AIsonto ngalinye lidlula, uguquko lwezempilo lwase-US luya ngokuya luncipha. Isiphukuphuku kuphela esingaqhathanisa uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo olukhokha oyedwa lwangempela nale โnketho yomphakathiโ ephikiswa yi-White House kanye nabasekeli bayo bentando yeningi. Kuyacaca ukuthi abaphathi baka-Obama kanye neqembu lamaDemocrats angabayiziwula noma bathatha umkhokheli oyedwa emphakathini jikelele njengeziwula. Cishe kuncane kwakho kokubili. Inketho yomphakathi ayilutho uma iqhathaniswa nohlelo lweqiniso lokuthi "wonke umuntu ongenayo futhi akekho ophumayo" uhlelo lomkhokhi oyedwa olwasekelwa ngisho nomongameli ngo-2003 ngenkathi eseyilungu lephalamende. Kodwa-ke, uSenator wesifunda esijulile u-Obama wangena kwezombusazwe ezivamile lapho ethanda ukuthonywa imali yebhizinisi. UMongameli Obama uthole amashumi ezigidi zamaRandi ngomkhankaso wakhe wokuba ngumongameli wezinkampani embonini yezokunakekelwa kwempilo. Ubudlelwano obuqinile buka-Obama buyisizathu esikhulu sokuthi kungani enze ubuso bakhe.
Kwesinye isikhathi kumele ngizincinze ukuze ngiqinisekise ukuthi angibambeki ephusheni elibi eligcwele abantu abangathembekile ngokwengqondo abangazi ukuthi iMedicare neMedicaid empeleni zikahulumeni lapho benza izimangalo zabo ezintekenteke zokuthi ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okuphethwe uhulumeni akunandawo. eMelika. Ngibe sengizishaya ngempama ukuze ngiqinisekise ukuthi angivaleleke unomphela ephusheni elibi lapho izwe lami lichitha ngaphezu kwezigidigidi ezingama-$600 ngonyaka kwezempi yalo, nokho lithi alikwazi ukuxhasa ngezimali uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo lomdlali oyedwa.
Kusamele ngiphaphame kule phupho elibi elibulala okungenani izimpilo zabantu abangu-22,000 ngonyaka ngenxa yokuntula usizo lwezempilo nalapho okungenani abantu abayizigidi ezingu-46 bezama ukuphila ngaphandle kokunakekelwa kwezempilo nhlobo. Leli phupho elibi liyaqhubeka lingavimbeli ngenkathi wonke amanye amazwe anezimboni emhlabeni enohlobo oluthile lwenkontileka yokunakekelwa kwezempilo yezakhamuzi zawo.
Kuyadabukisa, ukuthi kuyathakazelisa ukubona eminye yemibuzo esobala abezindaba bezinkampani abahlale behluleka ukuyiphakamisa. Imithombo yezindaba yebhizinisi ithuthukise "ikhono" lokungabuzi imibuzo ebalulekile ezovumela umbukeli ojwayelekile ukuthi asuse izinto ezibucayi. Ukuphelela kwaleli khono akukona nje ngenhlanhla, kungenxa yokuklama futhi kuchaza ukuthi kungani iningi "lochwepheshe" ababukisa ngezinhlelo zabo zezindaba lihambisana ne-ajenda yabo. Bazi kahle ukuthi yini okufanele bayisho futhi abangayisho. Bayazi ukuthi akufanele baphakamise noma yimuphi umbuzo noma isihloko esingase sibe impikiswano kakhulu. Kulezi zinsuku lokho okubhekwa njengempikiswano ngokuvamile yilokho okuyiqiniso. Yingakho labo abathembele kumithombo yezindaba evamile yezinkampani ukuze bathole izindaba nolwazi lwabo bengeke baqonde izindaba ezibucayi emhlabeni namuhla.
