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Njengoba imibhikisho emelene nodlame lwamaphoyisa anobandlululo inyakaza izwe, ubufazi bukhuphuka eTrump White House kanye nobhubhane lwe-COVID-19 lusaqhubeka, leli lizwe lisesikhathini esibalulekile. Ngikhulume ngaleli phuzu eliphawulekayo emlandweni noNoam Chomsky, owaziwa ngelikayise wezilimi zesimanje, ongomunye wohlakaniphi bomphakathi abavelele emhlabeni nombhali wezincwadi ezingaphezu kwekhulu, kuhlanganisa I-Hegemony noma Ukusinda, Amazwe Ahlulekile, Ithemba Ngaphezu Kokuphelelwa Ithemba, Amathemba namathemba, Amakhosi Esintu futhi Ubani Obusa Izwe?
Engxoxweni elandelayo, uChomsky unikeza ukuqonda kokuthi singabhekana kanjani kangcono nesikhathi samanje - futhi silungiselele ikusasa elimangalisayo.
UGeorge Yancy: Ngaphambi kokuthi ngikubuze nge-COVID-19, ngithanda ukuqala ngokubuza imicabango yakho ngokubulawa okubi kukaGeorge Floyd nokuthi uyiqonda kanjani imibhikisho eyenzeke kulo lonke elase-US nasemhlabeni. Ngithakasela kakhulu impendulo yakho kunkulumo kaTrump yokuthumela amasosha ukuze acindezele lokho okubizwa ngokuthi ukuvukela umbuso.
U-Noam Chomsky: “Ukubulala okunyantisayo” kulungile. Kodwa ake sicacise ngokubulawa kwabantu abamnyama baseMelika okwenzekayo njengamanje. Isihluku samaphoyisa ambalwa anobandlululo eMinneapolis siyingxenye encane yobugebengu.
Kuye kwaphawulwa kabanzi ukuthi izinga lokufa kwabantu ngenxa yalolu bhubhane liphezulu kakhulu kubantu abaMnyama. Ucwaningo lwamanje luthole ukuthi “Abantu baseMelika abahlala ezifundeni ezinabantu abamnyama abangaphezu kwesilinganiso bakhona izikhathi ezintathu zokufa ngenxa ye-coronavirus njengalezo ezisezifundeni ezimhlophe ezingaphezu kwesilinganiso. Lokhu kubulawa kwabantu abaNsundu ngokwengxenye kuwumphumela wendlela izinsiza ezanikelwa ngayo ekubhekaneni nale nkinga, ikakhulukazi “ezindaweni ezazimhlophe nezicebe kakhulu.” Kodwa igxile ekujuleni komlando omubi weminyaka engu-400 yobandlululo olunonya. Lesi sifo sithatha izindlela ezihlukene kusukela kwasungulwa uhlelo olubi kakhulu lobugqila emlandweni wesintu - isisekelo esiyinhloko semboni yezwe, ezezimali, ezohwebo kanye nokuchuma jikelele - kodwa seluncishisiwe, alukaze lusondezwe ekwelapheni.
Ubugqila baseMelika babuyingqayizivele hhayi nje kuphela ngonya, kodwa futhi nokuthi kwakuhlotshaniswa nombala wesikhumba. Ngaphakathi kwalolu hlelo, bonke abantu abaNsundu baphawulwe ngophawu, “Imvelo yakho ukuba yisigqila.”
Eminye imikhakha iphathwe kanzima. AmaJuda namaNtaliyane ayesatshwa futhi edelelwa eminyakeni eyikhulu edlule kangangokuthi umthetho wokufuduka wobandlululo wango-1924 waklanywa ukuba uvimbele ukuba bangangeni ezweni, uthumela amaJuda amaningi ezindaweni zokushisa izidumbu. Ukweseka, abacwasi bosuku babengancenga ukuthi kufanele sizivikele kumaJuda namaNtaliyane aphethe izinhlangano ezinkulu zobugebengu, ezidalweni ezifana noMeyer Lansky no-Al Capone kanye no-Bugsy Siegel. Kodwa ekugcineni bahlanganiswa. Kwenzeka okufanayo nangama-Irish.
