe yamasheya iphetha ngo-2020 ngamanani aphezulu, njengoba igciwane lisanda futhi izigidi zilambile," kubika iWashington Post. IWall Street iphumelele “ekucebiseni abacebile… naphezu kobhadane olubulalayo olubulale abantu baseMelika abangaphezu kuka-340,000.”
Lo mbiko uphume ephephandabeni eliphethwe umuntu ocebe kakhulu emhlabeni, uJeff Bezos (okumanje onengcebo elinganiselwa ku-$190 billion angeke ahambe nayo). Ezweni elinokuhlupheka okungaka, ukuqoqwa komcebo onjalo kungaphezu kokugula.
Okubalulekile kwabathuthukayo akukhona “ukukhuluma iqiniso emandleni” kodwa ukukhuluma iqiniso ngamandla—kanye nokuguqula kakhulu uhlelo lwezomnotho olunikeza ingcebo ehlekisayo kwabambalwa kakhulu kanye nosizi oluya lubhebhetheka kwabaningi. Z
UNorman Solomon ungumqondisi kazwelonke we-RootsAction.org kanye nombhali wezincwadi eziningi ezihlanganisa i-War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keeps Spinning Us Ukufa. Ubeyisithunywa sikaBernie Sanders esisuka eCalifornia siya ku-2016 kanye ne-2020 Democratic National Conventions. USolomon ungumsunguli kanye nomqondisi omkhulu we-Institute for Public Accuracy.