Umzabalazo Wekilasi Elibusayo: Ukudiliza Inethiwekhi Yokuphepha Komphakathi eMelika
I-Essay Yokubuyekeza Incwadi ka-Eddie J. Girdner
UTheda Skocpol noVanessa Williamson, Iphathi Yetiye kanye Nokwenziwa kabusha kwe-Republican Conservatism. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012. 245 amakhasi
I-United States iyizwe lonxiwankulu elivuthiwe ohlangothini olungezansi lomlando. Ngaphansi kwe-neoliberalism, inqubomgomo yezomnotho kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-l970 ibigxile ku-ajenda yokususa izimboni ngokushesha nangokuqinile ukuze kuqinisekiswe inzuzo ephezulu yebhizinisi. Imisebenzi isithunyelwe ngobuningi, kanti namuhla izinkampani ezinkulu zigcwele ukheshi. Abantu bahluphekile, okungamaphesenti angamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye nesishiyagalolunye asebenzayo, njengoba imisebenzi yangempela enezinzuzo kanye nenkokhelo yomhlalaphansi iye yaba yindlala kakhulu futhi ukungalingani kukhuphukele emazingeni amangalisayo.
Lo modeli uphushelwe emhlabeni wonke, kuyilapho izinkampani ezinkulu, ezenza inzuzo ephezulu futhi zikhokha amanani entela aphansi, ziye zabeka umthwalo omkhulu ezigabeni ezimaphakathi eMelika.
Ngenkathi kusetshenziswe izigidigidi zamaRandi ezimpini zama-imperialist, ukusiza ukuvikela inzuzo yezinkampani, kanye nokuqinisa amandla omhlaba e-US, inhlalakahle yendabuko ekhaya iye yaqedwa ngokuya ngokuhlakazwa. Impela, kuvame ukuqashelwa u-Gore Vidal nabanye ukuthi abantu baseMelika bakhokha izintela eziphakeme kakhulu kodwa abatholi masevisi ngamadola abo entela. Nakuba izintela zingase zibe phezulu eningini laseYurophu abantu ngokwesiko bajabulela izinsiza eziningi zomphakathi ezihlinzekwa uhulumeni.
Impela, kusukela ngezinhlelo zeNhlangano Enkulu zikaMongameli uLyndon Johnson ngeminyaka yama-l960s, umbono wesigaba esibusayo e-US usuhambe kakhulu kwesokudla. Umongameli wakamuva wenkululeko wayengeyena iDemocrat, kodwa uRichard Nixon, njengoba uNoam Chomsky ephawulile.
Lo mbono wesigaba esibusayo, esibizwa ngevangeli lemakethe yamahhala, ugqugquzelwe izikhungo zokucwaninga ezilandelanayo ezifana ne-American Enterprise Institute eWashington, futhi uxhaswe ngezimali yizinkampani ezingosozigidi. Imibono, evezwa izazi ezisadla ngoludala, ibe isisakazwa amaphephandaba nethelevishini. Kepha eminyakeni yamuva nje, umbono okhona wokugcinwa kwemithetho uqiniswe ngonya nakakhulu ngumlomo we-Republican Party, i-Fox TV, ephethwe nguRupert Murdoch.
Umbono wesigaba esibusayo wumbono obusayo. I-Ideological hegemony isho ukuthi imfundiso ye-Right-wing enobudlova yalezi zindlela zokucabanga ezisekela amabhizinisi alondolozayo nazo ziyaqina emphakathini. Lokho okubhekwa njengezombangazwe โkwesokunxeleโ e-United States ngokuvamile kungathathwa njengokungaguquki eYurophu noma emazweni amaningi emhlabeni jikelele. Umuntu akakwazi ukuzibamba ngaphandle kokuhleka, noma ukububula, lapho umuntu ezwa uMongameli waseMelika u-Barack Obama ebizwa ngokuthi โusocialistโ noma โi-radical leftist.
