Ndi David Swanson, World Beyond War, March 21, 2022
Sabata yatha ndinalankhula ndi kalasi yanzeru kwambiri ya akuluakulu aku sekondale ku Washington DC. Amadziwa zambiri ndipo anali ndi mafunso abwino kwa ine kuposa gulu lanu lapakati pazaka zilizonse. Koma nditawafunsa kuti aganizire za nkhondo yomwe inali yolondola, yoyamba yomwe wina ananena kuti inali Nkhondo Yachiŵeniŵeni ku US. Pambuyo pake zinadziwika kuti ena a iwo ankaganizanso kuti Ukraine inali yoyenera kumenya nkhondo pakali pano. Komabe, nditafunsa kuti ukapolo unathetsedwa bwanji ku Washington, DC, palibe ndi mmodzi yemwe m’chipindamo amene ankadziwa.
Izo zinandikhudza ine pambuyo pake momwe izo ziri zosamvetseka. Ndikuganiza kuti ndizofanana ndi anthu ambiri ku DC, achikulire ndi achichepere, ophunzira kwambiri komanso ochepa. Palibe chilichonse pakadali pano chomwe chimawerengedwa kuti ndi chofunikira kwambiri pamaphunziro abwino andale opita patsogolo kuposa mbiri yaukapolo ndi tsankho. Washington DC inathetsa ukapolo m'njira yodabwitsa komanso yopangira luso. Komabe anthu ambiri ku DC sanamvepo za izi. Ndizovuta kuti tisafike potsimikiza kuti ichi ndi chisankho mwadala chopangidwa ndi chikhalidwe chathu. Koma chifukwa chiyani? Chifukwa chiyani zingakhale zofunikira kusadziwa momwe DC idathetsera ukapolo? Kufotokozera kumodzi ndikuti ndi nkhani yomwe sikugwirizana bwino ndi kulemekezedwa kwa Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni ya US.
Sindikufuna kukokomeza mlandu. Izo sizinabisike kwenikweni. Pali tchuthi chovomerezeka ku DC chomwe chafotokozedwa pa boma la DC webusaiti:
"Kodi Tsiku la Emancipation ndi chiyani?
"Lamulo la DC Compensated Emancipation Act la 1862 linathetsa ukapolo ku Washington, DC, linamasula anthu 3,100, kubwezera omwe anali nawo mwalamulo ndikupatsanso akazi ndi amuna omwe anali atangomasulidwa kumene ndalama kuti asamuke. Ndi lamulo ili, komanso kulimba mtima ndi kulimbana kwa omwe adamenyera kuti zitheke, zomwe timakumbukira pa Epulo 16 lililonse, DC Emancipation Day. "
US Capitol ili ndi intaneti dongosolo la maphunziro pa mutuwo. Koma zinthu izi ndi zina zilibe mafupa. Sakunena kuti mayiko ambiri adagwiritsa ntchito ufulu wolipiridwa. Sanena kuti anthu kwa zaka zambiri ankalimbikitsa kuti ukapolo uthetsedwe ku United States. Iwo samadzutsa funso la makhalidwe abwino la kulipirira anthu amene akhala akuchita ukaliwo, kapena kulinganiza kuyerekezera kulikonse pakati pa kuipa kwa ufulu wolipidwa ndi kuipa kwa kupha anthu atatu mwa anayi mwa anthu miliyoni miliyoni, kuwotcha mizinda, ndi kusiya tsankho ndi zowawa zosatha. mkwiyo.
Kupatulapo ndi magazini ya June 20, 2013, ya Atlantic Magazine omwe adasindikiza an nkhani "Ayi, Lincoln Sakanatha 'Kugula Akapolo'." Kulekeranji? Chifukwa chimodzi chimene chaperekedwa n’chakuti eni ake akapolo sankafuna kugulitsa. Izi ndi zowona komanso zosavuta m'dziko lomwe chilichonse chimakhulupirira kuti chili ndi mtengo. Ndipotu cholinga chachikulu cha Atlantic Nkhaniyi ndi yoti mtengo wake udali wokwera kwambiri kuti Lincoln akwaniritse. Zimenezi zikusonyeza kuti mwina akapolowo akanalolera kugulitsa ngati pakanaperekedwa mtengo woyenerera.
Malinga ndi Atlantic mtengo wake ukanakhala $3 biliyoni mu ndalama za 1860s. Izi mwachiwonekere sizinakhazikike pazabwino zilizonse zoperekedwa ndikuvomerezedwa. M'malo mwake zimatengera kuchuluka kwa msika wa akapolo omwe anali kugulidwa ndikugulitsidwa nthawi zonse.
Nkhaniyi ikupitiriza kufotokoza momwe zikanakhalira zosatheka kupeza ndalama zambiri - ngakhale ponena za kuwerengera kuti nkhondoyo inawononga $ 6.6 biliyoni. Nanga bwanji ngati eni ake akapolo akanapatsidwa ndalama zokwana madola 4 biliyoni kapena 5 biliyoni kapena 6 biliyoni? Kodi tinganene kuti analibe mtengo, kuti maboma awo sakanatha kuvomereza mtengo wowirikiza kawiri? Kuyesa kwamalingaliro achuma a Atlantic Nkhani yomwe mtengo ukupitilira kukwera ndi zogula ikunyalanyaza mfundo zingapo zofunika: (1) kumasulidwa kolipiridwa kumaperekedwa ndi maboma, osati msika, ndipo (2) United States si dziko lonse lapansi - ena ambiri. malo adazindikira izi m'machitidwe, kotero kulephera mwadala kwa wophunzira waku US kuti agwire ntchito mwamalingaliro sikukopa.
Ndi nzeru zoganizira zam'mbuyo, kodi sitikudziwa kuti kudziŵa mmene tingathetsere ukapolo popanda nkhondo kukanakhala kwanzeru ndipo zotsatira zake zinali zabwinoko m'njira zambiri? Sizili choncho kuti tikadati tithetse kumangidwa kwa anthu ambiri pompano, kuchita izi ndi bilu yomwe idalipira matawuni omwe amapeza phindu m'ndende zingakhale bwino kuti tipeze minda yophera anthu ambiri, kuwotcha mizinda yambiri, ndiyeno - pambuyo pa zoopsa zonsezo - kupereka bilu?
Chikhulupiriro cha chilungamo ndi ulemerero wa nkhondo zakale ndizofunikira kwambiri kuvomereza nkhondo zamakono, monga nkhondo ya Ukraine. Ndipo mitengo yamtengo wapatali yankhondo ndiyofunikira kwambiri poganizira njira zina zopangira nkhondo zomwe zatiyika ife kufupi ndi apocalypse ya nyukiliya kuposa kale. Pamtengo wamakina ankhondo, Ukraine ikhoza kupangidwa kukhala paradiso komanso gulu lachitsanzo la carbon-neutral clean-energy, osati malo omenyera nkhondo pakati pa maufumu okonda mafuta.
