Umthombo: Counterpunch
โSingasho ukuthi uthando luwuhambo oluqinile. Uhlangothi lwe-adventure luyadingeka, kodwa ngokufanayo nesidingo sokuqina. Ukuyeka isithiyo sokuqala, ingxabano yokuqala, kuphela ukuhlanekezela uthando. Uthando lwangempela yilolo olunqoba phakade, ngezinye izikhathi kabuhlungu, phezu kwezithiyo ezimiswe isikhathi, indawo nomhlaba.โ
- Alain Badiou, Ekudumiseni Uthando
Njengengane, siluqonda uthando ngezinga elijulile, uma kungenjalo ngokusobala, ngakho ngokungagunci. Ukuthinta, ukuphulula, ukwanga, noma isandla esinothando sidlulisela umuzwa wemfudumalo nokubonga ukusuka komunye umuntu kuye komunye, umama kuye enganeni, umngane kuye kumngane, isihambi kuye kongaziwa.
Izwe lanamuhla, nawo wonke umsangano walo owubhadane, izinto ezishaqisayo zezomnotho, ukucekelwa phansi kwemvelo nokuwohloka kwezenhlalo, liyindawo engenalo uthando. Kodwa ubuvele ukwazi lokho. Uyakuzwa emathanjeni akho. I-Capitalism kanye noMbuso kuphambene nokuzwelana nothando. I-Capitalism iyabusa. Umbuso uyabulala. Ukubusa kuzo zonke izinhlobo zako ezimbi nezinyanyekayo kwenqaba zona kanye izisekelo zothando: ukwethembana, inhlonipho, ububele, ukusizana.
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Kulezi zinsuku, asikhulumi ngothando kwesokunxele. Lokho okwabantu abangenangqondo. Sizimisele. Ebucayi kakhulu. UMarianne Williamson ukhulume ngothando. Ngenxa yalokho, wadlalwa ngesikhathi samaprimaries eDemocratic Party njengothile othanda ukuthula-i-New Age-hippie okwakungafanele athathwe ngokungathi sรญna. Futhi wayengekho. Kwaze kwayisono. Uma noma yiliphi izwe lingazuza engxoxweni ende ngothando nenhlonipho, yi-United States of America.
Inxele lalikhuluma ngothando. U-Ho Chi Minh ukhulume ngothando. U-Emma Goldman ukhulume ngothando. UChe Guevara ukhulume ngothando. Eqinisweni, bekuyingqikithi yombono wakhe wezwe osafufusa, owanqanyulwa yi-CIA oshayasibhamu abaqeqeshiwe nabahlomile. Ngo-1965, uChe wabhala:
Engozini yokubonakala ingenangqondo, mangisho ukuthi umguquli weqiniso uqondiswa umuzwa omkhulu wothando. Akunakwenzeka ukucabanga ngoguquko lwangempela olungenayo le mfanelo. Mhlawumbe ingelinye lamadrama omholi okumele ahlanganise umoya wothando nobuhlakani obubandayo athathe izinqumo ezibuhlungu ngaphandle kokuxhamazela. Abaguquki bethu abahamba phambili kumele balwenze lolu thando lwabantu, lwezizathu ezingcwele kakhulu, futhi balwenze lube lunye futhi lungabonakali. Abakwazi ukwehla, ngemithamo emincane yothando lwansuku zonke, baye ezingeni lapho abantu abavamile befaka khona uthando lwabo.
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Njengoba ngakhulela eMidwest, ngingumKatolika waseNtaliyane, ngafundiswa ukuthanda umkhaya wami, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kwenzekani, ngaphansi kwanoma yiziphi izimo. Uma ngicabanga, leyo akuyona indlela enempilo kakhulu yothando, kodwa ngikhumbula ngizizwa ngixhumene kakhulu nomndeni wami ngisakhula. Ngikhumbula ngizizwa ngivikelekile futhi ngiduduzekile. Angizange ngikhathazeke ngokuhluleka, okwangivumela ukuba ngizame izinto ezintsha, ngoba ngangazi ukuthi ngiyohlale ngithandwa.