Abantu baseMelika abakaze bajabulele kakhulu isimo senhlalo. Impela, yizwe elimpofu kakhulu kulokho, phakathi komndeni wezizwe zangemva kwezimboni. Izinzuzo eziyinhloko ezijatshulelwa abantu asebekhulile bezivalelwe kakhulu ezinhlelweni ezimbili zomphakathi, i-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare. Ukuvikeleka komphakathi akuphumi ezintela, kodwa eshekeni ngalinye lomholo labasebenzi. UFranklin Roosevelt wazama ukuvimba osopolitiki emalini yabantu, kodwa wehluleka. Manje lesi sikhwama sesigetshengwe ngezinye izinhloso. I-Medicare ikude nesistimu yokunakekelwa kwezempilo ephethwe uhulumeni, njengeNational Health Service eNgilandi, kanye nezinhlelo zezempilo zezwe eCanada naseFrance. Uma umuntu eshonele eMelika, izihlobo zakhe zivame ukuba nezindleko ezinkulu zokwelashwa okufanele zikhokhelwe. Ukunakekelwa kwezempilo okuqinisekisiwe kombuso okuthathwa kalula kwamanye amazwe ase-Europe kungaba yiphupho elingafinyeleleki e-United States of America.
Abacebile nabanobugovu eMelika sebekutholile konke ngalesi sikhathi engxoxweni eqhubekayo yokuqoqwa kwengcebo. Kodwa nokho, abakaneliseki. Bafuna okwengeziwe. Okuningi.
Ukuqhubekisela phambili le ajenda yezigidigidi nezinkampani ezinkulu, kunesidingo senkulumo-ze enkulu. Umuntu kufanele ngempela athuswe inkulumo-ze yaseMelika. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, le ndima igcwaliswe ngokuyinhloko yisikhungo sikaRupert Murdoch's Fox TV. Lapha, yonke into kufanele isolwe kuhulumeni, ama-liberal, abamnyama, idlanzana kanye nabangaphandle, abazimisele ngokuthatha lokho abantu baseMelika abamhlophe abesaba uNkulunkulu abakusebenzele impilo yabo yonke. Abadala abamhlophe babona ingcebo yabo intshontshwa ngabakhululi kuhulumeni banikezwe abangabafanele, abasha, abokufika, abavilaphayo. Ngamafuphi, "ama-moocher". Amanye amandla amabi ahlanganisa iZizwe Ezihlangene, imibono ye-leftist evela eYurophu, futhi, yiqiniso, i-radical Islam. Abakhululekile kuHulumeni banecala ngoba bavimbela isimangaliso semakethe ekusebenzeni, baminyanisa amabhizinisi, amakhulu namancane, ngemithetho engadingekile futhi bavimbele iMelika ekubeni yisizwe esikhulu eyake yaba yiyo. Le nqubo iyesabisa kakhulu, isakaza izindaba ezingelona iqiniso kuFox, izigidi zabantu abaphonselwe inselelo yezepolitiki ezamukelayo ngaphandle kokungabaza.
Ngakho-ke ngenkathi u-Barack Hussein Obama ekhethwa njengoMongameli wase-United States ngo-2008, i-Fox TV yaqhuma ngamagagasi ngemva kwegagasi lokugxekwa kwephiko lesokudla kanye nokwesaba. Ingenzeka kanjani into enjalo? Kungenzeka kanjani ukuthi umSulumane, usocialist, ukhomanisi, umNazi, umfokazi, umshicileli oshisekayo, okhululekile, noma bonke abangenhla, bakhethwe njengoMongameli we-United States futhi yini engenziwa ngakho? Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Obama wayengungqondongqondo, i-elitist, owayenguprofesa wasenyuvesi, futhi wayebonakala ebukela phansi abantu abavamile.
UBarack Obama ungene eHhovisi likaMongameli kukhetho olumangalisayo ethembisa ukuletha inguquko eMelika. Ushintsho ayelufuna, ngamazwi akhe, โkwakuwukusabalalisa ingcebo nxazonke.โ KuFox kanye nakuma-Conservatives lokhu kwakuwubufakazi ngokwanele bokuthi wayengumuntu wezenhlalakahle futhi eyingozi eMelika futhi kufanele amiswe. Lokhu kwakuwusongo esigabeni esibusayo sebhizinisi saseMelika, nakuba izimali zakhe eziningi zokuhlanganiswa zazivela ezinhlanganweni ezinkulu zezezimali. Kodwa ukuba nomuntu onjalo epulpiti yobuxhwanguxhwangu eHhovisi likaMongameli esabalalisa imibono yakhe ngokusiza abampofu nokwenza okuthile okuhle kulabo abahlushwa amanzi amabi omnotho wobunxiwankulu eMelika kwakungaduduzi esigabeni esibusayo.
