“Wake wazibuza ukuthi kwenzeka kanjani ukuthi uhulumeni nonxiwankulu baqhubeke nokuba khona naphezu kwabo bonke ububi nezinkinga eziwubangelayo emhlabeni?” i-anarchist Alexander Berkman wabhala endabeni yakhe ethi “The Idea Is the Thing.” “Uma wenze njalo, impendulo yakho kumele kube ukuthi yingoba abantu beseka lezo zikhungo, futhi bayabeseka ngoba bekholelwa kuzo.”
U-Berkman wayeqinisile. Inqobo nje uma izakhamizi eziningi zikholelwa emibonweni ethethelela ubunxiwankulu bomhlaba wonke, izikhungo ezizimele nezikahulumeni ezisebenzela amakhosi ethu ezinkampani azinakuphikiswa. Uma le mibono ihlakazwa, izikhungo eziqinisa isigaba esibusayo ziyancipha futhi ziyawa. Impi yemibono igcwele phansi. Kuyimpi umbuso webhizinisi ulahlekelwa kancane kancane. Inani elandayo labantu baseMelika liyayithola. Bayazi ukuthi siphucwe amandla epolitiki. Bayabona ukuthi siye saphucwa inkululeko yethu eyisisekelo neyigugu kakhulu yomphakathi, futhi siphila ngaphansi kokubhekwa kwezinsiza eziphazamisayo zokuphepha nokugada emlandweni wesintu. Ingxenye yezwe iphila ngobumpofu. Abaningi bethu, uma umbuso webhizinisi ungaketulwa, sizobajoyina. La maqiniso awasafihliwe.
Kubonakala sengathi ukuvubela kwezombusazwe kuphelile e-United States. Lokhu akulungile. Imibono esekela umbuso webhizinisi ilahlekelwa ngokushesha ukusebenza kwayo kuyo yonke imikhakha yezombangazwe. Imibono ephakamayo ukuze ithathe indawo yayo, nokho, iyi-inchoate. Ilungelo selihlehlile ku-fascism yobuKristu kanye nokugubha isiko lesibhamu. Isokunxele, esikhishwe ibhalansi ngamashumi eminyaka yengcindezelo yombuso eqinile egameni lokulwa nobukhomanisi, ilwela ukuzakha kabusha nokuzichaza. Nokho, ukunengwa okudumile kwabaphakeme ababusayo, cishe kwenzeka emhlabeni wonke. Kungumbuzo wokuthi yimiphi imibono ezodonsa amehlo omphakathi.
Inguquko ivamise ukuqubuka phezu kwezehlakalo, ezimweni ezijwayelekile, ebezingathathwa njengezenzo ezingenangqondo ezingenangqondo noma ezincane wumbuso. Kodwa lapho ukuvukela sekunqwabelene, njengoba kuye kwenzeka e-United States, inhlansi encane ivuthela kalula ukuvukela okuthandwayo. Akekho umuntu noma umnyakazo ongathungela le tinder. Akekho owaziyo ukuthi ukuqhuma kuyokwenzeka kuphi noma nini. Akekho owaziyo ukuthi izothatha kanjani. Kodwa kuqinisekile manje ukuthi kuyeza ukuvukela okudumile. Ukwenqaba kombuso webhizinisi ukubhekana nezikhalazo ezincane zezakhamizi, kanye nokwehluleka okukhulu ukulungisa ukucindezelwa kombuso okwandayo, ukuntuleka kwemisebenzi okungapheli kanye nokuntuleka kwemisebenzi, inani elikhulu lezikweletu elikhubaza ngaphezu kwengxenye yabantu baseMelika, kanye nokulahlekelwa. ithemba kanye nokuphelelwa ithemba okusabalele, kusho ukuthi i-blowback ayinakugwenywa.
"Ngenxa yokuthi i-revolution iwukuziphendukela kwemvelo lapho ibilayo awukwazi 'ukwenza' uguquko lwangempela njengoba nje ungakwazi ukusheshisa ukubilisa kweketela letiye," kubhala u-Berkman. “Umlilo ongaphansi owenza ubilise: ukuthi uzofika ngokushesha kangakanani endaweni ebilayo kuzoncika ekutheni umlilo unamandla kangakanani.”
