Emhlabeni othuthukisiwe wezomnotho nobunjiniyela bezimboni, akukaze kube khona muntu ofana noprofesa waseColumbia University uSeymour Melman. Ngikhule ngifunda futhi ngilalela izimpikiswano ezingokwesiprofetho, eziyiqiniso nezinekhala eliqinile azenza mayelana nezimbangela zakhe zokulwa nempi kanye nezimbangela zomhlaba wonke zokuncishiswa kwezikhali emkhakheni okhethekile kanye, ngezikhathi ezithile, nabezindaba ezinkulu.
Bekukhona ama-op-ed kaSeymour Melman kanye nezincwadi eziya kumhleli ku-New York Times kusukela eminyakeni yakhe engamashumi amabili. Kube nobufakazi bakhe obuqinile beCongress mayelana nomnotho wempi unomphela kanye nokulimala kwawo emnothweni wethu wezakhamuzi kanye nezidingo zabantu baseMelika. Izinhlelo zakhe zokuguqula umnotho kanye nokumela kwakhe isivumelwano sokuthula esinemisipha neSoviet Union kwakhanyisa ukuthi hlobo luni lomnotho, ukusungulwa kanye nempumelelo okungaba okwethu e-USA.
Umsebenzi kaMelman wawunemininingwane eminingi futhi waphonsela inselelo lokho uMongameli u-Eisenhower akubiza ngokuthi “inxanxathela yezempi yezimboni” njengaleyo engakaze ibonwe esinye isifundiswa. Wayezobonisa ukuthi amakhono esayensi nobunjiniyela anethalente afakwa kanjani kulo mnotho wempi unomphela kwalimala imisebenzi yomphakathi kanye nokuthuthukiswa komnotho njengokungathi inhlalakahle yabantu ibalulekile. "Ukuqeda indlala eMelika = $4-5 billion = Uhlelo lwendiza ye-C-5A," wayezosho, ebhekisela kunkontileka ka-Lockheed Martin ehlala ihlangene, enesici futhi ebiza kakhulu.
Izinsizakalo zokubonisana zikaMelman zazidingeka kakhulu. Izincwadi zakhe eziningi zazinengqondo enjalo kubantu ababenesimo sengqondo esibalulekile kubo ukubona izinto kusengaphambili. Weluleke izinhlangano zezakhamizi, izinyunyana, izishayamthetho kanye neNhlangano Yezizwe. Kwaphela iminyaka engusihlalo weNational Commission for Economic Conversion and Disarmament.
Eminyakeni yakhe engamashumi ayisishiyagalombili, uMnu. Melman waphenya izifunda zezikhali zezikhali. Wahlukanisa ngokucophelela izindlela ezingalungile iPentagon elawulwa yinkampani ebiza izindleko zebhizinisi zama-subs, imikhumbi, izindiza nezinye izikhali zesimanje, ngendlela yokuchaza ukuzungeza okumangalisayo kwesabelomali sezikhali.
Izihloko zezincwadi zakhe zakhuluma ngokumkhathazayo - "Umphakathi Wethu Ophelile," "Pentagon Capitalism" kanye "Nenzuzo Ngaphandle Kokukhiqiza". Njengomakadebona weMpi Yezwe II, wawazi umehluko phakathi kokuzivikela okwanele kanye “nokweqisa” kwezikhali. Wabala ukuthi izikhali zenuzi zase-US zazinamandla okubhubhisa iSoviet Union izikhathi ezingu-1,250 ngaphezulu. Ubuze ukuthi, yimalini edonsa kakhulu umnotho nenhlalakahle yethu?
Ngokushabalala kweSoviet Union kanye nesivumelwano sokudiliza eziningi zalezo zikhali zenuzi nhlangothi zombili, uMnu. Melman wayebheke ngabomvu “izabelo zokuthula” kanye nokuguqulwa kwezomnotho noma ukulungiswa kabusha kwezinsiza asekunxuse isikhathi eside kangaka. Kwakungeke kwenzeke. Isabelomali sezempi manje sisebenzisa ingxenye yazo zonke izindleko zokusebenza zikahulumeni wobumbano.
Eminyakeni yakhe yokugcina, uMelman wakhuthaza umbono wokuzilawula njengenye indlela yezinkampani ezinkulu. Eminyakeni engamashumi amabili edlule abezindaba bamfaka mnyama. Wayengakwazi ukuthola isihloko esinyatheliswa emaphephandabeni noma komagazini abathuthukayo. Emsakazweni nakuthelevishini, akazange afaneleke ngoba wayekhuluma ngezigaba futhi wayesekhulile - ubandlululo lwama-elekthronikhi ovimba abantu baseMelika abaningi abahlakaniphile, asebekhulile ekuxhumaneni nezizukulwane zabo ezincane.
Kwakungenxa yokuthi wayeqinisile kaningi kangangokuthi abezindaba bakhathele ucwaningo lwakhe nakuba belusesimweni. Bangaki abantu baseMelika abazi, ngokwesibonelo, ukuthi amaphesenti angama-90 emikhiqizo ethengiswe kukhathalogi ye-LL Bean ka-2002 yangeniswa kwamanye amazwe? Wawabala, ukuze aveze iphuzu lakhe mayelana nokukhishwa kwezimboni kweMelika.
Bangaki abantu abangafuna ukwazi ukuthi inkontileka yakamuva yeDolobha laseNew York yezimoto ezihamba ngobuningi ithole amabhidi akwamanye amazwe kuphela? Ayikho neyodwa inkampani yaseMelika eyayikhona ukuze iqhudelane futhi inikeze imisebenzi kuphrojekthi yamaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu.
Ngaphambi kokuthi ashone kule nyanga, uSeymour Melman wayeseqedile ukubhala incwadi emfushane enesihloko esithi, “Wars, Ltd.: The Rise and Fall of America’s Permanent War Economy”. Wayenenkinga yokuthola ummemezeli omuhle, lapho ngikhuluma naye ekuqaleni kwaleli hlobo. Kodwa uyoshiya ifa lokuhlakanipha, ukuqonda, ubuntu, ukungaguquguquki, nokukhuthala. Emphakathini ababusi kanye nama-corpotists abavala abantu emiqondweni emangalisa kangaka futhi bagcwele izinto ezingasho lutho, iziphazamiso kanye namaciko asemoyeni ashisayo nsuku zonke bekhala ngokungazi kwabo okunenzuzo enkulu, abantu baseMelika abanonya njengoSeymour Melman ngeke bakuthole ukunakwa okufanele izakhamizi ngaphandle uma thina bantu. , abangabanikazi bomsakazo womphakathi, baqala ukulawula nokusebenzisa amalungelo ethu emidiya
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