Ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule, ngibambe iqhaza engxoxweni nomphikisi ophikisana nempi uDaniel Ellsberg ku-Huffington Post bukhoma ngokufaneleka kokuphatha kuka-Obama, nokuthi yini inqubekela phambili okufanele yenziwe ngoSuku Lokhetho. U-Ellsberg ubhale ingosi ye-blog ethi, nakuba u-Obama efanelwe ukugxekwa kakhulu, abavoti abasezindaweni ezishintshayo kufanele bamvotele, funa basebenze njengabakhohlisayo beQembu LeRiphabhulikhi elinonya kakhulu. Lesi simo sengqondo sigcwele kakhulu phakathi kwamaDemocrats, futhi sifanele ukusabela okuqotho. Njengoba ukhetho lusondela ngokushesha, lesi siqeshana siwumzamo wokuveza udaba oluqhubekayo lokuthi kungani umuntu kungafanele avotele u-Barack Obama ukuze aqokwe kabusha, noma ngabe usesimweni esishintshashintshayo.
Kunezimpikiswano eziningi ezinhle eziphikisana no-Obama, ngisho noma amaRiphabhulikhi engabonakali ehlanganisa noma yikuphi. Icala lenkululeko yomphakathi/lokulwa nempi lenziwa ngobugagu emasontweni ambalwa edlule ngumkhulumeli wenkululeko u-Conor Friedersdorf, owabhala ibhulogi ecashunwe kahle yokuthi kungani. akakwazanga, ngonembeza omuhle, votela u-Obama. Nakuba izimpikiswano zakhe zinokufaneleka okukhulu, kunecala elinamandla ngokulinganayo elibhekene no-Obama ngezizathu zokulingana kwezomnotho nezenhlalo. Lelo cala lidinga ukwenziwa. Kulabo abangazi, nasi isizinda esifushane, esifanelekile: Nginomlando omude kupolitiki yentando yeningi neyenkululeko. Ngisebenzele amakhandidethi amaningana eDemocratic Alliance kanye namaqembu angaphansi kwayo, mina ngokwami โโngiqokelele izigidi zamarandi kumaDemocrats ku-inthanethi, ngaba ngumeluleki wakuqala we-Actblue (esicubungule ngaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-300 zamaRandi kwabangenele ukhetho lweDemocratic Alliance). Ngike ngasebenza kuCongress (ikakhulukazi ephaketheni le-Dodd-Frank lokulungisa izimali), futhi bengingumkhiqizi kwa-MSNBC. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngimelene kakhulu nezinselelo zesitayela sika-Nader kwaze kwaba ngu-2008.
Pho kungani uphikisa u-Obama? Kalula nje, wumumo womphakathi u-Obama ayakhayo engiwuphikisayo, futhi ngihlose ukumbeka icala, ngendlela engingenza ngayo, ngezenzo zakhe zokuyidala. AmaDemocrat amaningi adumele ngo-Obama. Abanye banomuzwa wokuthi ungumongameli omuhle onoKhongolose omubi. Abanye banomuzwa wokuthi uyindoda elungile, ezama ukwenza okufanele, kodwa engenaso isibindi esanele. Abanye bacabanga ukuthi wuhlelo nje, lokuthi noma ngubani ubengenza akwenzile. Ngizofinyelela emizweni ngayinye yale, kanye nemibuzo ezuzisayo mayelana nokhetho, kodwa ngicabanga ukuthi kubalulekile ukugxila emiphumeleni yenqubomgomo. Hhayi, u-Obama wazama ukwenzani, enhliziyweni yezinhliziyo zakhe? Kodwa empeleni hlobo luni lweMelika alulethile? Futhi ishadi elingezansi liphendula umbuzo. Leli shadi libonisa icala eliqhubekayo elibhekene no-Obama.
