Umthombo: Isikhungo Socwaningo Lwezomnotho Nenqubomgomo
U-Naomi Klein unokuthakasela Ucezu ku-New York Times mayelana nemiphumela yenhlekelele yaseTexas. Angivumelani nezingxenye ezithile, ezihlasela indlela yaseTexas yamandla njengokuthi "imakethe yamahhala." Ngokubona kwami, lokhu kuphana kakhulu.
Ngisho nemakethe yamandla e-Texas 'engasalawuleki isalawulwa kakhulu. Kungenzeka ukuthi kube nemiphumela ehluke kakhulu kanye nezikhuthazo ngokuhlela imakethe ngezindlela ezihluke kancane. Isibonelo, njengoba ukunikezwa kukagesi ezindlini ngazinye kuwubudlelwane obubodwa (akekho ozoba nezixhumi ezimbili zikagesi), umthwalo ungathweswa umhlinzeki ukuze aqinisekise ugesi ngenani elishiwo, esikhundleni sokuhlela imakethe ukuze ingozi ilele kubathengi ngokuphelele.
Lokhu kokugcina kwenza umqondo omncane ngezinhlobo zemakethe yamahhala, njengoba abathengi bobabili abanalo ikhono lokuhlola ubungozi obuthathwa abahlinzeki babo, noma ikhono lokuthatha izinyathelo zokunciphisa ubungozi. Uma izinkontileka bezibhalwa ukuze ubungozi buwele kubahlinzeki, lokhu bekuzohlinzeka ngohlobo lwezikhuthazo zemakethe abalandeli “bemakethe yamahhala” abathi bayazazisa.
Kodwa ngale kwalolu daba, u-Klein uphawula kahle ukuthi amaRiphabhulikhi aseTexas namaRiphabhulikhi ngokuvamile abona i-Green New Deal njengosongo olukhulu, athi ingoba iwumbangi wempi yemibono:
"Ngoba ngokokuqala ngqa esikhathini eside, amaRiphabhulikhi abhekana nayo kanye into abathi bayayihlonipha kodwa abakaze bayifune: ukuncintisana - empini yemibono."
Ngibona inselelo inamandla kakhulu. I-Green New Deal iyinselelo enkulu kubasekeli abakhulu bezezimali be-Republican Party. Imboni kaphethiloli kaphethiloli sekuyisikhathi eside isekela i-Republican Party kanye nezimbangela ezingakwesokudla. Abaxhasi abaningi abakhulu abaphiko lwesokudla, abadume kakhulu izelamani zakwa-Koch, bathola ingxenye enkulu yengcebo yabo ezintweni zokubasa ezimbiwa phansi. Uma le mboni igetshengwa yizinqubomgomo zokunciphisa ukufudumala komhlaba, kuzoba nomthelela omkhulu kulaba baxhasi.
Ukubheka ipolitiki ngale ndlela kukhombisa isu amaRiphabhulikhi alisebenzise ngempumelelo amashumi eminyaka ukubukela phansi isisekelo sepolitiki ethuthukayo. Babengagcini nje ngokuqophisana ngemibono, kodwa benza izinto ezinjengokuqoka amajaji nezikhulu zeNational Labour Relations Board ezazizokwenza konke okusemandleni ukuthena amandla izinyunyana nokubukela phansi ikhono labasebenzi lokuhlela. Futhi, bona (kanye namaDemocrats aphambili) baphusha izinqubomgomo zezohwebo nemithetho ezenza buthaka kakhulu izinyunyana emikhakheni efana neyokukhiqiza, yezokuthutha, nezokuxhumana. Emuva kokuntenga amandla izinyunyana ezinkampanini ezizimele, babe sebeklama iqhinga lokuzicekela phansi nasemkhakheni kahulumeni.
Baphinde babheke ukubukela phansi ezinye izisekelo zokusekela izinqubomgomo eziqhubekayo. Isibonelo, u-Reagan wachitha ukusekelwa kwenhlangano yezinsizakalo zezomthetho, okwakuyisisekelo esivikelekile lapho abameli abaningi abathuthukayo babephishekela khona amasu ukuze kuzuze isigaba sabasebenzi nabampofu. Baphinde banciphisa kakhulu ukwesekwa kwezinhlelo ezifana ne-National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities, kanye ne-Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
Ngokuyisisekelo, amaRiphabhulikhi ayenesithakazelo esikhulu ekucekeleni phansi izisekelo zezimali zokusekelwa kwabathuthukayo kunokunqoba izimpi zemibono. Kungaba kuhle uma abathuthukayo bengaphendula itafula futhi bacekele phansi umthombo omkhulu woxhaso lwelungelo lokudla kuyilapho bedala imisebenzi eholela kahle futhi konga imvelo.
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