Isibonelo, abantu baseMelika abaningi abasoze balazi iqiniso noma umlando wengxabano yaseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Imithombo yezindaba yezinkampani ithanda ukucwasa, ukwenza amademoni, nokululaza abantu basePalestine, usizi lwabo, nomzabalazo wabo wokuzibusa. Ngenxa yaleli qiniso elidabukisayo iningi labantu baseMelika lisaqhubeka nokuhambisana nohulumeni wabo minyaka yonke ngokuthumela izigidigidi zamarandi zosizo lwezempi kwa-Israel. Lolu sizo lwezempi luzoqhubeka nokusetshenziswa ukucindezela nokucekela phansi izimpilo zabantu basePalestine. Umuntu akakwazi ukusho ukuthi ungumlamuleli, njengoba i-US yenza ngokungenangqondo, sonke isikhathi ihlomisa uhlangothi olulodwa futhi inganaki olunye.
Iningi labantu baseMelika lihlelelwe ukuthi lingacabangi ngokujulile noma ngokunganaki uma kuziwa ekutheni uhulumeni wabo usebenzisa kanjani "ukuzivikela." Lolu hlelo luqala besebancane kakhulu futhi luyaqhubeka kukho konke ukuphila kwabo. Eminye imibono ewumgogodla yaseMelika igxiliswe ngokuqinile phezu kwezempi kanye ne-capitalism engavinjelwe. Lezi zinto zitholakala cishe yonke indawo emphakathini waseMelika; baze balukwe ngisho nasesikoleni esijwayelekile. Zingaphezu nje kokumane zamukelekeโzinjengaseMelika njengophaya wama-apula. Lesi yisizathu esibalulekile esenza kube lula ukubona i-Loch Ness Monster kunenkampani yezindaba ekhethekile "ekusetshenzisweni kwemali okweqile kwezempi." Kungaba ngokusobala ukuthi abezindaba bezinkampani bazishayele ikhwela.
I-US isebenzisa izigidigidi ngonyaka ezisekelweni zezempi ezingaphezu kuka-700 emhlabeni jikelele, okuhlanganisa nokwanda kwezempi e-Afrika, eyaziwa ngokuthi i-Africom (Africa Command). Lokhu kuhlanganisa amabhiliyoni angama-600 akubandakanyi ukugcinwa kwezikhali zenuzi, okufihlwe kwisabelomali soMnyango Wezamandla. Akubandakanyi amashumi ezigidigidi zoxhaso olungeziwe oluya ezimpini zodlame e-Afghanistan nase-Iraq. Uma uya eHhovisi Le-White House Lokuphatha Nesabelomali (www.whitehouse.gov), bazokutshela ukuthi basebenzisa enye yaleyo mali ukwehlisa amasosha e-Iraq "ngokuzibophezela." Nokho i-US yakhe ihhovisi lenxusa lika-$600 million lapho ngesabelomali sokusebenza sika-$1 billion ngonyaka.
Uma lezi zinhlelo zama-imperialist zaseMelika zibonakala ziyisiphazamiso emalini engasetshenziswa ekunakekelweni kwezempilo komkhokhi oyedwa jikelele, kunjalo. Izindleko zezempi zase-US kufanele zehliswe kakhulu uma kukhona noma iyiphi indlela okungasungulwa ngayo izinhlelo zenhlalo ezisindisa impilo njengokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwendawo yonke. Kuze kube manje, kungenye yezindlela ezinengqondo kakhulu zokuthola imali yokuxhasa uhlelo olunjalo. Ungalindeli ukuthi i-Fox News izophakamisa le mibuzo. Futhi ungalindeli ukuthi usonkontileka wezempi u-GE (ongumnikazi we-NBC kanye ne-MSNBC) ukuthi aphonsele uhulumeni inselelo ngalolu daba. Kufanele sikwenze lokho. Kufanele siqhubeke nokwakha isixuku esibucayi esicindezela isihogo kulo hulumeni ukuthi enze lokho okusizuzisa kakhulu. Uma besala bebodwa, uhulumeni wase-US uzoqhubeka ngendlela efanayo elimazayo azakhele kuyo ifa. Njengoba uMartin Luther King asho, "Isizwe esiqhubeka unyaka nonyaka sichitha imali eningi ekuvikelweni kwezempi kunezinhlelo zokuthuthukisa umphakathi sisondela ekubhujisweni ngokomoya."