Okungenhla ishadi lenzuzo yebhizinisi ngokumelene nesitolo esikhulu sokulondoloza abantu baseMelika abaningi abanokulondoloza - ukulingana kwekhaya. Qaphela ukuthi ngemuva kwenhlekelele, ngemuva kwephuzu lokuguquguquka kuka-Obama, inzuzo yebhizinisi yabuya ngokumangazayo futhi yadlula ukuphakama kwangaphambilini, kuyilapho amazinga okulingana ekhaya ahlala emile. Leyo $5-7 trillion yokongiwa okulahlekile ayizange ibuye, kanti impahla yezezimali nenzuzo yebhizinisi yabuya. Qaphela futhi ukuthi lokhu akukaze kwenzeke emlandweni wangemva kwempi. Amazinga okulingana kwekhaya kanye nenzuzo yezinkampani azikaze zehluke ngale ndlela; obekukuhle ku-GM bekuhlale, kuze kube muva nje, bekukuhle, uma kungenjalo eMelika, kushidi lebhalansi labanikazi bezindlu. Izinqubomgomo zika-Obama zasinqamula lesi sixhumanisi, ngokuphelele.
Lokhu kuhlukaniswa kumele ngaphezu kwemali. Imele uhlobo olusha lwepolitiki, lapho u-Obama, futhi yebo, akwenza lokhu, efaka ngokusemthethweni amalungelo abantu abaphezulu ngokohlelo lwethu lomthethosisekelo futhi wasusa amalungelo kuwo wonke umuntu (bona "Ukuphahlazeka Kwezindlu kanye Nokuphela Kobuzwe BaseMelikaโ kuFordham Urban Law Journal ukuze uthole ingxoxo ephelele ngale nkinga). I-bailouts kanye nezenzo ze-Federal Reserve ezihambisanayo kwakungezona ngokuyinhloko ukushintsha kwezimali kumabhange; babeyisiqinisekiso sokuthi amalungelo endawo esigaba esithile sabakweletwayo ayevikelekile enseleleni noma ezimakethe. Inkinga yokudliwa kwempahla, nobugebengu bayo obudlangile, ukubolekwa kwezilwane ezifuywayo, kanye namadokhumenti omgunyathi, kumelela uhlangothi olungaphenduki. Amalungelo endawo abakweletayo aya ngokuya ekhona ngokuthokozisa abanamandla. Ukuntuleka kokushushiswa kwabaphathi be-Wall Street, ikhono lamabhange lokuboleka ngamaphesenti angu-0 e-Federal Reserve kuyilapho iningi lethu libhekene namazinga ekhadi lokuthenga ngesikweletu angamaphesenti angu-15-30, kanye nokukhishwa kwebheyili konke kuyingxenye yokwakhiwa kabusha kweMelika. uhlelo lomthetho ezungeze i-oligarchy ka-Obama.
Ukuqhubeka kwenqubomgomo noBush kuhluke kakhulu kulokho u-Obama akunikeze njengekhandidethi. Bheka ezephuliwe izithembiso kusukela ku-platform yeDemokhrasi ka-2008: iholo elincane eliphakeme, ukuvinjelwa kokushintshwa kwabasebenzi abatelekile, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa zekhefu lokugula elikhokhelwayo, isakhiwo sobunikazi bemithombo yezindaba ehluke kakhulu, ukuxoxisana kabusha kwe-NAFTA, ukuvumela amajaji aphelelwe imali ukuthi abhale phansi isikweletu sendlu, ukuvinjelwa kokungekho emthethweni. ama-wiretaps, ukuphela kwezincwadi zokuphepha kuzwelonke, ukumisa impi yabashaya amakhwela, ukuphasisa uMthetho Wokukhetha Kwabasebenzi, ukubuyisela i-habeas corpus, kanye nokuvikelwa kwabasebenzi kumthethosivivinywa we-FAA. Ngasinye salezi zithembiso ngabe sitshengise amandla okuxoxisana kwabakweletayo, kubasebenzi, noma kwabaphikisana nezepolitiki. Ngakho-ke u-Obama wabathembisa ukuthi bazozehlukanisa noBush, wabe esebuyela ezwini lakhe ngoba lezi zithembiso azihambisani nenqubomgomo enkulu yokuguqula umphakathi waseMelika ubheke embonweni wakhe. Impela, u-Obama ukholelwa ukuthi wenza okufanele, ukuthi izinqubomgomo zakhe yizona ezilungele umphakathi. Uyingcweti elandela imithetho, eqhuba ukwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo yokuqinisekisa ukuthi ochwepheshe abalandela imithetho njengaye baqhuba imishini eyinkimbinkimbi kahulumeni futhi bathola imivuzo yangasese ngokwenza kanjalo. Ukungalingani okukhulu kwezombangazwe nezomnotho kuwumphumela. Akukho nokukodwa kwalokhu kushintsha kwenqubomgomo, ngaphandle kwe-TARP, okubalulekile kubo ngokwabo, kodwa ndawonye kuhlanganisa ukwehla kwezinga lokuphila.