Nokho, kubantu abaMnyama kuhlukile. Bathathwa njengabangafaneli unomphela emphakathini oqalekisiwe ngokucwasa ngokobuhlanga kanye nokubusa kwabamhlophe. Kulabo abahlukunyezwayo, imiphumela ihlanganiswa nezikhala ezihlala njalo zezenhlalo nezomnotho ezidalwe yisiqalekiso, eziqiniswe ukuhlasela kwe-neoliberal eminyakeni engama-40 edlule, isibusiso esikhulu engcebweni eyedlulele, inhlekelele kwabasengozini enkulu.
Ukubulawa kwabantu abamnyama baseMelika kuqhubeka ngaphansi kwe-radar. Umongameli, ububi bakhe abunamkhawulo, ubesebenzisa ukugxila kulo bhubhane ukuze aphishekele umsebenzi wakhe esifundeni sakhe esiyinhloko, ingcebo enkulu namandla ebhizinisi. Enye indlela iwukuqeda imithetho evikela umphakathi kodwa elimaza inzuzo. Phakathi nobhubhane lokuphefumula olungakaze lube khona, uTrump usethuthele ekwandiseni ukungcoliswa komoya, okwenza i-COVID-19. okuyingozi kakhulu, kangangokuthi amashumi ezinkulungwane zamaMelika angase afe ngenxa yalokho, kubika abezindaba zebhizinisi. Njengenjwayelo, ukufa akusatshalaliswa ngokungahleliwe: “Okunzima kakhulu imiphakathi ehola kancane kanye nabantu bemibalabala,” abaphoqeleka ukuba bahlale ezindaweni eziyingozi kakhulu.
Kulula kakhulu ukuqhubeka. Ababhikishi bakwazi kahle konke lokhu. Azidingi izifundo. Kwabaningi kuwukuhlangenwe nakho kwabo okuphilayo. Imibhikisho ayisho nje ukuthi kuqedwe isihluku samaphoyisa emiphakathini yabaNsundu, kodwa nokuhlelwa kabusha okubalulekile kwezikhungo zezenhlalakahle nezomnotho.
Futhi bathola ukwesekwa okuphawulekayo, njengoba singaboni nje kuphela ngezenzo ezweni lonke kodwa nasezinhlanganweni zokuvota. An ekuqaleni kukaJuni poll “athole amaphesenti angu-64 abantu abadala baseMelika ‘abanozwela kubantu ababhikishayo njengamanje,’ kuyilapho abangamaphesenti angu-27 bethi akunjalo kanti abangamaphesenti angu-9 babengenaso isiqiniseko.”
Lokhu kusabela singase sikuqhathanise nesinye isenzakalo lapho kwenzeka imibhikisho efanayo: ngo-1992, ngemva kokukhululwa kwamaphoyisa aseLos Angeles ashaya uRodney King wacishe wafa. Kwalandela isonto lezibhelu, nokufa kwabantu abangaphezu kuka-60, ekugcineni kwaqedwa Unogada Kazwelonke besekelwa amasosha ombuso athunyelwe nguMongameli Bush. Imibhikisho ibikhawulelwe e-Los Angeles, akufani nalokhu esikubona namuhla.
UTrump unokukhathazeka okukodwa okukhulu, inhlalakahle yakhe siqu: Ngingayisebenzisa kanjani le nhlekelele ukuze ngithuthukise amathuba ami okhetho ngokuxosha izingxenye ezicwasa kakhulu nezinodlame endaweni yami yokuvota? Umzwelo wakhe wemvelo ubiza ubudlova: “izinja ezinonya kakhulu, nezikhali ezesabekayo, engake ngazibona.” Futhi thumela amasosha ukuze afundise "i-scum" isifundo abangasoze basikhohlwa.
