Umthombo: I-New Republic
Osopolitiki e-United States kudala benempendulo eyodwa, engokwemvelo ezinkingeni ezingokoqobo nezicatshangelwayo: yenza izinhlobo ezintsha zamaphoyisa. Ngemuva kwe-9/11, abaphathi bakaBush wadala uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwezwe. Phakathi nenkinga yasemngceleni ehlanganisiwe eminyakeni emibili kamuva, kwaba wadala I-Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Manje, ngemuva kokuhlasela kwangesonto eledlule eCapitol, uMongameli okhethiwe uJoe Biden uphoqeleka ukuthi akhe Oqokwe ezingeni leKhabhinethi elijutshwe ukulwa nobuphekula basekhaya, liqiniswe yi izimiso ezintsha ezigqamile ekwenza ubugebengu ukuthi uthembisile. Lokho kunjalo naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi kunendlela engcono kakhulu yokululaza udlame kwesokudla kanye nezinye izinkinga ezingenakubalwa ezibilayo kwiriphabhulikhi yethu ekhulayo. Indlela engcono kakhulu yokuqukatha i-GOP enodlame, kuyilapho usiza i-US ukuthi ibhekane nokufudumala kwembulunga yonke nokunye, ukukhulisa intando yeningiโhhayi izwe lezokuphepha likazwelonke.
Abantu abagasele eCapitol ngesonto eledlule kanye nosopolitiki ababagqugquzele kufanele baphendule, okuwuhlelo oluqalwe ngevoti izolo lokususa icala. Kodwa sesinayo imithetho yokubhekana nobushokobezi basekhaya. Ama-ejensi afanele awazange afune ukuwaphoqelela, ancamela cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi ukukhomba zonke izinhlobo zabantuโikakhulukazi, abantu abangemhlopheโkanye nezinhlobo zabantu abancaneโd ukuphikisa ngentando yeningi njengemibhikisho engenalo udlame. Ababhikishi abamelene namapayipi, isibonelo, bazithole sebephelelwe yisikhathi a ukuqubuka komthetho omusha ukwenza ukuhlala kanye nokunye ukuphazamiseka okunokuthula โkwingqalasizinda ebucayiโ kube yicala. Izinyathelo ezintsha zokulwa nobuphekula zingase zifakwe njengokuvikela intando yeningi, kodwa kujwayelekile kakhulu bayakuphoqa.
Izigebengu ezimhlophe ezilwela ubuzwe zizizwa zinamandla emphakathini waseMelika ngesizathu esifanayo sokuthi ukudlulisa inqubomgomo yesimo sezulu ebanzi kuzwakala njengempi engapheli: Uhlelo lwethu lokhetho lwalungahloselwe ukuphatha intando yeningi yabantu bezinhlanga eziningi. Ukwesaba koFata Abaqalayo ngentando yeningi eholela ekubuseni kwesixuku kwaveza inqwaba yezikhungo ezingenademokhrasiโkusuka e-Electoral College kuya eSenate uqobo, emelela kakhulu abamhlophe, abavoti basemaphandleni phezu kwezwe. 63 amaphesenti labantu abahlala emadolobheni. Kuboniswa ukunqoba okhethweni komuntu omnyama kanye nomJuda eGeorgia, izinyanga ezimbalwa ezedlule ziye zabaphazamisa labo abesaba ukuthi kungenzekani uma uhulumeni owakhelwe ukuqhutshwa abanikazi bezakhiwo abamhlophe nosomabhizinisi beqala ukumela abanye abantu, futhi.