AmaRiphabhulikhi ayehlulwe okhethweni, ngemuva kweminyaka eyisishiyagalombili kaGeorge W. Bush, futhi akwazi ukungenela ukhetho oludala nobuthakathaka, uJohn McCain, amaRepublican amaningi ayengamthandi noma kunjalo. Umkhankaso uqhutshwe kabi ngemuva kokuqoka izimfundamakhwela ezingazi lutho, uMbusi wase-Alaska, uSarah Palin, njengomele iPhini Likamongameli. U-John McCain no-Sarah Palin bahlaselwa kabi ngu-Obama.
Babelahlekelwe, futhi belahlekelwe kabi. Umnotho wawusezintambo futhi izigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-800 zamadola emali yabakhokhi bentela yafakwa emkhakheni wezezimali ukuze kutakulwe amabhange aseMelika ngasekupheleni kuka-2008. Ngemva kukaGeorge W. Bush kanye nokhetho, kwakungekho injabulo e-Republican mudville.
Usongo olukhulu lwalungase lusetshenziselwe inhlalakahle yomphakathi yabantu, futhi intela ingase ikhushulwe ebhizinisini, ikakhulukazi izinkampani ezinkulu kanye nabantu baseMelika abaphakathi. Lokhu kwakuyingxenye yayo. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kwakukhona ama-engeli ezinhlanga namasiko kubantu baseMelika abadala bendabuko. Eqinisweni, iMelika evamile, ogwini olusempumalanga nasentshonalanga, namadolobha amakhulu, yayingaseyona iMelika esezingeni elimhlophe. U-Obama wayemnyama ngakho wayezondwa ezinye izinhlaka zabantu, njengabantu abadala, abamhlophe, amaRiphabhulikhi alandela imithetho kanye neningi laseMelika elinobandlululo. Abaningi, ikakhulukazi abantu baseMelika asebekhulile babecabanga ukuthi kwakungafanele akhethwe. Wayengeyena umMelika ojwayelekile, enobaba wangaphandle, eyisihlakaniphi, futhi enokuxhumana kwabantu bendawo yonke. Futhi ubuchopho. Ubuchopho abufani neMelika njengephaya le-apula. Bangafaka umuntu enkingeni ngokushesha kwezombusazwe. U-Obama akazange abonwe njengomMelika wangempela kwezinye izingxenye zabantu. Ushintsho olukhulu olusuka ku-cretenism yeBush Chimpocracy.
I-Fox TV yayilungile. Kufanele kushiwo ukuthi ibhokisi le-Fox idiot lisakaza ngamabomu imininingwane engamanga kubantu. Amanga ayezosetshenziselwa inkulumo-ze yezombangazwe kanye nokuhlanganisa ukuphikiswa kwabantu ukuze kuvinjwe noma yiziphi izinhlelo ezintsha zezenhlalo u-Obama Administration ayehlose ukuziqalisa.
Umcimbi e-Chicago wasetshenziselwa ukuvusa intukuthelo ngokumelene ne-Obama Administration entsha. Ngo-February 19, 2009, u-Rick Santelli, intatheli ye-CNBC TV waqhulula uhlelo lukaMongameli Obama lokuhlinzeka ngempumuzo yokuvalwa kwezindlu kubantu baseMelika ababelahlekelwa amakhaya abo ngamanani amakhulu kakhulu. Lokhu kuvukela uMengameli kwasakazwa phansi eChicago Mercantile Exchange futhi u-Santelli wamema osomabhizinisi nezakhamuzi ezivamile ukuthi beze โe-Chicago Tea Partyโ ukuze baveze ukucasuka kwabo ngezinhlelo zika-Obama. Lona kwakungumbiko odumile weDrudge.