Nakuba impilo ingakaze ibe nobulungisa, ishadi elingenhla libonisa ukuthi, kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II, leli zinga lokungalingani okusemthethweni kwezomthetho, kwezombusazwe kanye nezomnotho kwesixuku esikhulu somphakathi lisha (nakuba kusobala ukuthi ngamaqembu amancane, njengama-Afrika-Amerika, lalikhona. hhayi okusha). Kusengathi ukuthambekela okungokwesiko kokubandlulula ngokobuhlanga kwaseMelika kuhlelwe kabusha, futhi amathuluzi namaqhinga alolo hlelo aphinde ahloselwe abantu abahlukahlukene bamasiko ahlukene abahlanganisa abantu bamasiko amaningi. Imininingwane ifakazela lokhu: Ngaphansi kukaBush, ukungalingani kwezomnotho bekukubi, njengoba amasenti angama-65 wedola ngalinye lokukhula kwemali engenayo aye kwiphesenti elilodwa eliphezulu. Ngaphansi kuka-Obama, noma kunjalo, lelo nani Amasenti angama-93 kulo lonke idola. Kunjalo, ngaphansi kukaBarack Obama kukhona ukungalingani kwezomnotho okwengeziwe kunangaphansi kukaGeorge W. Bush. Futhi uma ubheka ishadi elingenhla, iningi lalolu shintsho lwenzeka ngo-2009-2010, lapho amaDemocrats elawula iCongress. Lokhu kwakungekona, ngamanye amazwi, ukwenziwa kweCongress Republican. Futhi akuwona umphumela wenkinga yezimali ngokuphelele; phela inzuzo yezinkampani yonakala, njengoba kwenza amanani ezindlu, kodwa nawo alulama, kuyilapho amanani ezindlu engazange aphumelele.
Lesi isimo sohlelo u-Obama aluklamile. Kungamabomu, kuwuhlelo lwesimanje lwaseMelika, futhi inokulingana okuthile, uhlobo esilukhomba emnothweni osuselwe ekukhishweni kwezisetshenziswa zaseMpumalanga Ephakathi. Siyabona, njengoba ngibonisile kokuthunyelwe kwangaphambilini, uguquko lokuhleleka komnotho waseMelika ngase-petro-state. Ngamanye ama-akhawunti, iMelika izoba ngumkhiqizi omkhulu wama-hydrocarbon emhlabeni, omkhulu kuneSaudi Arabia. Lena akuyona nje iMelika noma ubani kithi okufanele afune ukuhlala kuyo. Yizwe elisisekelo sezomnotho sayo i-oligarchy, isimiso sezombusazwe siwukugunyazwa, futhi isiko lalo lezombusazwe libulala umhlaba wonke futhi lifuna ukuzibulala ngenxa yokuntula kwethu okunamandla. yokunaka ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu.