Noma kunjalo, yonke inkuthazo yesakhiwo isasele kuCongress ukuthi ihlanekezele umbono womphakathi, lapho iningi elikhulu lizonda uTrump futhi lifuna uhulumeni athathe isinyathelo ngokushesha ngesimo sezulu. Ngenxa yokukhwabanisa osekwenze amaphesenti angaba ngu-70 ezifundeni zengqungquthela angakwazi ukuncintisanaโkanye nemithetho yezimali yomkhankaso eyanele evumela iminikelo yezinkampani eyisithunzi isebenze ngendlela exakileโimijovo yemali esheshayo ingakhetha amaRiphabhulikhi ahlala eqinile ukuya empini ngokumelene nemithetho yokunciphisa ukungcola noma yini enye engase isongela inzuzo yebhizinisi yabanikeli babo. Ngenkathi amanye amazwi eRiphabhulikhi bebelokhu bephikisana kakhulu kuleli sonto ukuthi iqembu lingathathwa kanjani libuyele kuTrumpism, iqiniso liwukuthi amaRiphabhulikhi amaphakathi ziwuhlobo olufayo. Ama-Conservatives angalethi angakwazi ukusungulwa kwesokudla. Umjaho wemibono ofinyelela phansi, lapho iphuzu lokugcina - uma likhona - liyi-GOP eyedlulele kakhulu kunaleyo ehlasele iCapitol ngesonto eledlule.
"Ngaphandle kokwakhiwa kabusha kwezepolitiki kanye nezinguquko ezijulile kulolo hlelo lokhetho lwe-antebellum, akukho ukuvimba i-Trumpism njengamandla amakhulu e-Republican Party," u-Waleed Shahid kanye noNelini Stamp. wabhala kuleli viki. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi kunezithelo eziningi ezilenga kancane ukusiza i-US imele kangcono abantu bayo. I isihlungi ivumela idlanzana leSigele ukuthi libambe noma yimuphi umthetho elifuna ukuwenza. Ngamavoti angu-51, ingase ichithwe. I-Washington, DC, inabantu abaningi kunabase-Vermont ne-Wyoming, nokho abekho abamele ukuvota. Uma nje kuneSenethi, ukwenza i-DC izwe kungenza lowo mzimba ube ngentando yeningi. Izinhlobo zezinguquko zentando yeningi ze-commonsense ezifakwe kuzo HR 1โukubhaliswa kwabavoti okuzenzakalelayo, ukubuyiselwa koMthetho Wamalungelo Okuvota, kanye nonogada abaphikisana nobandlululoโkungasiza ukugcina osopolitiki bangakwazi ukukhetha abavoti babo, kwenze izifunda zibe nokuncintisana kakhudlwana futhi kuvumele abantu abaningi ukuba bavote. Izinhlinzeko zayo zezezimali zomkhankaso, ikakhulukazi, zingasiza ukunciphisa amandla embonini kaphethiloli wezinto ezimbiwa phansi ekwenziweni kwenqubomgomo, ngezimali ezixhaswe wumbuso ezihambisana no-6โ1 ezizovumela abanikeli abancane ukuthi baqhudelane nama-megadonors angcolisayo. Izoqhubeka nokusekela ukuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo ukuze kuqedwe uhlelo olusungulwe yisinqumo seNkantolo Ephakeme Citizens United, okuvule amasango ezikhukhula ethonyeni lebhizinisi elingahloliwe. Kuzosiza futhi ekubambezeleni umnyango ojikelezayo phakathi kukahulumeni nezinkampani ezizimele, phakathi kwezinye izinguquko. Nokho ukuhlehlisa imithetho evuna ukubusa kwedlanzana e-US kusho noshintsho olubaluleke kakhulu ohlelweni lwayo lwezepolitiki oluphelelwe yisikhathi.