Yiqiniso, iphathi yasekuqaleni yetiye yayibonisa umcimbi eBoston Harbour ezinsukwini zamakholoni lapho abantu baseMelika begibela umkhumbi waseBrithani futhi baphonsa itiye emanzini embhikishweni ngenxa yentela okwakudingeka bayikhokhe kubabusi baseBrithani. Ukuveza umzabalazo wezigaba ovela phezulu yisigaba esibusayo njengenhlangano elwela abantu abaningi kuwubuwula futhi kumisa umlando ekhanda. Iphathi yetiye yasekuqaleni yayimayelana nokukhulula abantu engcindezelweni yababusi. I-Tea Party entsha izobe imayelana nokusebenzisa abantu ukuqinisa amandla esigaba esibusayo sebhizinisi ngokubadukisa ukuze bacabange ukuthi basebenzela izithakazelo zabo.
Isikhalazo sikaSantelli, ngokombono webhizinisi, senziwa saba lula kakhulu. Usole u-Obama ngokuklomelisa labo abangazikhokhelanga izindlu zabo. Nokho, ngemva kwezinkinga zezimali, abantu abaningi abavamile baqala ukulahlekelwa amakhaya abo ngaphandle kwephutha labo. Kwakwenziwe imali eshibhile ukuze imboni yezezindlu ikhiqize inzuzo esheshayo. Izinkokhelo zezindlu zakhuphukela ngaphezu kwabaningi noma balahlekelwa imisebenzi. I-Obama Administration ibifuna ukunikeza impumuzo futhi ivimbele ukudliwa kweminye yale mindeni yaseMelika ebikhishelwa ngaphandle emgwaqeni. Kodwa kubonakala sengathi iMelika, okungenani isigaba sezinkampani ezibusayo, ngaphansi kwe-neoliberalism isibe nonya kakhulu kunangaphambili. Kwakucatshangwa ukuthi kuhle ukukhulula amabhange namanye amabhizinisi, kodwa hhayi abanikazi bezindlu futhi balahle imakethe. Futhi lokhu akuzange kubhekwe njengokulungile kubo bonke labo baseMelika abasebenza kanzima ababenomsebenzi futhi bakhokha izikweletu zabo. Kube nokusabela phakathi kwebhizinisi kunoma yimuphi umzamo wokwenza noma yini ukusindisa imindeni eyayilahlekelwa amakhaya ayo. I-Chicago rant yayingabalulekile kangako, kodwa inikeze izaba kanye nezithombe ezingaqhunyiswa ezisetshenziselwa ukuveza isithombe sokucasuka kwabantu abaningi. Kungase kunikeze ugqozi ukuthi abezindaba abalandela imithetho nezinkampani ezinkulu badinge ukuhlangana ngokumelene nezinhlelo ezintsha zika-Obama zokuxhumana ukubuyisela umMelika esikhungweni sezombusazwe.
Ikakhulukazi, yizindaba ze-Fox TV ezangena emkhankasweni wokuphakamisa umbala nokukhala kuleyo mindeni ezohlomula ohlelweni luka-Obama. Abasengozini noma abathintekayo ku-propaganda enjalo kwakungabalandeli abadala noma uphiko olunodlame lwe-Republican Party. Kwazalwa lokho okubizwa nge-Tea Party. Kwakuyi-Fox TV eyaqala umzamo wokuhlanganisa abavoti abadala asebekhulile e-Republican Party, abaningi babo ababengama-ultra-conservative futhi iningi labo lineminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayisithupha nanhlanu ubudala.
I-Fox TV ibambe iqhaza ebhizinisini lokuhlela kanye nokusakaza imibuthano yezepolitiki, amaphathi etiye, futhi yakhuthaza izakhamizi ukuthi zihlele amaqembu endawo emiphakathini yazo. Nakuba lokhu bekubizwa ngokuthi โukunyakaza kwezimpande zotshani,โ empeleni bekuhlelwa kusukela phezulu ngabezindaba abalandela imithetho ye-Republican Party. Izisekelo ezixhaswe ngosozigidigidi kanye nama- think tanks babone ithuba lokusebenzisa lokhu okubizwa ngokuthi ukuvukela ukuvimbela noma yimuphi umthetho oqhubekayo, futhi bahambise I-Republican Party ngisho kude kwesokudla . Kwakungekona ukuvukela okungaka njengokucasukela ukunikeza izinzuzo kulabo ababebabona njengomphakathi omusha nongabafanele wamaMelika ababebasha, behlukene ngokwezinhlanga, izifiki, futhi ngezinye izikhathi abafundile kangcono. Babebhekwa njengabantula indlela yokusebenza yakudala eyayidunyiswa eMelika.