Uhlelo lukaTrump “lokubusa” abantu abahlubukayo ngodlame ludale intukuthelo esabalele, okuhlanganisa nokugxekwa kabuhlungu yilabo ababengosihlalo beJoint Chiefs of Staff kanye namazwi okuzwelana nababhikishi. Owayengusihlalo weJoint Chiefs of Staff u-Admiral Mike Mullen wabhala: “Njengomlungu, angikwazi ukusho ukuqonda okuphelele ngokwesaba nentukuthelo abantu base-Afrika baseMelika abazizwa namuhla…. Kodwa njengomuntu osenesikhathi eside ekhona, ngazi ngokwanele - futhi ngibone ngokwanele - ukuqonda ukuthi leyo mizwa ingokoqobo nokuthi yonke isekelwe kabuhlungu kakhulu. "
Izinguquko emashumini amabili eminyaka adlule mhlawumbe ziwuphawu lokuthi izingxenye ezinkulu zabantu sezizoqaphela amaqiniso afihlwa isikhathi eside ngomphakathi wethu, umsebe wokukhanya ezikhathini zobumnyama.
Ngokuvamile sitshelwa ukuthi i-United States iyizwe elinamandla kunawo wonke emhlabeni. Sondliwe ngokudla "okukhethekile kweMelika." Nokho, emhlabeni jikelele, sinenani eliphakeme kakhulu lokufa ngenxa ye-COVID-19. Besingakalungeli ngokohlelo. Ukuchaza kanjani lokhu kungahambisani, futhi iyiphi indima edlalwa uTrump kukho konke lokhu?
Ukuntuleka kokulungela kunezizathu ezintathu eziyisisekelo: i-capitalist logic, imfundiso ye-neoliberal, kanye nesimilo sobuholi bezepolitiki. Ake sidlule kuzo kafushane ngokulandelana.
Ngemuva kokuthi ubhubhane lwe-SARS lwango-2003 luqukethwe, ososayensi babazi kahle ukuthi ubhubhane kungenzeka nokuthi lungabangwa enye i-coronavirus. Bayazi nokuthi bangathatha kanjani izinyathelo zokuzilungiselela. Kodwa ulwazi alwanele. Kufanele umuntu ayisebenzise. Ikhandidethi elisobala yizinkampani zezidakamizwa, ezinazo zonke izinsiza ezidingekayo kanye nenzuzo enkulu, sibonga kakhulu ngamalungelo obunikazi amakhulu abawanikezwe ezivumelwaneni ezibhalwe ngokungeyikho "zohwebo lwamahhala". Kodwa bavinjwa yi-capitalist logic. Ayikho inzuzo ekulungiseleleni inhlekelele engase ibe khona emgwaqeni - futhi njengoba usomnotho u-Milton Friedman akhuluma ekuqaleni kweminyaka yobudala ye-neoliberal eminyakeni engu-40 edlule, okuwukuphela kwesibopho senhlangano ukukhulisa inani labanikazi bamasheya (kanye nengcebo yokuphatha). Muva nje ngo-2017, izinkampani ezinkulu zezidakamizwa yenqabe isiphakamiso se-European Union sokusheshisa ucwaningo ngama-pathogen, okuhlanganisa i-coronavirus.
Elinye ikhandidethi nguhulumeni, naye onezinsiza ezidingekayo futhi obambe iqhaza elikhulu ekukhiqizeni imithi eminingi yokugoma nemithi. Kepha leyo ndlela ivinjwe imfundiso ye-neoliberal ekhona kusukela uReagan, owasazisa ukuthi uhulumeni uyinkinga - okusho ukuthi izinqumo kumele zisuswe kuhulumeni, okuthonywa izakhamizi ngandlela thize, ziye ebudloveni obuzimele obungenasibopho. ama-ejenti ayinhloko (kanye nabazuzi) bokunqoba kwe-neoliberal. Ngakho-ke, uhulumeni uvinjelwe futhi.