Abaningi bazothi u-Obama uhlushwe yi-Republican Congress. Kodwa uhlaka lokuqala lwenqubomgomo u-Obama alumisayo - ukukhululwa, kwenzeka ngesikhathi soguquko kanye nezinyanga eziseduze ngemva kokhetho, lapho u-Obama enegunya elikhulu phezu kokuphatha kukaBush kanye neqembu elibusayo leDemocratic Party kuCongress. Eqinisweni, phakathi nenguquko ngokwayo, uNobhala Wezezimali kaBush, uHank Paulson, wanikeza uBarney Frank isivumelwano, ukuze aphoqelele amabhange ukuthi abhale phansi imali ebolekiwe kanye nokunqanda ukudalulwa kwempahla uma uBarney engasheshisa ukukhululwa kwemali ye-TARP. UPaulson ufune, njengombandela wesivumelwano, ukuthi u-Obama asayine kuso. U-Barney uthe kulungile, kodwa wamangala, umongameli ozayo wenqabe isivumelwano. Yebo, ukuzwile lokho - abaphathi bakaBush babezimisele ukubhala phansi imali ebolekiwe bephendula ingcindezi yeDemokhrasi, kodwa ngu-Obama owathi cha, sifuna inkinga yokuvalwa kwempahla. Futhi ngencwadi kaNeil Barofsky ethi โBailout,โ siyabona ukuthi kungani. U-Tim Geithner uthe, emihlanganweni yangasese, ukuthi izinhlelo zokunciphisa ukudayiswa kwakungahloselwe ukunciphisa ukudayiswa, kodwa ukusabalalisa ubuhlungu emabhange, ukuphawula okudumile "kwe-foam the runway". Lawa manga ayisisekelo awukhiye kulo lonke isu lezomnotho lika-Obama. Akukhona ukuthi u-Obama waphazanyiswa yiCongress, noma wayephikisana nohlelo, noma wabhekana nenkinga enkulu, eyaholela ekumeni komnotho esiwubona namuhla. Kunalokho, u-Obama waba nesivumelwano sokuxhawula ukusiza abasesigabeni esiphakathi esinikezwe uPaulson, futhi u-Obama wathi cha. Wayengavinjwa yilutho ngaphandle kwezifiso zakhe zenqubomgomo. Futhi ukulinganiswa kwenzuzo yebhizinisi nezimpahla zezezimali nokufa kwesigaba esiphakathi kwaba yimiphumela ebikezelwe.
Olunye uhlaka lwenqubomgomo ka-Obama lubukeka luhluke kakhulu uma uvuka esimweni samaphupho esiqhutshwa izindaba zekhebula. Umlando ka-Obama wokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ezingekho emthethweni, kuhlanganiswe nokudlondlobala kwempi yensangu yezokwelapha (nakuba kuncipha ukwesekwa kwempi yezidakamizwa kwikhokhasi yeDemocratic Alliance), ukhombisa kokubili ubuzenzisi bomuntu siqu kanye nokugxeka okulimazayo okufanele sikukhalele kunoma ubani, ingasaphathwa eyokuba sengozini. umenzi wenqubomgomo obalulekile osiza ukugcina abantu abayingxenye yesigidi ejele ngenxa yokuba nengxenye emnothweni osemthethweni ovinjwe imboni yamaqhawe ezidakamizwa. Kodwa kunengqondo uma usuqaphela ukuthi ukwakhiwa kwenqubomgomo yakhe kuhambisana nefilosofi efana ne-Romney yokuthi kunesethi eyodwa yemithetho yabantu abancane, futhi enye yabantu ababalulekile. Kungakho abaphathi baphusha buthule Ukutshalwa kwezimali kwamaShayina kungqalasizinda yaseMelika, ifuna ukwenza imfundo yomphakathi ibe yimfihlo, isuse ukuvikela abasebenzi kumthethosivivinywa wokugunyazwa kwe-FAA, futhi ifake umbandela kumthethosivivinywa wokuvuselela oqinisekisa ukuthi amabhonasi e-AIG azokhokhwa, bese eqamba amanga ngakho ukuze agweme ukusolwa. Abaqageli baseWall Street abakhwabanisa izimakethe bangosomabhizinisi abahlakaniphile nabaziyo, njengoba u-Obama abiza u-Lloyd Blankfein no-Jamie Dimon, kanti izigidi ezaba yizisulu zezinhlelo zazo zokuboleka eziyingozi zingababoleki abangenandaba. Futhi yingakho u-Obama ekhomba ngokusobala amalungelo, izinhlelo zomshwalense abantu baseMelika abazikhokhelayo. U-Obama ufuna ukulondoloza lezi zinhlelo โzabantu abasengozini kakhulu,โ kodwa lokho kuseyisinyathelo. Ingabe wonke umuntu waseMelika akazange akhokhe ku-Social Security kanye ne-Medicare? Bakwenzile, kodwa njengenhlekelele yokudliwa kwempahla, amalungelo empahla (okungamalungelo angokomthetho abalulekile) wethu sonke awabalulekile. Nakuba u-Romney ebeka obala mayelana namaphesenti angu-47 ezwe elingenalutho, u-Obama uvele enze sengathi angamacala okusiza umphakathi. Kunoma yikuphi lapho noma yiliphi ikhandidethi liphatha uquqaba lomphakathi njenge izakhamizi zakithi.