UShahid, osebenza njengomqondisi wezokuxhumana weJustice Democrats, kanye noStamp, umqondisi kazwelonke ohlela we-Working Families Party, batusa u-HR 4000, uMthetho Wokumela Okuhle. Umthetho uzosungula ukuvota okukleliswe ezweni lonke futhi udinge izifunda ukuthi zikhethe abameleli abaningi esifundeni ngasinye noma, uma kuncane kakhulu kulokho, zikhethe abameleli ngobuningi. Uma ziphasiswa emthethweni, ziyachaza, lezi zinhlinzeko โzizodala uhlelo oluhlanganisa amaqembu amaningi, nokumelela ngokulinganayo eNdlu olufana nolohlobo lweminye imibuso yentando yeningi emhlabeni wonke olujabulelayo,โ lapho izifunda ezintsha, ezinkulu ezihlanganisa izindawo zasemadolobheni nezasemaphandleni ezihlukene manje. bangene ezindaweni ezahlukene. Balinganiselwa ezigidini ezingama-74 abantu abasazovotela uTrump okhethweni olwedlule. Kepha uguquko olunjalo lungenza amaRiphabhlikhi kufanele ancintisane nezigidi ezingama-81 ezingazange, nazo.
Uhulumeni osebenzayo futhi omele uwumgomo ofanelekile ngokwawo. Kodwa izinguquko zentando yeningi kufanele futhi zithathwe njengohlobo lwenqubomgomo yokuvumelana nezimo zesimo sezulu. Amakhandidethi anamuhla eRiphabhulikhi angase axabane endabeni yokuphika ngokuphelele isimo sezulu kodwa ngomdlandla umkhankaso on ubukhosi obumhlophe obungamboziwe. Sekuhlangene, kubonakala sengathi impendulo yabo kule nkinga abanqabile ukuyinciphisaโfuthi ezosusa izigidiโkuyoba nje ukwenza kube yicala ukufuduka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuphindaphinda ukucwasa ngokobuhlanga kanye nokucwasa kwabokufika.
Isimo sezokuphepha esakhiwe ngemuva kuka-9/11 sesivele sichaza ukuthi i-US isabela kanjani ezimeni eziphuthumayo zesimo sezulu. Ngo-2001, i-Federal Emergency Management Agency yafakwa esilweni saseFrankenstein esaziwa ngokuthi uMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwasekhaya. Ngenxa yalokho, izisebenzi zayo ngokuvamile zinezinsiza eziningi zokusingatha ukuhlasela kwamaphekula kunezinhlobo zezinhlekelele ezivame kakhulu njengoba amazinga okushisa enyuka. Isikhundla esisha sikaJohn Kerry singaphakathi koMkhandlu Wezokuphepha Kazwelonke, futhi ukhuluma kaningi ngesidingo sokucabanga ngenkinga yesimo sezulu njengosongo lwezokuphepha kuzwelonke.
Ukwakha inkimbinkimbi yezempi neyezimboni akubanga kuhle ekuvikelekeni kwezwe uqobo, njengezimpi eziyingozi zaphakade kanye nobudlelwano obuvuthayo bezokusebenzela ababudalile. Akufanele neze ukunqanda inkinga yesimo sezulu noma ilungelo elingaguquki. Kodwa ukunweba isimo sethu sokuphepha sezwe esivele sikhukhumele ngendlela edabukisayo egameni lokushintsha kwesimo sezulu kungaba indlela enolaka ye-US yokubhekana naleyo nkinga, idlala ngqo ezintweni ezimbi kakhulu ze-Republican Party.
Emavikini azayo, kuzoba nezingxoxo zokuthi ukulwa neMelika kude, nokubamba uDonald Trump icala lokushoshozela isixuku esithukuthele, kuzophazamisa ikhono labaphathi beBiden lokuthuthuka ekusizeni i-Covid-19, inqubomgomo yesimo sezulu kanye nokunye. izinto ezibalulekile eziphuthumayo ezinsukwini eziyikhulu zokuqala. Ubuhle bezinguquko zentando yeningi ukuthi kungasiza izwe ukuthi lifinyelele kuzo zonke lezi zinhloso kanye kanye. Ngisho nezinguquko zentando yeningi ezilangazelela kakhulu azisona isixazululo esisheshayo salokho okukhungethe intando yeningi yase-US, futhi ngeke kwenze inqubomgomo eqinile yesimo sezulu ifinyeleleke. Kodwa kunzima ukucabanga ngekhulunyaka lamashumi amabili nanye elisimeme ngaphandle kwabo.
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