Isici sesithathu siwuhulumeni ngamunye. Ngokuqhubeka e-US, uMongameli uGeorge HW Bush wayesungule [Umongameli] UMkhandlu Wabeluleki Ngesayensi Nobuchwepheshe (PCAST) ukuze agcine umongameli enolwazi ngezindaba ezibalulekile zesayensi. Esinye sezenzo zokuqala zikaMongameli Obama ekuthatheni kwakhe izintambo ngo-2009 kwaba ukugunyaza ucwaningo lwe-PCAST lokuthi ungabhekana kanjani nobhubhane. Yanikezwa i-White House emasontweni ambalwa kamuva. Abaphathi baka-Obama abagxile kwisayensi baqhubekile nokubeka ingqalasizinda yobhubhane eyayihlela ukuphendula kusenesikhathi ezinsongweni zezifo ezithathelwanayo. Lokho kwenzeka kwaze kwaba uJan. 20, 2017, lapho uMongameli uTrump ethatha isikhundla, futhi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa waqala ukuhlakaza yonke ingqalasizinda yesayensi yegatsha eliphezulu, okuhlanganisa namalungiselelo obhubhane, futhi ngempela yaqhubekela phambili ukwenqaba isayensi ngokujwayelekile kusukela endimeni yokwazisa inqubomgomo, ukubuyisela emuva imizamo yezinhlangothi ezimbili kusukela ngeMpi Yezwe II ebibaluleke kakhulu ekuthuthukiseni umnotho wesimanje wobuchwepheshe obuphezulu.
Ukushayelela ezinye izipikili ebhokisini, uTrump uchithe izinhlelo lapho ososayensi basebenze nozakwabo baseChina ukuphenya ngama-coronavirus. Unyaka nonyaka, wayexhasa iCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Lokho kwaqhubeka nesiphakamiso sakhe sesabelomali sikaFebhuwari 2020 ngenkathi ubhubhane ludlangile, efuna ukuncishiswa okwengeziwe kwe-CDC (ngenkathi kunyuswa uxhaso ezimbonini zikaphethiloli). Ososayensi bathathelwe indawo ngokuhlelekile izikhulu zemboni ebezizoqinisekisa ukuthi inzuzo yangasese ikhuliswa noma ngabe imuphi umthelela emphakathini ongabalulekile.
Izinqumo zikaTrump zihambisana nokwahlulela kukasolwazi wakhe amthandayo, uRush Limbaugh, amklomelise ngendondo yePresidential Medal of Freedom. Usiyala ukuthi isayensi ingenye “yezinhlangothi ezine zenkohliso,” kanye nezifundiswa, abezindaba kanye nohulumeni, konke “okukhona ngenxa yenkohliso.” Isimiso sokuqondisa sabaphathi sashiwo ngokucace kakhudlwana ujenene oholayo kaFranco ngo-1936: “Phansi ngokuhlakanipha! Viva ukufa!”
Ngenxa yalokho, i-US "yayingakulungele ngokuhlelekile" lapho ubhubhane luhlasela.
NgoFebhuwari, uTrump wathi i-COVID-19 izovele inyamalale, ukuthi "ngolunye usuku, kufana nesimangaliso, izonyamalala." Wenza iphutha elikhulu wabe esesola iChina, yaze “yabandlulula” lesi sifo. Abanye bangasho ukuthi uTrump unegazi ezandleni zakhe ngenxa yokuphatha kabi kwakhe i-COVID-19. Ithini imibono yakho ngalokhu?
Amashumi ezinkulungwane zabantu baseMelika bafa ngenxa yokuzinikela kukaTrump endaweni yakhe yokuqala: ingcebo eyedlulele namandla ebhizinisi. Ububi bakhe buqhubekile ngemuva kokugadla kwalesi sifo. Emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokutholakala kwezimpawu zokuqala ngoDisemba odlule, ososayensi baseChina bahlonze leli gciwane, balandelanisa i-genome, futhi banikeza imininingwane ku-WHO nasemhlabeni. Amazwe ase-Asia nase-Oceania asabela ngesikhathi esisodwa, futhi abe nesimo esilawulwa kakhulu. Abanye bahluka. UTrump uphakamise ngemuva. Izinyanga ezimbili ezibalulekile, izikhulu zezobunhloli zase-US kanye nezempilo zazama ukubamba ukunaka kwe-White House, kwanhlanga zimuka nomoya. Ekugcineni, uTrump waqaphela - mhlawumbe lapho imakethe yamasheya iphahlazeka, kubikiwe. Kusukela lapho kube nezinxushunxushu.