Manje, ngeke kube ukulunga ukubhekana nalolu daba ngezizathu zomnotho kuphela, futhi singawanaki amalungelo abantu besifazane. Kuleyo mpikiswano no-Ellsberg, ummeli u-Emily Hauser wagcizelela ukuthi ukukhetha kuzovikeleka ngaphansi kuka-Obama, futhi yaphetha ngaphansi kuka-Romney, ukuthi lena ukuphela kodaba olubalulekile kwabesifazane, nokuthi noma ubani ongavumelani, njengoba ebeka. yona, inkohliso. U-Falguni Sheth waphikisa ngokuthi lokhu kuwumbono ojwayelekile wowesifazane omhlophe onenhlanhla, ongawunaki umthelela omningi imigomo ka-Barack Obama enawo kwabesifazane, ikakhulukazi abesifazane abanombala. Futhi ngisho endabeni yokuzikhethela, ungenza icala elihle, njengoba enza, ukuthi kukhona umehluko omncane phakathi kuka-Obama noRomney kunalokho okubonwa ngamehlo.
Isiqephu sikaShethi siyakholisa. UBarack Obama ungumengameli owaqasha njengomeluleki wakhe oholayo kwezomnotho uLarry Summers, owesilisa odume ngokuphikisa ngokuthi abesifazane bathambekele ekubeni ngababi ezibalweni. Ngokungamangalisi, u-Anita Dunn, umeluleki we-White House, kamuva wabiza i-Obama White House ngokuthi "indawo yokusebenza enobutha" yabesifazane, ingxenye enkulu ngenxa yeqembu labafana likaRahm Emanuel noLarry Summers. U-Obama ungumongameli owagcizelela ukuthi abesifazane abangaphansi kweminyaka engu-17 akufanele bathole ukulawula ukuzalwa kuka-Plan B, echitha ososayensi e-FDA, ngenxa yesikhundla sakhe "njengobaba wamadodakazi amabili." Wathi amantombazane akufanele akwazi ukuthenga le mithi eduze โkwe-bubble gum namabhethri.โ Ngaphandle kokucwasa ngokobulili okusobala, washiya ngaphandle ukuthi abesifazane abasebasha abadinga uPlan B badlwengulwe oyise, okuyinto noma ubani osebenza kulo mkhakha ayazi ukuthi kwenzeka kaningi. Kumthethosivivinywa wakhe wezokunakekelwa kwempilo, u-Obama wenza isiqiniseko sokuthi izimali zikahulumeni, okuhlanganisa nezikweletu zentela kanye ne-Medicaid okuwukhiye wokwandisa ukufinyelela kwezempilo kwabampofu, izophathwa ku-Hyde Amendment, evimbela ukusetshenziswa kwazo ekuhushuleni isisu. Akukacaci ukuthi kuzokwenzekani ngokuhwebelana ngokunakekelwa kwezempilo, noma ukuthi kuzoba nekhava engakanani yezinsizakalo zokuhushula izisu esikhathini esizayo.
Njengoba uSheth ephawula futhi, kuningi kakhulu emalungelweni abantu besifazane kunokuhushula isisu. Ukubolekwa kwempahla ngobuqili kanye nokudliwa kwempahla kubathinta ngokungafaniyo abesifazane. Impi yezidakamizwa ithinta abesifazane. Ngaphansi kuka-Obama, bangu-1.6 million abesifazane abengeziwe manje abampofu. Bangu-1.2 million abantu bokufika abadingiswe wuMnyango Wezokuphepha Kwezwe. Ukudilizwa kukathisha emsebenzini ka-Obama ngenxa yokunganeli komsebenzi okulishaye kakhulu ithuba lomnotho labesifazane. Ama-oligarchies ngokuvamile awalungile kwabesifazane.
