Chilumba cha US

Wolemba David Swanson, Julayi 19,2020

Zomwe zidachitika ku Peacestock 2020

Ingoganizirani kuti mwasoweka pathanthwe pakati pa nyanja, popanda kanthu koma nyanja yosatha. Ndipo inu muli ndi mtanga wa maapulo, popanda china. Ndi dengu lalikulu, maapulo chikwi. Pali zinthu zambiri zomwe mungachite.

Mutha kudzipatsa maapulo ochepa patsiku ndikuyesera kuti akhale omaliza. Mutha kuyesetsa kupanga dothi lomwe lingabzalidwe mbeu za apulosi. Mutha kuyesetsa kuyambitsa moto kuti mukhale ndi maapozi ena ophika posintha. Mutha kuganiza za malingaliro ena; mudzakhala ndi nthawi yambiri.

Kodi mungatani mutatenga maapulo anu okwana 600 ndikuwaponya mwamphamvu momwe mungathere pamadzi, m'modzi ndimodzi, mukuyembekeza kuti mumenya shaki, kapena mukuwopseza shaki zonse zadziko kuti zisayandikire pafupi chilumba chanu? Ndipo bwanji ngati mawu kumbuyo kwa mutu wanu angakunong'onezeni: “Psst. Hei, bwanawe, ukuwononga malingaliro. Simukuwopseza achangu. Mutha kukopa chilombo china kuposa kutumiza uthenga kwa anthu onse okhala padziko lapansi. Ndipo mudzafa ndi njala posachedwa. ”

Ndipo bwanji ngati mungamvekere mawu akulira m'mutu mwanu kuti: “Khala chete! Ndapereka ndalama ku dipatimenti Yodzitchinjiriza pachilumbachi, ndipo sindikutsimikiza kuti maapulo 600 ndi okwanira! ”

Zachidziwikire, mungakhale wopenga ndikudziwononga nokha ndipo mwina mumatha kufa ndi njala posachedwa. Anthu ambiri siopenga. Monga Nietzsche adanenera, misala ndi yachilendo kwa anthu pawokha, koma m'magulu ndizomwe zimachitika.

Izi zimaphatikizapo gulu la US, komwe US ​​Congress imatenga pafupifupi 60% ya zomwe ikuyenera kugwira ntchito ndikuyiponya mu chinthu china chomveka kwambiri kotero kuti palibe wolemba nthano yemwe angadutse mkonzi. Amamanga zida zomwe, ngati zingagwiritsidwe ntchito, zomwe zitha kuwononga anthu onse, kenako zimamanganso zochulukirapo, ngati kuti anthu azikhala kuti azizigwiritsa ntchito atawonongedwa.

Amapanga zida zochepa zomwe zimangowononga dziko lapansi nthawi imodzi, koma amazigulitsa kwa mayiko ena ambiri padziko lonse lapansi, kotero kuti pamene ikugwiritsa ntchito zida zake, nthawi zambiri imagwiritsa ntchito zida zomwe idapangidwa ndikugulitsa.

Zimaperekanso kutali, kwa maboma ankhanza kwambiri ozungulira. Imapereka maphunziro komanso ndalama chabe kumaboma ambiri opondereza omwe alipo, ndipo imapereka zida zochulukirapo kwa apolisi ake akwawo ndikuwaphunzitsa kuti azichita nawo nkhondo ngati mdani wankhondo.

Amapanga ma ndege ama robot omwe amatha kuphulitsa anthu, amawagwiritsa ntchito kuti apange chisokonezo chamagazi ndi mkwiyo owawa, ndikuwonetsetsa kuti wina aliyense ali nawo.

Wamisala wankhondowo amakhala kuti amadziteteza kwa adani omwe si enieni kuposa achinsombacho pachilumbachi. Koma pochita izi, boma la US lipanga zida zazing'ono komanso kuwombera mwamphamvu mfuti, kuphatikizapo kuchuluka kwa zida za nyukiliya.

Ntchitozi zimadzetsa mavuto ambiri padzikoli komanso nyengo, mpweya ndi madzi. Amatsimikizira chinsinsi ndikuwononga kuwonekera kwa boma, ndikupangitsa chilichonse chofanana ndi kudziyang'anira pokha kukhala chosatheka. Amawonjezera mafuta ndipo amalimbikitsidwa ndi zizolowezi zoyipa kwambiri mwa anthu: udani, tsankho, chiwawa, kubwezera. Ndipo amasiya zochepa munjira yazachuma pazinthu zonse zofunika kupulumuka: kutembenukira ku machitidwe okhazikika, kukhazikitsidwa kwa machitidwe aboma.

Ndipo mukafunsa, bwanji osakhala ndi mphamvu kapena chisamaliro chazaumoyo, amakufuulani nthawi zonse: JANI YA GONNA AMALipira??

Kuchulukitsa, anthu ena ayamba kupereka yankho lolondola: Nditenga maapulo angapo owoneka wankhondo!