Akumangazi ukuthi uTrump nezincelebane zakhe bebelokhu bezulazula bezama ukuthola i-scapegoat abazoyisola ngamacala akhe kubantu baseMelika, benganakile ukuthi usebabulala abangaki. Ukukhipha imali bese kuphuma ku-WHO [World Health Organization] kuyigalelo elidabukisayo kubantu base-Afrika, e-Yemenis, nabanye abantu abaningi abampofu nabaphelelwe yithemba ababevikelwe ezifweni ezidlangile ngosizo lwezokwelapha lwe-WHO ngisho nangaphambi kokuba i-coronavirus igadle, futhi manje ababhekene nayo. izinhlekelele ezintsha ngaphezu kwalokho. Zingasetshenziswa uma kuzothuthukisa amathuba akhe okhetho.
Icala likaTrump elibhekene ne-WHO, okuyihlaya kakhulu ukuthi lingaxoxwa, ukuthi belilawulwa yiChina. Ngokukhipha, ukhulisa ithonya lamaShayina. Kodwa akulungile ukumgxeka ngobuwula. Umphumela ugcizelela kuphela iqiniso lokuthi akazange abe nandaba nalokhu kwasekuqaleni.
Uma sikhuluma ngomthwalo wemfanelo kanye negazi ezandleni zomuntu, ukutolika okuthile kwamalungelo omuntu kubukeka kudlula umthwalo wemfanelo womphakathi wabaningi base-US abangazibheki izincomo ze-WHO kanye ne-CDC, okuhlanganisa ukwenqaba okusobala kokugqoka imaski. Yini ongathi ebhebhezela le ntukuthelo nokuntula isibopho ngempilo nokuphepha kwabanye?
AmaRepublican athembele kakhulu kumongameli, noma ngabe izenzo zakhe zibalimaza kangakanani. Isithombe sakhe esifana nesikankulunkulu sandiswa yilabo abamzungezile, ngenxa yomkhankaso wakhe oyimpumelelo wokuqeda wonke umuntu ngaphandle kwama-sycophants, njengomphathi wesibili, uNobhala Wezwe uMike Pompeo, othi kungenzeka ukuthi uNkulunkulu uthumele uTrump. umhlaba ukusindisa u-Israyeli e-Iran. Abavangeli bakaPompeo, isizinda esikhulu kunazo zonke sabasekeli bakaTrump, kungenzeka bavume. Futhi bezwa okufanayo ngokuvamile ku-Republican Party, eseyishiye cishe noma iyiphi ingxenye yobuqotho futhi yamkhulekela ngokwedlulele noma yini ayenzayo. Kungokufanayo nangegumbi lakhe le-media echo. Ucwaningo lubonise ukuthi umthombo oyinhloko wolwazi wamaRiphabhulikhi ngu Fox News, Limbaugh and Breitbart. Eqinisweni, sekusungulwe i-dyad ethokozisayo: U-Trump ukhipha isimemezelo esingahleliwe, uhlonishwa nguSean Hannity njengokutholakala okudabukisayo, futhi ngakusasa ekuseni uTrump uphendukela ku- Fox News ukuthola ukuthi yini okumele uyicabange.