NgokweNkantolo Ephakeme ngokwayo, irekhodi lika-Obama empeleni alihle kangako. Njengelungu lephalamende, u-Obama ugxeke abantu abakhululekile ngokufuna ukuba uSenion Patrick Leahy avimbe u-Sam Alito eNkantolo Ephakeme. Ngaleso sikhathi, iJaji leNkantolo Ephakeme eliqokwe ngu-Obama uSonya Sotomayor usevele esenomsebenzi wakhe yanquma ukukhawulela ukufinyelela ekuhushuleni isisu, futhi isimo sika-Elena Kagan asikacaci. Ukuphikisa ngokuthi amajaji ka-Romney azoketula u-Roe v. Wade kuyimvume yokuthi i-Senate Democrats, njengoba yenza ku-Alito no-Roberts, izovumela ubulungiswa bokungakhethi ngeSigele. Kungenzeka ukuthi u-Romney, njengo-Obama, akanandaba nokuhushula isisu, kodwa unendaba nezinqumo zecala lebhizinisi lenkantolo (i-US Chamber ayizange ihlulwe ngonyaka odlule). U-Romney useshilo ukuthi ngeke shintsha imithetho yokukhishwa kwezisu, nokuthi bonke abantu besifazane kufanele bathole izindlela zokuvimbela inzalo. Kungenzeka ukuthi uqamba amanga, kodwa kungenzeka ukuthi akanandaba futhi ucindezelwa yizombangazwe. Kodwa kanjalo no-Obama, owamukela ngokusobala amalungelo okukhishwa kwezisu kanye nokuvimbela inzalo njengoba manje sekuyimpahla yezombusazwe. Ngamanye amazwi, okunyakazisa amalungelo abantu besifazane akuyena u-Obama noma uRomney, kodwa ukuthi ubuhlanga bepolitiki obushubile bukhombisile ukuthi amalungelo abantu besifazane ayathandwa. Isifundo akukona ukweseka u-Obama, ozovala amalungelo abesifazane eminye iminyaka emithathu, kodwa ukuqhubeka nokubeka udaba oluqinile lwamalungelo abesifazane.
Icala Lokuvotela Umuntu Wesithathu
Ngakho, yini okufanele yenziwe? Sinokhetho, futhi kungenzeka ukuthi unevoti. Yini okufanele uyenze ngayo? Ngicabanga ukuthi kufanelekile ukuvotela ikhandidethi yenkampani yangaphandle, futhi ngizochaza ukuthi kungani ngezansi. Kodwa okokuqala, ake sithembeke ngokuthi kusho ukuthini ukuvotela u-Obama. Lokhu kudinga ukucwila kokuthile engikuzondayo ngempela, okuwukuhlaziya ukhetho kanye nombono walokho okwenziwa yi-pragmatist. Ngivame ukuthola inhlamba yokuthi umuntu udinga ukuba pragmatic futhi hhayi purist ukuzeyisa futhi ukungathembeki; akekho oke athathe isinyathelo ngaphandle kwesizathu sokwenza lokho. Ukuphila kuwukuvumelana. Wonke umuntu uthola lokhu kusukela ekuqaleni lapho yena, njengengane, ecela kubaba wakhe okuthile umama wakhe angeke amnikeze kona. Uma uthatha izinyathelo kwezombusazwe, kufanele ucabange ukuthi ukwenza ngoba ufuna uhlobo oluthile lwemiphumela kuyo. Kodwa ngisho nangaphakathi kombono odabukile nowohlokile walokho okudlulela ngentando yeningi ngo-2012, izimangalo zabalandeli be-pragmatism ziwubuwula. Kunezifunda ezinhlanu noma eziyisithupha kuphela ezibalulekile kulolu khetho; kwamanye ama-44 noma angama-45, ivoti lakho ezingeni likamongameli alinandaba. Kuhlobisa njengokuvotela "umqhudelani we-American Idol." Ngakho-ke, ngaphandle kokuthi ukwesinye sezifundazwe ezimbalwa ezibalulekile, ukuvotela u-Obama kuwukugunyaza okungenamahlo kwezinqubomgomo zakhe. Kodwa uma usesimweni sokujika, khona-ke umbuzo uwukuthi, yini okufanele uyenze?
