IHLUKANISWE NGEDEMOKRASI: Ubani Ophethe?
Kunengqinamba ejulile neqhubekayo emnyombeni walokho iningi lethu elikuqonda njengentando yeningi. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, intando yeningi ithatha indlela eyingqayizivele neqinile “yobukhosi”, okungukuthi, ilungelo legunya eliphakeme noma lokugcina emphakathini. Zonke ezinye izinhlelo zezombangazwe zinikeza ubukhosi eqenjini elithile elincane labakhethekile noma isikhungo esiphethe amandla: ubukhosi (imithetho yomndeni wasebukhosini); i-aristocracy (ukubusa kwamakhosi nabesifazane); i-plutocracy (umbuso ocebile); umbuso ongokwasezulwini (kubusa abaholi benkolo); njalo njalo. Idemokhrasi kuphela eyenqaba lokhu kuhlukana phakathi kwababusi nababusayo, inikeze “ubukhosi obuthandwayo”: iphupho eliyingozi lapho wonke umphakathi, abantu abangahlukene, usebenzisa igunya elisemthethweni nelokugcina.
Izakhamizi zentando yeningi azinababusi, azikho izicukuthwane, azikho izikhungo ezingaphezu kwazo; embuthweni wentando yeningi osebenza kahle, bayazibusa futhi iqoqo labo liyabusa. Njengezibonelo, singakhomba imiphakathi ehlosiwe kanye neyamaQuaker, amaqoqo amancane, Imihlangano Yamadolobhana emincane, kanye nemikhandlu yabantu bomdabu baseMelika kanye neminye imiphakathi. Inhliziyo ehlanganyelwe yazo zonke lezi zinhlobo zenhlalakahle yentando yeningi ngqo ukuthi wonke umuntu okuzo, ngisho nalabo abangaphandle kodwa abathintekayo kuzo, unezwi okufanele balilalele abanye futhi bahloniphe; izinqumo zeqembu kanye nezinqubomgomo zibe sezilolongwa ngangokunokwenzeka ngawo wonke la mazwi. Yile nqubo ehlanganisayo ephethe igunya lokugcina: ayithobi noma ayimane nje ibe iseluleko kunoma yimuphi umuntu, iqembu elikhethekile, noma igunya eliphethe amandla.
Kodwa noma ngabe yini enye, "intando yeningi" isewuhlelo lwezombangazwe: ngena manje, "uMbuso" noma "uHulumeni". Noma ngabe imuphi umehluko wawo, la mabhizinisi ngokuvamile azimele wona - futhi abonwa kabanzi - njenganegunya elikhethekile, eliphakeme, noma okungenani elinegunya lokugcina. Bona, hhayi abantu abababusayo, banegunya. Futhi lokhu akubambeli "intando yeningi" kunanoma yiluphi olunye uhlelo lwezepolitiki noma lukahulumeni.
Izakhamizi zingabuthana futhi zikhombise ngokumelene nomholi ongathandwa ngabantu abaningi, impi, noma iPatriot Act. Kodwa uhulumeni, ngokombono wakhe kanye neningi lethu futhi, angahlala eweqa ngokusemthethweni. Umthetho wezwe awusungulwa futhi akufanele uhunyushwe ngokusemthethweni nangokugunyazwa yizakhamuzi, kodwa ngabashayamthetho, izinkantolo, kanye nezinhlaka eziqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa komthetho. Ngakho-ke kuphakama inkinga: intando yeningi idinga futhi ayihambisani nohulumeni. Noma, kuphinde kwaphindwa: intando yeningi idinga futhi yenqaba ubukhosi obudumile.
Inkinga yentando yeningi iboniswa kahle ngesitatimende esiyindida kuMthethosisekelo wase-US (kusukela ku-Article IV, isigaba 4; lokho okubizwa ngokuthi &quo
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