Izinguquko, lapho ziqhuma, zibonakala ku-elite kanye nokusungulwa njengento engazelelwe futhi engalindelekile. Lokhu kungenxa yokuthi umsebenzi wangempela wokuvutshelwa kwenguquko nokuqonda awubonwa umphakathi ovamile, uqashelwa kuphela ngemva kokuba usuqedwe kakhulu. Kuwo wonke umlando, labo abaye bafuna ushintsho olukhulu kuye kwadingeka baqale badelele imibono esetshenziselwa ukusekela abaphakeme ababusayo futhi bakhe imibono ehlukile yomphakathi, imibono evame ukutholakala enganekwaneni yenguquko ye-utopian. Ukuvezwa kwe-socialism esebenzayo njengenye indlela yokucindezela kwezinkampani-njengoba kuzanywe yile ncwadi. "Cabanga nje: Ukuhlala e-US Socialist" kanye newebhusayithi Ukuphikiswa Okudumile-, kimi, okubaluleke kakhulu. Uma imibono isishintshile engxenyeni enkulu yabantu, lapho umbono womphakathi omusha usubambe umcabango othandwayo, umbuso omdala usuphelile.
Ukuvukela umbuso okungenamibono nombono akulokothi kube usongo kwababusayo. Isiyaluyalu somphakathi ngaphandle kwencazelo ecacile nesiqondiso, ngaphandle kwemibono ngemuva kwayo, yehlela ku-nihilism, udlame olungahleliwe kanye nezinxushunxushu. Iyazidla. Lokhu, emnyombweni wako, yingakho ngingavumelani nezinye izici ze- Ibhulokhi Elimnyama ama-anarchists. Ngiyakholelwa emasu. Futhi kanjalo nama-anarchists amaningi, kuhlanganise noBerkman, u-Emma Goldman, uPyotr Kropotkin noMikhail Bakunin.
Ngesikhathi izikhulu ezibusayo zidelelwa ngokusobala, sekuvele sekucishe kwaba nokulahlekelwa ukukholwa ngokuphelele emibonweni—kithina i-free market capitalism kanye nokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke—esekela izinhlaka zabaqokiwe ababusayo. Futhi uma abantu abanele sebekutholile, inqubo engathatha iminyaka, “ukuziphendukela kwemvelo okunensayo, okuzolile, nokuthula kuba ngokushesha, ukulwa, nobudlova,” njengoba uBerkman abhala. "I-Evolution iba inguquko."
Yilapho siphokophele khona. Angikusho lokhu ngoba ngingumlandeli wenguquko. Angi. Ngincamela izinguquko ezincane kanye nezikhuphukayo zentando yeningi esebenzayo. Ngincamela uhlelo lapho izikhungo zethu zezenhlalakahle zivumela izakhamuzi ukuthi zixoshe ngokungenabudlova labo abaphethe. Ngincamela uhlelo lapho izikhungo zizimele futhi zingathunjwa amandla ezinkampani. Kodwa asiphili ohlelweni olunjalo. I-Revolt ukuphela kwendlela esele. Izicukuthwane ezibusayo, lapho imibono ethethelela ukuba khona kwazo isifile, ziphendukela emandleni. Kuwukubamba kwabo kokugcina emandleni. Uma inhlangano ethandwayo engenalo ubudlova ikwazi ukuphuca izikhulu, izisebenzi zikahulumeni kanye namaphoyisa ngemibono—ukuze benze, empeleni, benze iphutha—uguquko olungenabudlova lungenzeka. Kodwa uma umbuso ungahlela udlame olusebenzayo nolude olumelene nabaphikisayo, ludala udlame lwenguquko olusebenzayo, noma lokho izwe elikubiza ngokuthi ubuphekula. Ukuvukela umbuso okunobudlova ngokuvamile kubangela abavukeli abanonya njengabaphikisi babo. “Olwa nezilo kumele abone ukuthi ngesikhathi kuqhubeka lokho akabi inunu,” kubhala uFriedrich Nietzsche. “Futhi uma ubuka isikhathi eside ngokwanele kwalasha, kwalasha uzokubuka emuva.”
Izinguquko ezinodlame zihlala zibuhlungu. Mina, nezinye izishoshovu eziningi, sifuna ukugcina ukuvukela kwethu kungenalo udlame. Sifuna ukuphephisa izwe ebubini bodlame lwasekhaya olwenziwa wuhulumeni kanye nabamelene nawo. Asikho isiqinisekiso sokuthi sizophumelela, ikakhulukazi njengoba umbuso webhizinisi ulawula izinsiza eziningi zezokuphepha zangaphakathi kanye namaphoyisa ahlomile. Kodwa kufanele sizame.