Uhlolovo lwemibono yomphakathi luveza imiphumela. Ukuvota kukaPew ngo-Ephreli, lapho umthwalo kaTrump wenhlekelele ekhulayo wawungaphezu kwenkulumo-mpikiswano enkulu, wathola lokho Amaphesenti angama-83 amaRiphabhlikhi kanye namaRiphabhlikhi alinganisa impendulo kaTrump kulokhu kuqubuka njengokuhle kakhulu noma okuhle. (uma kuqhathaniswa namaphesenti angu-18 amaDemocrats kanye neDemocratic leaners). Balalele umongameli obeqhathanisa leli gciwane “nomkhuhlane ojwayelekile,” futhi okwathi maphakathi no-Ephreli wathumela imiyalo kubalandeli bakhe ethi “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, futhi ulondoloze Isichibiyelo sakho sesibili esikhulu. Livinjezelwe!” I-2nd Amendment ayinakho nokuncane ukuhambisana, kodwa uTrump uyazi ukuthi yiziphi izinkinobho okufanele aziphushe. Ngokusobala, wayenxusa amabutho akhe ukuba athathe izikhali, ingxenye yakhe imizamo evamile yokukhuthaza ababhikishi abahlomile ukuthi bephule imiyalo ezifundazweni ezinababusi beDemocratic Alliance (njengoVirginia), ngesikhathi lapho kwakucishe kube nokufa kwabantu abacishe babe ngama-50,000.
Masibulale abantu baseMelika abaningi, hhayi nje abaseYemeni nabase-Afrika, uma kuzothuthukisa amathemba ami okhetho. “Phansi ngobuhlakani! Viva ukufa!”
Uma singafaki imisebenzi ye-Astroturf kanye nokwethembeka okujulile kwesisekelo sokuvota, akucaci ukuthi kuningi okusele ekunxuseni “amalungelo omuntu” nganoma yimuphi umqondo ophusile.
Futhi akucaci ukuthi ababhikishi bangaphezu kwesibopho somphakathi. Ngokusobala ababoni kanjalo. Bangashaqeka ngombono wokuthi abakwenzayo kufana nabantu abaphethe izibhamu abagijima bezulazula emigwaqweni bedubula bengahleliwe, nakuba ukuqhathanisa kufanelekile. Abacabangi ukuthi bafaka umuntu engozini. Kunalokho, balandela umholi wabo ohlonishwayo ekubhikisheleni umzamo wenxele, mhlawumbe ngemiyalo evela eChina, yokucekela phansi amalungelo abo ayisisekelo ngisho nokubaphuca izibhamu zabo.
Zonke ezinye izimpawu zokuthi izwe lisenkingeni enkulu - futhi ngokukhanya kwamandla ase-US, umhlaba nawo.
Ngaphandle kokungakwazi kukaTrump, yini okufanele yenziwe emhlabeni wonke ukuze sobabili sigweme olunye ubhubhane futhi yini okufanele siyenze ukuze sizilungiselele kangcono esikhathini esizayo?
Angiboni ukuthi “ukungakwazi ukusebenza” kuyigama elilungile. Unekhono ngempela lokuphishekela izinhloso zakhe eziyinhloko: ukucebisa abacebe kakhulu, ukukhulisa amandla ebhizinisi kanye nenzuzo, ukugcina isisekelo sakhe sisemgqeni ngenkathi ebagwaza emhlane, futhi egxilisa amandla ezandleni zakhe ngokudiliza igatsha lesigungu esiphezulu, kanjalo namaRiphabhulikhi ekhongolose asabisayo. ukuthi bamukela cishe noma yini ngamahloni. Angizange ngizwe lutho oluncane kubo ngesikhathi uTrump exosha usosayensi ophethe ukuthuthukiswa komgomo ngokuqunga isibindi sokubuza elinye lamakhambi abawaka bowaka abawakhuthazayo. Kunokuthulisa okufile kulawa maqembu njengoba enza umsebenzi wakhe wokuhlanza abahloli, ababeka izilawuli ezithile exhaphozini alidalile eWashington, futhi ethuka omunye wabasenenja abahlonishwa kakhulu baseRepublican, uChuck Grassley, 86, ozinikele. umsebenzi wakhe omude ekusunguleni lolu hlelo.
Kuyimpumelelo emangalisayo.