Labo abakhetha ukwenza okuthile futhi bahlele ukuhoxisa yonke imizamo ka-Obama yokushintsha iMelika ngokuvamile kwakungabantu baseMelika abamhlophe abakhulile abami kahle, kodwa iningi lalaba lalithembele ezinsizeni eziyisisekelo zezenhlalakahle zikaHulumeni wase-US, ikakhulukazi Social Security kanye neMedicare. Cishe wonke lawa ma-Tea Partiers ahlomule ezinhlelweni zikahulumeni esikhathini esidlule, njengemali mboleko yabafundi kanye nezibonelelo, usizo lwebhizinisi elincane, nezinye izinhlelo eziningi.
Kodwa-ke, abantu baseMelika abaningi asebekhulile abaguquguqukayo babenomuzwa wokuthi basebenze kanzima kukho konke ukuphila kwabo futhi belufanelekela usizo abalutholile, kodwa ukuthi isizukulwane esisha samaMelika, esasihlanganisa abamnyama, ama-hipanics, abanye abafuduki, abafundi basenyuvesi, izitabane, njalo njalo, babefuna. ukuthola izinzuzo ezifanayo ngaphandle kokubasebenzela, kanye nokufuna ukuthola izinzuzo ezengeziwe ngokwenza abantu baseMelika asebekhulile bakhokhe intela ephakeme ukuze bangasebenzi.
I-Fox TV yasebenzisa amaqhinga angcolile okwethusa. Kusukela ekusakazweni abakubona ebhokisini leFox, abantu baseMelika abalandela umthetho bakholelwa ukuthi uhlelo Lokuvikeleka Komphakathi lwaluphelelwe imali futhi luzowa futhi bethuswa ubushokobezi bamaSulumane, ikakhulukazi amanga amsulwa. Ayikho ingozi yokuwa kohlelo Lokuvikeleka Komphakathi noma nini maduze, futhi noma yikuphi ukushoda kwesikhathi esizayo kungalungiseka kalula. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-62 ama-Tea Partier Americans asekela i-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare kodwa bekungenjalo emkhakheni wezinkampani.
Ngemva kokusakaza kwe-Fox TV, abanye abantu baseMelika babekhathazeke kakhulu ngokuwa komnotho kangangokuthi bagcina ukudla okuyizinyanga eziyishumi nesishiyagalombili ezindlini zabo. Bakhathazekile ngokuthi amanani ezindlu zabo ehle kakhulu ngenxa yezinkinga zezindlu futhi bakhathazekile ngama-akhawunti abo omhlalaphansi asebenethonya. Babesaba intela ephakeme ngesikhathi nje imali incane yokuphila.
Isici sezenkolo sasikhona. Amaphesenti angaba ngu-XNUMX alabo abagxumela kwi-bandwagon ye-Tea Party kwakungamaKrestu angamavangeli. Babekholelwa ukuthi ukufundisa ngemvelo ezikoleni kwakuyinkulumo-ze engamanga ehlukumeza abafundi abasebasha. Babelwa ososayensi nongoti basenyuvesi abathi ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuyingozi. Futhi i-Fox TV yethule ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu njengenkohliso ngabakhululekile. Abaningi futhi babebazonda abantu abangongqondongqondo, kuhlanganise noMengameli owake waba uprofesa wasenyuvesi. Abaningi baboshelwe emculweni onamandla wokulwa nobuhlakani emphakathini waseMelika owasiza ukubaklomelisa ngezikhulu ezinjengoMongameli wangaphambili uGeorge W. Bush.