Izinkampani, ezikhululiwe kuyo yonke imithetho, izimiso zikahulumeni kanye nezithiyo zangaphakathi, zintshontsha ngangokunokwenzeka, ngokushesha ngangokunokwenzeka, endleleni ezansi. Abaphathi bezinkampani abasenandaba nemiphumela yokuqolwa kwabo. Abaningi balindele ukuthi izinhlelo abaziphangayo zizowohloka. Baphuphuthekiswe ubugovu bomuntu siqu nobugovu. Bakholelwa ukuthi ingcebo yabo eyichilo ingabathengela ukulondeka nesivikelo. Bekufanele bachithe isikhathi esincane befunda ukuphathwa esikoleni sebhizinisi kanye nesikhathi esithe xaxa befunda imvelo yomuntu nomlando wesintu. Bazimbela amathuna.
Ukushintshela kwethu kubushiqela bezinkampani, njengokushintshela kuzo zonke izinhlobo zobushiqela, kuyakhula. Izinhlelo zobushiqela ziyayehla futhi zigeleze, ngezinye izikhathi zithatha isinyathelo esisodwa emuva ngaphambi kokuthatha izinyathelo ezimbili eziya phambili, njengoba ziqeda inkululeko yentando yeningi. Le nqubo manje isiphelile. “Imvume yababusi” iyihlaya elinonya. U-Barack Obama akakwazi ukwedelela amandla enkampani njengoba uGeorge W. Bush noma uBill Clinton bengenza. Ngokungafani nabamanduleli bakhe ababili ngaleso sikhathi, uBush, onobuhlakani futhi okungenzeka ukuthi ukhubazeke ngokomzwelo, akazange ayiqonde inqubo yobushiqela eyayisekelwa ihhovisi likamongameli. Ngenxa yokuthi uClinton no-Obama, kanye neqembu labo leDemocratic Alliance, bayayiqonda indima elimazayo abayidlalile futhi abayidlalayo, kufanele babonakale begxeka kakhulu futhi benesandla ekucekeleni phansi kwezwe. Osopolitiki bentando yeningi bakhuluma ngolimi olujwayelekile oluthi “I-feel-your-pain” lwesigaba senkululeko kuyilapho bevumela izinkampani ukuthi zisiphuce ingcebo namandla ethu. Ziyizifihla-buso ezisebenzayo zamandla enkampani.
Umbuso webhizinisi ufuna ukugcina inganekwane ye-ejensi yethu yomuntu siqu enqubweni yezombangazwe nezomnotho. Uma nje sikholelwa ukuthi singabahlanganyeli, amanga asekelwa ngemikhankaso emikhulu yenkulumo-ze, imijikelezo yokhetho engapheli nengenangqondo kanye nombukiso wemidlalo yaseshashalazini yezombusazwe engenalutho, ama-oligarchs ethu ezinkampani aphumula kalula ezindizeni zabo zangasese, ezindlini zokusebenzela, ezindlini zamapenthouse nasezindlini ezinkulu. Njengoba ukuqothuka konxiwankulu bezinkampani nokuhwebelana kwembulunga yonke kudalulwa, izikhulu ezibusayo ziya ziba novalo. Bayazi ukuthi uma imibono ethethelela amandla abo ifa, basuke sebephelile. Yingakho amazwi okuphikisa—kanye nokuvukela okuzenzakalelayo okufana nenhlangano ye-Occupy—echotshozwa ngonya umbuso webhizinisi.
“… [M] noma yimiphi imibono, eyake yathathwa njengeyiqiniso, isithathwa njengengalungile futhi embi,” kubhala uBerkman endabeni yakhe. “Ngakho-ke imibono yelungelo laphezulu lamakhosi, ubugqila nobugqila. Kunesikhathi lapho umhlaba wonke wawukholelwa ukuthi lezo zikhungo zilungile, zilungile, futhi aziguquki. Ngesilinganiso lezo zinkolelo-ze nezinkolelo ezingamanga ezalwiwa ngayo ongqondongqondo abathuthukile, zadumala futhi zalahlekelwa ukubamba kwazo kubantu, futhi ekugcineni kwaqedwa izikhungo ezazihlanganisa leyo mibono. I-Highbrows izokutshela ukuthi 'baphile isikhathi eside' 'inzuzo' yabo ngakho-ke 'bafa.' Kodwa ‘baphila’ kanjani isikhathi eside ‘esiwusizo’ sabo? Zaziwusizo kubani, futhi ‘zafa’ kanjani? Siyazi kakade ukuthi zaziwusizo kuphela esigabeni sobungcweti, futhi zaqedwa ukuvukela nokuvukela umbuso.”
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