Nami ngikhule no'malume' kanye 'no-anti' abaningi ababengebona omalume noma omalumekazi ngempela. Babengabangane abakhulu babazali bami, kodwa sasibabheka njengomkhaya. Lowo muzwa wothando wakhula usuka ebuhlotsheni begazi waya ebuhlotsheni bomphakathi. Abazali bami basethula mina nomfowethu kubantu ababebabheka njengabafowethu nodadewethu, abantu ababezobafela.
Ngandlela thize, ukufa nokuphelelwa ithemba kungamandla ahlala ekhona ezindaweni ezihlala abasebenzi nasemiphakathini. Abantu abasebenzayo bafa ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ngisakhula ngikhumbula udaba lwekhehla elashonela esitolo salo ngesikhathi lizivalele efrijini nokukhululwa komnyango wezimo eziphuthumayo kwahluleka ukusebenza. Abangane bakababa wami, kokubili ama-hoodlum nabasebenza ngensimbi, bafa njalo. Abanye bachotshozwa yi-I-beam. Abanye bawa ezakhiweni. Futhi abanye babulawa.
Khona-ke, kunjalo, ukufa okubangelwa imijaho yokudonsa, ukuphuza nokushayela, ukudakwa izidakamizwa, ubudlova bamaqembu ezigelekeqe, ubudlova basekhaya, izigameko ezihlobene nomsebenzi, nobumpofu. Ngokweminye imibiko, abantu baseMelika abangu-130,000 bafa minyaka yonke ngenxa yobumpofu. Abantu baseMelika abangu-117,000 bafela empini phakathi neMpi Yezwe I. Ngicabanga ukuthi ngeke sibone noma yiziphi izithombe eziqoshiwe noma amatshe esikhumbuzo akhiwa egameni labantu baseMelika abangu-130,000 abafa minyaka yonke ngoba Iphupho LaseMelika seliphenduke I-American Nightmare.
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Ubani othanda abampofu? UDkt. William Barber Jr. ungomunye wamazwi ambalwa avelele kwezombusazwe ezivamile zase-US ohlale ekhulumela abampofu. Isihogo, iningi lethu alisebenzisi ngisho negama elithi 'abampofu.' Abantu baseMelika abaningi bangaba kanjani namahloni ngokuba mpofu kuyilapho abantu baseMelika abaningi bempofu?
Uma ulalela izindaba zebhizinisi noma izikhulu zeDemocratic Party, wonke umuntu e-US uyi-Middle Class. Njengoba abantu abaningi abampofu bengavoti, abavoti, okungenani hhayi kulabo abaphethe. Phela, ama-consultants anesikhathi sabavoti abathembekile kuphela. Bangawathethelela kanjani amaholo abo abantu abayisithupha uma bengawakhiqizi amavoti? Abakwazi. Futhi okungaba yihlazo elingakanani uma bengakwazanga ukuyovakashela eBurning Man kulo nyaka.
Mhlawumbe isigaba sabasebenzi kanye nabantu abampofu banothando olungaka abanganikela ngalo ngoba uthando luwukuphela kwento esalayo lapho usuphucwe isithunzi, ukuphepha, nengqondo ngenxa yesistimu ekuthatha njengesandiso se-iPhone, noma โimali yabantu. stock,โ njengoba umeluleki weWhite House uKevin Hassett esibhekise kithi. Uma ungakwazi ukuthenga udoti, okusalayo uthando, noma intukuthelo, evame ukuphumela odlameni, ikakhulukazi ezindaweni ezimpofu nezingabasebenzi.