Izinhlangano ezixhaswe ngosozigidigidi zangena ngomzamo wokuhlanganisa amaqembu amaningi endawo ngaphansi kwesambulela sawo, amaqembu afana ne-Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Works kanye neCitizens for a Sound Economy. Empeleni lezi yizinhlaka zobudlelwane bezinkampani ezizenza izinhlangano ezisezingeni eliphansi. Baxhaswe ngezimali ingcebo enkulu, njengaleyo evela kuDavid noCharles Koch kanye ne-Olin Foundation. Izelamani zakwaKoch zingamadodana kaFred Koch, owayeyilungu elisungula i-John Birch Society, iqembu eliphiko kwesokudla eleqisayo elagqama ngeminyaka yawo-1960. Lezi zinhlangano zisebenza ngokuyinhloko ukususa imithetho kumabhizinisi kanye nezintela eziphansi. Kodwa namuhla futhi bacindezela i-ajenda eqinile yokuqeda ngokuphelele Ukuphepha Komphakathi kanye ne-Medicare ezizukulwaneni ezizayo zabantu baseMelika. Amabhizinisi amakhulu azohlomula ngezintela eziphansi, noma athole izinzuzo zokuphatha izikhwama Zokuvikeleka Komphakathi uma sezizimele.
Zombili lezi ziphakamiso zokuqeda i-Social Security kanye nokuqeda i-Medicare, azisekelwa yilabo bantu baseMelika asebekhulile abajoyine amaqembu etiye, kodwa kuyathakazelisa ukuthi amaqembu amakhulu ezinkampani asebenzisa lezi zakhamuzi esezikhulile ukuphusha i-ajenda esiza abacebile kakhulu. bacebe nakakhulu futhi empeleni okungqubuzana nezithakazelo zama-Tea Partiers ngokwazo. Ngandlela-thile, bahlukunyezwa ukuthatheka kwabo kanye nama-charletans aphiko lwesokudla adonsa uvolo emehlweni awo. Iphesenti elilodwa eliphezulu labacebile eMelika liphethe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yomcebo.
Yize lezi zakhamuzi esezikhulile zinemfundo ethile kanye nobuchwepheshe mayelana nendlela yokwenza ukuze zisize ukuvimba noma ukuphusha umthetho, zingakhohliseka kakhulu kuyinkulumo-ze esakazwa yi-Fox TV kanye nophiko olufanele. Isibonelo esisodwa siwukukholelwa ukuthi ukugcinwa kwemvelo nokwakha imizila yamabhayisikili kuyitulo leZizwe Ezihlangene lokuphoqelela โubushiqela bobushiqela bomhlaba wonkeโ emhlabeni.
Lezi zinyosi ezindala ezimatasa zazikwazi kahle ubuhlakani bokusebenzisa inqubo yezepolitiki nokuthola izikweletu ziphasiswe noma zivinjwe ezishayamthetho zezifundazwe naseWashington, kodwa ngokwenza lokho, zizibeka engcupheni yokuzibeka engcupheni yazo uma abaxhasi bezimali abaphiko lwesokudla bethola indlela yabo futhi bachoboze. insindiso eyinhloko yabantu, Ukuvikeleka Komphakathi, yadlula ezinsukwini Zokudangala Okukhulu nguFranklin Delano Roosevelt.
Ifulegi elibomvu elimaphakathi le-Tea Party kube wukwesaba okukhulu ngohlelo lwezempilo lukaMongameli Obama. Kungumthetho wezempilo ongelutho kunoma yiziphi izindinganiso zamazwe ngamazwe, futhi awufaki ngisho nokhetho lomphakathi lokunakekelwa kwezempilo okusebenza ngaphansi kukahulumeni, kodwa ukwesaba okukhulu kwenze inani elikhulu labantu liphikise, okungenzeka bahlomule kakhulu. Ngokudabukisayo, uhlelo oluphasiswe ngaphansi kuka-Obama, I-Affordable Health Care Act, yilona esingathenjwa kakhulu uma kubhekwa ukuguquguquka kwezepolitiki kanye nemibono yaseMelika. I-Fox TV isabalalise imininingwane engamanga yokuthi lolu hlelo olusha luzomisa โamaphaneli okufaโ lapho izikhulu zikaHulumeni zizonquma ukuthi ngubani othola usizo lwezokwelashwa nokuthi ubani ongalutholi. Kalula nje, ngalolu hlobo lwepolitiki, abantu baseMelika bazoqhubeka nokuhlupheka.