Okufanele kwenziwe emhlabeni wonke ukulandela iseluleko ososayensi abasinikezayo. Ubhubhane olusha kungenzeka, mhlawumbe lubi kakhulu kunalolu ngenxa yokufudumala kwembulunga yonke, okungase kube ukushiswa kwesimo sezulu ngeminye iminyaka emine yenhlupho kaTrump. Kufanele kuthathwe izinyathelo zokuwulungiselela, uhlobo olwatuswa ngo-2003 futhi lwaqhutshwa kancane kwaze kwaba yilapho uTrump ephatha ibhola lakhe elibhidlizayo. Kufanele kube nokubambisana kwamazwe ngamazwe ekufuneni ama-coronavirus nezinye izingozi ezingaba khona, kuthuthukiswe ukuqonda kwesayensi okudingekayo ukuze kuthuthukiswe ngokushesha imigomo nemithi ukuze kudambise izimpawu, kanye nokusebenzisa izinhlelo zezimo eziphuthumayo okufanele zenziwe uma ubhubhane luphinde luhlasele.
E-US ikakhulukazi, lokho kusho ukukhipha umphakathi emfundisweni ye-neoliberal, okube nemiphumela ebuhlungu esizindeni sezempilo (kanye nezinye eziningi). Imodeli yebhizinisi yezibhedlela, engenawo udoti noma umthamo osele, iyisimemo senhlekelele. Ngokuvamile, uhlelo lokunakekelwa kwezempilo oluzimele olungasebenzi kahle luwumthwalo omubi emphakathini, olunezindleko eziphindwe kabili zamanye amazwe athuthukile kanye neminye yemiphumela emibi kakhulu. Okwakamuva I-Lancet Ucwaningo lulinganisela izindleko zalo zonyaka cishe cishe ezigidini eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-500 kanye nokufa okwengeziwe okungu-68,000. Kuyadabukisa ukuthi i-US ayikwazi ukukhuphukela ezingeni leminye imiphakathi futhi esikhundleni salokho ithembele ohlelweni olunonya nolubiza kakhulu lokunakekelwa kwezempilo kwendawo yonke: amagumbi ezimo eziphuthumayo. Uma ungazihudula uye kongathola ukunakekelwa - okulandelwa mhlawumbe yisikweletu esinempilo.
Imfundiso efanayo ye-neoliberal ivimbela i-National Institutes of Health ukuthi ingaqhubeki ngalé kocwaningo olubalulekile nokuthuthukiswa kwemithi ukuze ihlolwe futhi isatshalaliswe, yeqe izinkampani ezizimele futhi isebenzise izinhlinzeko zomthetho wase-US, ishaywe indiva njalo, edinga ukuthi izidakamizwa ezikhiqizwe ngosizo lukahulumeni (cishe yonke into. ) kutholakale emphakathini ngezindleko ezifanele. Ucwaningo olucophelela kakhulu lwalezi zindaba engizaziyo olwenziwa uDean Baker, olinganisela ukonga okukhulu ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa ukuqamba okusha uma lezi zinyathelo zethulwa (bheka incwadi yakhe Iboshwe, itholakala mahhala).
Lesi yisiqalo nje esingenalutho. Kunezinkinga ezijulile zezenhlalo, zamasiko kanye nezikhungo okufanele kubhekwane nazo.
Uma ucabanga ukuthi ukhetho lwangoNovemba seluseduze, uyambona uTrump esebenzisa iqhinga lokukhwabanisa ngokuvota ukuze aqhubeke ephethe? Uma lokho kwenzeka, ubonani kusengaphambili mayelana nalokhu kudlalwa kwezepolitiki?
UTrump kanye nabalingani sebevele bewucindezela ngamandla lowo mkhonyovu, hhayi okokuqala. Bayazi ukuthi baphethe iqembu elincane futhi kufanele basebenzise ukukhohlisa nokukhwabanisa ukuze balondoloze amandla ezombusazwe. Futhi kubo, kuningi okusengozini. Eminye iminyaka emine izobenza baqinisekise ukuthi imigomo yabo yesokudla iyophumelela esizukulwaneni noma ngabe abantu bafunani. Lokho kube umgomo wesu likaMcConnell lokubeka ezobulungiswa, phezulu kuye phansi, ezandleni zezazi zezomthetho ezisencane ezikude ezingavimba izinhlelo ezithakaselwa umphakathi. Ukulahlekelwa yithuba lamanje kungase kubhubhise iphrojekthi yabo. KuTrump mathupha, amathuba okulahlekelwa angaba mabi kakhulu, noma ngabe ngokwengqondo ekwazi ukukwamukela njengomuntu ojwayelekile. Angase abe sengozini yokubhekana namacala angokomthetho angathi sína uma ukungavikeleki kwakhe kulahleka. Futhi njengoba I-Republican Party isizinikele egunyeni lakhe, ngendlela yaseNyakatho Korea, ubhekene nezithiyo ezimbalwa. Okunye singakushiya emcabangweni.