Abantu abampofu nabasebenzayo banothando oluningi abangalunikeza, kodwa kufanele sandise umqondo wethu wothando ngale kwemindeni yethu eseduze, ngale kwemibuthano yethu yabangane. Njengoba isazi sefilosofi uMichael Hardt sakubeka, โAbantu namuhla babonakala bengakwazi ukuqonda uthando njengombono wezombangazwe, kodwa umqondo wothando uyilokho kanye esikudingayo ukuze sibambe amandla ayisisekelo esixuku. Umqondo wesimanje wothando ucishe ulinganiselwe kumbhangqwana wonxiwankulu kanye nemingcele ye-claustrophobic yomndeni wenuzi. Uthando seluphenduke indaba yangasese. Sidinga umbono ovulekile futhi ongavinjelwe wothando. โ
Okuwukuphela kwendlela yokulwa nemibono yokusabela ye- nezinye kungenxa yokuguquguquka kothando, ukwelula uthando ngale komndeni wenuzi luye kwezombusazwe. Uthando luyasiguqula futhi lusiphonse inselelo. Uthando lunamandla, luyesabeka futhi luyadakisa. Uthando lungcolile futhi lufana nephupho. Uthando, njengepolitiki, alunasiqalo nesiphetho, kodwa luyinqubo yenguquko futhi, ngethemba, ukukhula, intuthuko, nokuqonda.
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Uthando lungenye yezinto ezibalulekile ezingekho esimweni sanamuhla sezombangazwe. Lapho ngithola izincwadi zikaKarl Marx, ngazijabulela ngenxa yokudumisa kwakhe abantu, uzwela lwakhe ngezisebenzi, nethemba ngesigaba sabasebenzi bomhlaba wonke. Ngangivele ngazi ukuthi i-capitalism iyi-pyramid scheme ngoba ngikhule ngigxile ekilasini (ngiyabonga, Pops).
Ngiyamthanda uCornel West ngenxa yothando olujulile aludlulisela kubantu abamnyama namasiko amnyama kuphela, ukusonteka komphefumulo kanye nemisindo ehlabayo yenhliziyo kaColtrane, inkulumo eguquguqukayo eguquguqukayo iyachuma nothando oluxhaswe ukuthandwa kukaFannie Lou Hammer noFred Hampton, kodwa futhi kubantu bayo yonke imibala nezinkolelo. UCornel uthanda abantu abampofu. Uthando luphakathi nendawo yokubuka umhlaba kaCornel, futhi luyabonakala.
Lolu hlelo, (i-capitalism/empire/corporatism/neoliberalism) luthiya amandla ethu othando oluhlangene. Eqinisweni, luqeda uthando. Ixosha imindeni nemiphakathi. Wonke umuntu uyisigqila seholo. Ikusasa lethu lincike ezifisweni zabaqagela be-Wall Street nosopolitiki abakhohlakele, abangenalwazi, nabangenangqondo. Lolu hlelo lukhiqiza inzondo, ukuphelelwa ithemba, ukuhlukaniswa, ukuncishwa amandla, ukucindezeleka, nokuzibulala kwabantu bonke, ukufa ngezinkulungwane zemicikilisho yezenhlalo, amasiko, ezomnotho, nezombusazwe. Lolu hlelo lubhubhisa umoya womuntu. Futhi yilokho kuphela esinakho.
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Ekugcineni, injongo yethu ayichazwanga. Abantu banekhono eliyingqayizivele lokusungula ikusasa lethu. Njengoba uJerry Cantrell omkhulu ake abhala, sonke "sizogcina sigcwele amathambo amakhulu." Ngibheke ngabomvu โubuthongo obude,โ njengoba uSocrates ake abhekisela ekufeni. Okwamanje, kufanele sihleke, senze uthando, sakhe ubuciko, futhi silwe ngayo yonke imicu yobukhona bethu silwela umhlaba ongcono. Esikushiya ngemuva, ifa lezizukulwane ezizayo eziyolibekezelela, noma zilijabulele, yikhona okukhathaza kakhulu.