U-Fox usenecala futhi lapha. Kuyihlazo impela ukuthi i-US ukuphela kwezwe elithuthukisiwe ngemuva kwezimboni elinganikezi uhulumeni ukunakekelwa kwezempilo kubantu bakhona. Kodwa ngisho nohlelo olunjalo oluncane luhlangabezana nokuphikiswa okuqinile okuvela kubantu abaludinga kakhulu. Kuyangijabulisa kakhulu lapho ngizwa usombusazwe onjengoMitt Romney noma uNewt Gingrich ekhuluma futhi exwayisa abantu ukuthi baqaphele ukuvotela โabakhululekileโ noma โsizoqala ukubukeka njengeYurophu.โ Ngiyaxolisa, Melika, kodwa awuzoqala ukubukeka njengeYurophu noma nini maduze. Kungaba kuhle uma uthanda, kodwa awuyi. Impela, isimo eYurophu asisibi, kepha abantu banombono othile wezepolitiki kanye nokuqonda okukhulu kwezepolitiki. Kukhona kwesokunxele kwezepolitiki futhi abantu banombono othile ngokuthi kwesokunxele nesokudla kuyini. IMelika ayinawo nhlobo umkhondo uma iqhathaniswa.
Amaphathi etiye afuna ukubona iMelika njengoba yayinjalo ngesikhathi besebancane, iMelika abayikhumbula kudala. Lokhu, ezimweni eziningi, kuwumbono ongakaze ube khona ngempela. โIzinsuku ezimnandi zakudalaโ azizange zibe zinhle ngendlela abantu abakhumbula ngayo. Ama-l950s abona izinsuku zikaMcCarthyist lapho abantu babegqunywa ejele futhi belahlekelwa imisebenzi nethuba lokusebenza ngenxa yezinkolelo zabo zezombusazwe. I-l960s yacekelwa phansi yimpi yama-impiriyali i-US eyaqala ngokumelene neVietnam. IMelika yayilawula umhlaba ngokukhiqiza kwayo ngobuningi kanye nokuthunyelwa kwempahla kwamanye amazwe ngesikhathi esiphezulu samandla ayo esikhathini sangemva kwempi. Kodwa namuhla umhlaba usuqhubekele phambili. I-soufle yaseMelika ngeke iphinde ivuke. Izinkampani zomhlaba zaseMelika zisenga umnotho womhlaba ukuze zithole inzuzo, kuyilapho zehlisa umnotho waseMelika. Uma izinto ziqhubeka sengathi zingaphansi kwabaphathi bezinkampani, ama-Tea Partiers ngeke akhathazeke ngokufudukela kwamanye amazwe. Abantu baseMelika baya ngokuya beqala ukushiya eMelika bona beya emadlelweni aluhlaza kwenye indawo emhlabeni. Abantu abaningi baseNdiya abavela kwamanye amazwe bathola utshani buluhlaza ekhaya namuhla. Ngisho nabaseMexico sebeqalile ukubuyela ezweni labo lapho kunamathuba amaningi.
Kulinganiselwa ukuthi abantu baseMelika abangaba ngu-200,000 sebenobudlelwane namaqembu ephathi yetiye endawo ngalesi sikhathi. Lokhu empeleni ukwehla okuncane ebhakedeni labavoti baseMelika, kepha ithonya labo lezepolitiki beliphuma kuzo zonke izilinganiso zamanani. Ababhali bakholelwa ukuthi ukhetho lukaMongameli luka-2010 luwukhetho olubalulekile. Akucaci kahle ukuthi i-Tea Party isidubule yini induku yayo kodwa kubukeka sengathi iyashabalala. Amaqembu etiye ayamzonda uMitt Romney, ngoba ubonakala ekhululekile kakhulu, kodwa kubukeka sengathi uzokhethwa esikhundleni sikaMongameli weRepiblican. Kuyacaca ukuthi i-Tea party ayizange ibe yinto abezindaba abafika ngayo beqamba amanga. Akuzange kube umnyakazo wangempela wezimpande futhi ngokuvamile nje umele ukugqugquzelwa kwe-Republican populism ephiko kwesokudla, ephumelele ukuhambisa Iqembu LeRiphabhulikhi lidlulele kwesokudla. Kuholele okhethweni lwezinombolo ezibalulekile zezikhulu zombuso ophiko lwesokudla kanye nabanye abamele uphiko lwesokudla namaseneta eWashington okhethweni lwamaphakathi nonyaka ka-2010. Futhi ababusi bezifundazwe abathathu abaphiko lwesokudla e-Ohio, Wisconsin, naseFlorida bakhethwa ngokwengxenye ngephathi yeTiye. Imizamo yethulwe kulezi zifundazwe yokuqeda zonke izinyunyana zezinkampani zikahulumeni kanye nezinhlelo eziningi zezenhlalakahle ezisiza abampofu. Lokhu kwenzeke ngosizo noxhaso lwezikhulu zamabhizinisi aphiko lwesokudla njengezelamani zakwaKoch.