Kunena zowona, anthu ena amayankha yankho lolondola ndi ndemanga zopanda pake ngati "Asitikali akadali ndi zokwanira kuti atiteteze," kapena "Titha kuthana ndi zida zomwe sizigwira ntchito," kapena "Titha imodzi. Nkhondo izi ndikukonzekera bwino. ” Awa ndi anthu omwe amangofuna kuponyera maapulo 400 kwa shaki zongoganiza, ndikuwaponyera moyenera, ndikuonetsetsa kuti gulu lililonse la anthu limalandira gawo loyenerera la oponya.

Chodabwitsa, pali lingaliro tsopano ku Nyumba ya Oyimira kuti asunthire maapulo 350 m'manja mwa amisala - lingaliro lomveka bwino. Ndipo pali zosintha pamalipiro akulu apachaka m'nyumba zonse ziwiri, mavoti akuyembekezeredwa posachedwa, kuti asunthire 10% yokha ya ndalama za Pentagon kuzosowa za anthu komanso zachilengedwe. Zachidziwikire, ngati tingazindikire kuti madera ndi madera omwe akutaya 10% ya ndalama zawo kupolisi ndi ndende ndi tsoka, titha kuzindikira kuti boma la federal lomwe likuponyera theka la ndalama zake kunkhondo nalonso. Ndipo ndikudziwa kuti $ 6.4 trilioni imamveka ngati ndalama zambiri, koma osakhulupirira zilizonse zamaphunziro awa zomwe zimakuwuzani kuti kachigawo kena kagwiritsidwe ntchito kazankhondo (kuphatikiza zina zotuluka) ndi mtengo wazaka 20 zankhondo. Kugwiritsa ntchito usirikali pachabe koma nkhondo ndikukonzekera nkhondo zochulukirapo, ndipo ndiopitilira $ 1 trilioni pachaka ku United States, zoposa $ 700 biliyoni za izo ku Pentagon.

Ngati mutati mutenge 10% kuchokera ku Pentagon, mungachotse chiyani kwenikweni? Eya, kungomaliza nkhondo ku Afghanistan komwe ofuna kuti a Donald Trump adalonjeza kutha zaka zinayi zapitazo kukanatero sungani ambiri mwa madola 74 biliyoni. Kapena mungathe sungani pafupifupi $ biliyoni 69 pochotsa thumba lomwe limatulutsidwa ndi akaunti yotchedwa Overseas Contingency Operations (chifukwa mawu oti "nkhondo" sanayese nawonso pagulu).

Alipo $ Biliyoni 150 pachaka kumayiko akunja - bwanji osadula pakati? Bwanji osachotsa maziko onse omwe palibe Membala wa Congress omwe angatchule, kungoyambira?

Kodi ndalama zitha kupita kuti? Zitha kukhala ndi vuto lalikulu ku United States kapena padziko lapansi. Malinga ndi US Census Bureau, pofika chaka cha 2016, zingatenge $ 69.4 biliyoni pachaka kukweza mabanja onse aku US omwe ali ndi ana mpaka pa mzere wa umphawi. Malinga ndi United Nations, $ 30 biliyoni pachaka ikhoza TSIRIZA njala padziko lapansi, ndipo pafupifupi $ 11 biliyoni ingathe Perekani dziko lapansi, kuphatikiza United States, ndi madzi akumwa oyera.

Kodi kudziwa ziwerengerozo, ngakhale atakhala kuti akuchokerako pang'onopang'ono kapena mopanda kutaya, amataya kukaikira kulikonse kuti kugwiritsa ntchito $ 1 thililiyoni pazida ndi magulu ankhondo ndi njira yotetezera? Ena mwa 95% a zachiwembu zomwe zadzipha amatsogoleredwa motsutsana ndi malo ankhondo akunja, pomwe 0% imalimbikitsidwa ndi mkwiyo chifukwa cha chakudya kapena madzi oyera. Kodi mwina pali zinthu zomwe dziko lingachite kuti mudziteteze zomwe sizimakhudza zida?

Ndiloleni ndikuuzeni kuyendera malo awiri. Imodzi ndi RootsAction.org komwe Norman Solomon ndi ine timagwirako, ndi komwe mungatumizire imelo kwa Maseneta anu ndi Misrepresentative ndikudina kamodzi.

Enawo ndi WorldBeyondWar.org pomwe mungawerenge nkhani yofafaniza nkhondo yonse, kampeni yofunika komanso yofunika kwambiri yotsutsana ndi kusankhana mitundu, kuti chilengedwe, kuti demokalase, komanso kampeni yonse yogwiritsa ntchito bwino ndalama.

Ndimadana nazo kunena izi, ndikanakonda kukhala waulemu, koma tikakumana ndi kupulumuka komwe kumayambira: ndi nthawi yoyamba kuchitira omwe amapereka ndalama zankhondo chifukwa chamayendedwe okayikitsa komanso amakhalidwe. Yakwana nthawi yobwezeretsanso manyazi pokonza nkhondo. Yakwana nthawi yoti tichoke pamakontrakitala ankhondo, kusintha maofesi ankhondo, komanso kuthana nawo modekha aliyense amene adzavote kuti asachotse ndalama za US ndi 10 peresenti kuchokera kumakomo a Congress ndikulowa m'chipinda chotsogola.

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