Ngiyabona ukuthi lokhu kuzwakala njenge-dystopian, kodwa ngubani ongasho ukuthi uTrump, ngenxa yokuhahela amandla, ngeke akhuthaze amasosha ukuthi asekele isifiso sakhe sokuhlala emandleni? Noma yimiphi imicabango?
Akunakukhishwa. Njengoba kuqashelwa kabanzi, izwe libhekene nenkinga yesikhathi eside yomthethosisekelo. ISenethi iyisikhungo esingenayo intando yeningi ngokwedlulele, ngokwezinga elincane ikolishi lokhetho. Ngenxa yezizathu zenani labantu kanye nesakhiwo, idlanzana labavoti abamhlophe, abangamaKristu, basemakhaya, bendabuko, ngokuvamile abamhlophe bangakwazi ukulawula kuze kufike ngisho nangaphezu kwalokho okwenziwe yi-Southern Democrats enobandlululo ngaphambi kokuthi "isu laseningizimu" lika-Nixon libangenise emhlambini weRiphabhulikhi. Futhi lokhu cishe akunakushintshwa ngokuchitshiyelwa komthethosisekelo. Akuphumi embuzweni ukuthi ezandleni zikaTrump, inkinga ezayo ingase ifike maduze.
Noam, ngiyazi ukuthi ukhetha ukungakhulumi kakhulu ngawe, kodwa lapho usuneminyaka engama-91 ubhekana kanjani nomlando wethu ophilayo ngaphansi kwe-COVID-19?
Ngokwemibandela yomuntu siqu, akubona ubunzima obunzima kimi nomkami. Kwabanye abaningi, indaba ehluke kakhulu. Isikhathi empeleni si-surreal. Ikusasa lizololongwa yindlela esiphuma ngayo kule nkinga. Amandla abhekene nakho, kanye nokuhlaselwa kwe-neoliberal kubantu, ngokusobala, akuqinise kakhulu, awahlali emuva ngokuthula. Basebenza ngokungaphezi ukuze baqinisekise ukuthi okuvelayo kuwuhlobo oluqinile nolunamandla kakhulu lwalokho ababekudalile ngokwezintshisekelo zabo. Kukhona amabutho adumile afuna ukubamba amathuba amanje okubuyisela emuva izinhlekelele zesikhathi esidlule kanye nokuqhubekela phambili ezweni elinobuntu nelihloniphekile. Futhi, okubaluleke kakhulu, ukubhekana nezinkinga ezinzima kakhulu ezizayo.
Sizolulama kulo bhubhane, ngezindleko ezimbi kakhulu. Ngeke silulame ekuncibilikeni okuqhubekayo kwezingqimba zeqhwa kanye neminye imiphumela yokugazinga komhlaba okuzokwenza izindawo eziningi okuhlalwa kuzo abantu zingaphili ngaphambi kwesikhathi eside kakhulu uma siqhubeka nenkambo yethu yamanje. Eminye iminyaka emine yobubi bukaTrump izokwandisa kakhulu ubunzima bokubhekana nale nhlekelele ezayo - noma ngabe siphunyuka usongo lwempi yenuzi engapheli uTrump ekhula ngokudiliza umbuso wokulawula izingalo onikeze isivikelo nomjaho othile ukuthuthukisa okusha nokunye. izindlela eziyingozi zokubhubhisa ezithunaza ukulondeka kwethu okunciphayo.
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