Manje, futhi lokhu kucashile, angicabangi ukuthi icala lokuvotela u-Obama alivaliwe. Uma uzimisele ukuphikisa ngokuthi u-Obama, nakuba ebeke ukwakhiwa kwegunya ohlelweni lwaseMelika, useyisinqumo esingcono kunoRomney, kulungile. Ngiyakwazi ukuhlonipha ukungavumelani okuqotho. Yingakho ngingavumelani nalokho kuhlaziya. Ukube i-White House ingumdlalo wevidiyo lapho umdlali bekuyinto ebaluleke kakhulu, ukuvotela u-Obama bekungaba yinto enengqondo kakhulu ongayenza. U-Romney maningi amathuba okuthi ahlasele i-Iran, okungaba kubi kakhulu (yize u-Obama engenza kanjalo, asazi ngempela). Kodwa ukwenziwa kwenqubomgomo yemidlalo yevidiyo akuyona indlela esebenza ngayo ipolitiki - abantu uqobo lwabo, lokho abakukholelwayo nalokho abangakukholelwayo, kungacindezela abaholi bezepolitiki. Futhi ngaphansi kuka-Obama, ngoba manje akekho owenza ingxabano yokuhlukumeza, abantu baseMelika sebephenduke ukubekezelela kakhudlwana ukuhlukunyezwa, ama-drones, impi kanye nokugunyazwa ngokujwayelekile. Icala elibhekene no-Obama ngelokuthi abantu ngokwabo bazoba izakhamuzi ezingcono ngaphansi kokuphatha kuka-Romney, bangamethembi futhi bambeke imigoqo ekuziphatheni kwakhe ngendlela abangeke benze ngayo ku-Obama. Njengomuntu ongenele ukhetho, u-Obama uthembise inqwaba yokuvikelwa kwenkululeko yomphakathi, eqamba amanga sonke isikhathi. U-Obama uhlele ngempumelelo ingxenye yesokunxele yeDemocratic Party yaba ibutho elaliphikisana ngokukhululekile nezimpi kanye nokwephulwa kwenkululeko yomphakathi, kodwa manje uhola iMelika ebuthakathaka eyesaba kakhulu ukufaka u-Osama bin Laden ecaleni. Kufanele silwe nalesi siko lezepolitiki esinobugebenga uBush, futhi u-Obama waqina endaweni.
Kodwa ingabe ikhandidethi yenkampani yangaphandle ingawina? Cha. Ngakho-ke kuyini iphuzu lokuvota nhlobo, noma ukuvotela umuntu ongenele ukhetho? Impendulo yami ithi lolu khetho, okokuqala nje, zijwayeze izikhathi ezinzima. Ukhetho luyingxenye encane yokuthi uguquko lobulungiswa bezenhlalakahle lungenzeka kanjani. Isikhathi esingcono kakhulu soshintsho empeleni inkinga, lapho empeleni kukhona amandla enqubomgomo. Kufanele sibheke umhlaka-9/11, u-Katrina kanye nenkinga yezezimali njengohlangothi olungaphenduki lwezinsuku eziyi-100 ze-FDR noma izinsuku ngemuva nje kokuba u-LBJ ethathe izintambo. Siyazi kakade ukuthi inhlekelele iletha ingcindezi enkulu yokuhambisana nalokho okufunwa yinhlangano yezepolitiki. Kanjalo nalolu khetho. Sonke siyazi ukuthi abantu abakhethekile abasesimweni esibucayi bazokutshela ukuthi ubanike amandla amakhulu, funa umhlaba ungaqhume. Lokhu kuyimpikiswano yenhlangano yezepolitiki ngo-2012. Ukuthi cha ebubini ngo-2012 kuzosisiza siqonde ukuthi ubani ozimisele ukwenqaba okubi uma kubalulekile. Futhi uma unamandla phakathi nenhlekelele, abupheli inani lokuhle ongakwenza.
Siluqhuba kanjani ushintsho olukhulu ngezikhathi zobunzima? Silusebenzisa kanjani lolu khetho ukwenza lokho? Nokho, ukuvota komuntu wesithathu noma ukubonisa nje ngokwethembeka ukwakheka kwenqubomgomo ka-Obama kuyindlela enhle yokuzihlonza thina kanye nomunye nomunye onobuqotho bokungagodli ubuxhwanguxhwangu. Khona-ke umsebenzi oqala ngemva kokhetho uwukwakha le nethiwekhi yabantu abahlelekile abanobuhlakani bobuhlakani nezombusazwe babe yiqembu eliqondayo ukuthi zingagudluzwa kanjani izihibe zamandla kuyo yonke imboni, uhulumeni, abezindaba kanye nezombusazwe. Kumele sizibeke ethubeni lokuthi sikwazi ukuphatha uhulumeni.