Uma uMongameli Obama elahlekelwa ukhetho lwango-2012, amabutho angakwesokudla angakwazi ukwenza ukuphepha Komphakathi okuyimfihlo, futhi asuse i-Medicare ne-Obama Care. Lokhu kungaba yinhlekelele ezizukulwaneni ezizayo.
Uma u-Obama ewina elinye ihlandla leminyaka emine, umzabalazo uzoqhubeka, kodwa isiphetho seTea Party asiqiniseki. Ngokuphambene ne-hype yemidiya yezinkampani, ayidumile. Imizabalazo ebanzi nebuhlungu iyaqhubeka ngokumelene ne-ajenda yababusi abaphiko lwesokudla, njengoScott Walker eWisconsin, emizamweni yabo yokucekela phansi izinyunyana zabasebenzi bakahulumeni, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi abantu bazobuyisela amaRiphabhlikhi uma eqhubeka nokuphusha. i-ajenda yophiko lwesokudla oluqinile. I-Tea Party ngokuqinisekile iyindlela eya ngakwesokunene sabantu futhi mhlawumbe ifinyelela kude kakhulu nelungelo lokuhlanganisa abavoti futhi iwine ukhetho, ngisho nangosizo lwamanga angaphezi avela ku-Fox idiot Box propaganda.
Mayelana nokhetho, mhlawumbe okuningi kuncike ekutheni bangaki abantu abavotayo ngempela. I-Republican Party iyazi ukuthi izophinde yehlule futhi uma inani elikhulu labantu lizovota, ngakho-ke izikhulu ze-Conservative bezisebenza isikhathi esengeziwe ukwenza kube nzima ukuthi abantu bavote ezweni lonke. Kakhulu ngentando yeningi yaseMelika.
Uma abantu behlala ekhaya, becasukile ngenxa yokungaphumeleli kuka-Obama,โ khona-ke uRomney uzowina futhi ama-Conservatives alengise abantu esithweni esingaphezu kwalesi abalengiswa kuso manje. Imicimbi yephathi yetiye, exhaswe kakhulu yimali yebhizinisi, ikhokhe izabelo ezinhle kwabakhethekile abanemali. Kodwa indlela yabo iye yaba nentukuthelo, ifuna ngenkani, futhi ikholelwa ngokuphelele, yenqaba noma yikuphi ukuyekethisa. Kubukeka sengathi abantu baseMelika kungenzeka ukuthi sebeqala ukukhathala ngenxa yepolitiki eyingozi kangaka. Umuntu angaba nethemba kuphela.
Le ncwadi ka-Skocpol kanye no-Williamson yenza umsebenzi omuhle wokucacisa ukuthi i-Tea Party eMelika imayelana nani. Kukhombisa ukuthi osozigidigidi nezinkampani bakwazile ukuphonsa imali yabo futhi ikakhulukazi bathola imithetho abayidingayo eMelika yonxiwankulu. Umdlalo omkhulu wemali uqhubeka ngendlela exakile kakhulu kulo nyaka wokhetho luka-2012. Ibhokisi le-Fox Idiot lisize ukuqhubekisela phambili ipolitiki yaseMelika kude kwesokudla. Akulona ushintsho abaningi baseMelika ababenethemba lokulubona.
April 25, 2012
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