Kuleli qophelo, akukho esingakulahlekela ngempela. Iplanethi iyasha. Iriphabhulikhi idilika ngaphansi kwesisindo se-emperial hubris yayo. Futhi abaphezulu baxabanise umakhelwane nomakhelwane. Abantu baseMelika bayabulalana emigwaqweni, futhi izinto azikabi kubi kangako. Kuyisimo esidabukisayo nesihlanyisayo, ngokungangabazeki.
Okuwukuphela kwempendulo efanele uthando lwenguquko. Uthando enginalo engqondweni aluchazi ukuthula noma ukungenzi lutho. Uthando ludinga umsebenzi nesiyalo. Uthando ludinga ukunakwa kwethu. Uthando lusicela ukuba senze izinto ebesingeke sizenze, ngaphansi kwezimo ezinzima kakhulu futhi ngaphandle kokungabaza. Uthando aluwona umbono odlulayo noma umzamo onengqondo. Uthando luyinto engokoqobo futhi engokoqobo.
Abantu banekhono elingapheli lothando nozwela. Masingachithi isici esisodwa esiyingqayizivele nesibalulekile sokuhlangenwe nakho kwethu njengeqoqo. Masihlanganise uthando lwethu oluhlangene futhi siluthululele kuphrojekthi ebaluleke kakhulu emlandweni wesintu: ukusindisa iplanethi nezinhlobo zezilwane engozini ethile.
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U-Emanuele uqinisile. Kwesinye isikhathi angikwazi ukuzibamba kodwa ngicabange futhi ngizibuze ukuthi kungani abanye abantu benamandla anjalo okuphambene nalolu hlobo lothando, noma ukunakekela. Yini ekuphileni kwabo kwasebusheni, noma kamuva, eye yahlakulela intukuthelo enjalo, ukucasuka, ukucasuka, njll. ukuze baphonse amandla abo emisebenzini ebhubhisayo kanye nokuzilimaza?
Ngibona u-Emanuele ehlala e-Indiana. Ngazalelwa lapho emndenini ojwayelekile, ojwayelekile wabasebenzi. Abazali bami nezihlobo babengenazo izicucu zemfundo ephakeme, babephila ngokuzithoba kakhulu, ngokuvamile kuyo yonke iminyaka bengekho ngaphezu kwemali engenayo yesonto nesonto. Umama nobaba babefuna izingane zabo zenze kahle esikoleni, ngokuyisisekelo umongo ogcwele wenkolo yabo kwakuwuMthetho Wegolide, futhi abakaze bathembeke ngokujulile ehlelweni elithile kodwa baya esontweni isikhathi esiningi. Babekholelwa ekusebenzeni kanzima futhi thina zingane safunda ukusebenza sisebancane. Yebo, babenobandlululo oluthile, kodwa babengeqinile futhi bengaqinile kukho ngokwengxenye enkulu. Ngenxa yalokho, ngibe ngumuntu onethemba, ithemba, nokwazisa isithunzi sikamama kanye nobaba futhi ngaqhubeka nalokhu (ngezinye izikhathi nginenkinga yokungazi lutho emhlabeni okuholele ekufundeni okubalulekile) ekuphatheni kwami โโabanye.
Nakuba ngingeke ngithande, njengoba noma yimuphi umuntu engakwazi, ukuthambekela othandweni, ukuphatha abanye njengabafanelwe ukuhlonishwa ngokulinganayo, kubonakala kugxilile. Ngakho, njengomthetho ovamile, nami, ngicabanga njengoba u-Emanuele esho, โAbantu banekhono elingapheli lothando nobubele.โ Yebo ngiyabona ukuthi kunezimo ze-pathological kanye nezimo zengqondo kwezinye izimo-izimpi, udlame, ubugovu obedlulele, ukuzazisa nokulawula ngokweqile-kodwa kufanele kube nokuhle okwanele esintwini ukwedlula izifo.