Phela uma kufika uguquko lwezepolitiki kusasa, ngabe labo abakholelwa ebulungiswa bezenhlalakahle kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu bangabusa ngempela? Sinabo abantu abazokwenza? Ingabe sinayo imibono, iziphakamiso zomthetho, ukuqonda ukuthi singawuhlela kanjani kabusha umphakathi wethu ube munye ozinzile futhi onenhlalo nje? Ngiyasola, cha. Lapho kufika inhlekelele elandelayo, futhi izofika, isikhala sizophinde sivuleleke ukuze kube noshintsho lwangempela lwenqubomgomo. Okubaluleke kakhulu esingakusebenzisa kulolu khetho wukulungiselela lowo mzuzu. Lokho kusho ukuthola izindlela zokubona ukuthi ubani oseceleni kwethu futhi sakhe iqembu elizimisele ngamandla kanye nobuchule bokwenza izimfuno ezifanele. Sidinga ukwakha ukuzethemba kwangaphakathi ukuze kuqhunyiswe ukuvumelana kwezombusazwe, ngokumelene nokuhlambalaza kwamadoda agqoke amasudi. Ukube kwaba nokuwohloka okuphelele kwezimali ngo-2008 ngaphandle kokutakulwa, nakuba bekungaba kubi, mhlawumbe bekuzosinika ithuba lokulwa nokugwema inhlekelele yeplanethi yethu futhi sihlele kabusha ipolitiki yethu. Esikhundleni salokho ama-oligarchs athatha izintambo, ngoba sasingazimisele ukubhekana nawo lapho sidinga ukukhombisa isibindi. Ngakho-ke manje sesinomhlaba omubi kakhulu kunawo wonke, inhlekelele embi ngokungenakugwemeka kanye nesakhiwo esinamandla sokubusa.
Esikhathini esithile maduze, sizobhekana nesinye futhi isikhathi lapho izicukuthwane zithi, "Yenza esikufunayo noma kuzoba nokuwohloka." Ngabe sinabo abantu abenele ngasohlangothini lwethu abazimisele ukusho ngokuhlanganyela โyenzani we bafuna noma kuzoba nokuwohloka komhlaba wonkeโ? Lolu khetho luyindlela enhle yokuqeqesha abantu ngokuzimisela ukusho lokho futhi baqonde. Okusho ukuthi, isizathu sokumela umuntu ongenele ukhetho wukwakha izicubu zomphakathi ezizimisele ukwenqaba ukusungulwa ngesikhathi esibucayi sonke esaziyo ukuthi siyeza. Njengamanje, inhlangano ekhululekile ifundisa abantu bayo ukuthi ukuvumela izikhulu zezombangazwe ezinonya ukuba zenze lokho ezikufunayo akuyona nje indlela elungile, kuwukuphela kwendlela. Noma yini enye ngaphandle kwalokho ibizwa ngokuthi ukubukela phansi isithunzi esivamile. Ukukhuluma iqiniso nje kuthathwa njengokudelela.
Kudingeka sakhe imodeli ehlukile yezombangazwe, lapho abantu abafuna umphakathi ohlukile bezimisele ukuxoxisana futhi basekele izinsongo zabo, kunokuba nje baphikisene ngobuhle ukuze bashintshe eduze komkhawulo. Izindaba ezinhle ukuthi izinguquko okudingeka sizenze zingenzeka ngokuphelele. Kuzobiza cishe $100 trillion eminyakeni eyi-20 ukuyisa umhlaba wethu ohlelweni lwamandla oluzinzile, kanye nenani eliphelele le Iphesenti eli-1 eliphezulu emhlabeni wonke lingama- $103 trillion. Singakwenza lokhu. Futhi izikhathi zokusivumela ukuthi senze izinguquko esizidingayo ziyeza. Kunokuhle okungapheli esingakwenza, uma okwanele ngathi sizimisele ukukhombisa isibindi esikhona phakathi kwawo wonke umuntu esikhundleni sobubi nesifiso sokuvumelana esikhona kuzo zonke izinhliziyo.
Izinhlelo ezingakwazi ukuqhubeka, musa. Izicukuthwane zezepolitiki, njengoba zikhahlela ikani emgwaqeni, ziyakwazi lokhu. Umbuzo okufanele sizibuze wona uthi, akunjalo?
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