Kodi ndichifukwa Chiyani A US Ali O pachiwopsezo Chachikulu Kwambiri COVID-19?

Wolemba Nicolas JS Davies, Marichi 27, 2020

United States yakhala likulu latsopano ya mliri wa coronavirus wapadziko lonse, wokhala ndi milandu yoposa 80,000, kuposa China kapena Italy. Oposa zikwi zikwi aku America amwalira kale, koma ichi ndi chiyambi chabe cha kuwombana koopsa kumeneku pakati pa anthu aku US osakwanira chithandizo chazachipatala dongosolo ndi mliri weniweni.

Kumbali inayi, China ndi South Korea, zomwe zonse zili ndi machitidwe azaumoyo padziko lonse lapansi omwe amakwaniritsa zosowa zaumoyo wa anthu awo, asintha kale Covid-19 kudzera pazokha, kulumikizana kwazachipatala ndi mapulogalamu oyesera omwe mwachangu ndi kuyesa moyenerera aliyense amene wakhudzidwa ndi kachilomboka. China idatumiza 40,000 madokotala ndi ogwira ntchito zachipatala, kuphatikizapo akatswiri 10,000 opuma, kulowa m'chigawo cha Hubei m'mwezi woyamba kapena iwiri ya mliriwu. Tsopano yafika masiku atatu motsatizana popanda milandu yatsopano ndipo ikuyamba kukweza zoletsa pagulu. South Korea idayesa msanga 300,000 anthu, ndipo ndi anthu 139 okha omwe amwalira. 

A Bruce Aylward a WHO adapita ku China kumapeto kwa February, ndipo inanena, "Ndikuganiza kuti chinsinsi chophunzirira ku China ndichachangu… Kuthamanga komwe mungapeze milandu, kupatula milandu, ndikuwunika omwe ali pafupi nawo, mudzakhala opambana ... Ku China, akhazikitsa njira yayikulu yotentha thupi zipatala. M'madera ena, gulu limatha kupita kwa inu ndikusinthani ndikukhala ndi yankho kwa maola anayi kapena asanu ndi awiri. Koma uyenera kukhazikitsidwa - liwiro ndiye chilichonse. ”

Ofufuza ku Italy atsimikizira izi mpaka 3 kuchokera 4 Milandu ya Covid-19 imakhala yopanda tanthauzo ndipo motero imawonekera poyesa anthu okha omwe ali ndi zizindikilo. Pambuyo panjira zingapo zakupha, US, yomwe inali nayo mlandu woyamba pa Januware 20th, tsiku lomwelo ndi South Korea, patadutsa miyezi iwiri ingoyambira kumene kuyesa kuyesa kufalikira, pomwe tili ndi milandu yambiri komanso anthu 6 akufa kwambiri padziko lapansi. Ngakhale pakadali pano, US ikuchepetsa kuyesa kwa anthu omwe ali ndi zizindikilo, osachita kuyesa komwe kukuyesedwa kwamilandu yatsopano yomwe inali yothandiza ku China. Izi zimatsimikizira kuti omwe ali ndi thanzi labwino, onyamula zida zawo amafalitsa kachilomboka mosadziwa ndikupitiliza kukulitsa kukula kwake.

Nanga ndichifukwa chiyani United States sichingathe kulimbana ndi mliriwu moyenera kapena moyenera monga China, South Korea, Germany kapena mayiko ena? Kuperewera kwa dongosolo laumoyo, lolipiridwa ndi boma konsekonse ndikusowa kwakukulu. Koma kulephera kwathu kokhazikitsa chimakhala chifukwa cha zinthu zina zosagwirizana ndi anthu aku America, kuphatikiza ziphuphu zandale zathu zamalonda ndi zamalonda komanso "ukatswiri" waku America womwe umatilepheretsa zomwe tingaphunzire kumayiko ena . 

Komanso, kulanda kwa asitikali aku America kwapangitsa kuti anthu aku America asokoneze malingaliro awo pankhani zankhondo zonena za "chitetezo" ndi "chitetezo," kupotoza ndalama zomwe boma limagwiritsa ntchito posamalira nkhondo ndi zida zankhondo ndikuwononga zofunikira zina zonse mdziko lathu, kuphatikiza thanzi Achimereka.

Chifukwa chiyani sitingangophulitsa kachilomboka?

Zachidziwikire kuti funsoli ndi lopanda pake. Koma umu ndi momwe atsogoleri aku US amayankhira pangozi iliyonse yomwe timakumana nayo, ndikusintha kwakukulu kwazinthu zathu zadziko kupita kumaofesi azankhondo (MIC) omwe amasiya dziko lolemera ili ndi njala kuti athane ndi mavuto omwe atsogoleri athu sangayerekeze kuthana nawo zida ndi nkhondo. Kutengera zomwe zimawerengedwa kuti ndi "chitetezo", zimawerengera mpaka magawo awiri mwa atatu ya federal discretionary ndalama. Ngakhale pano, mwayi wapaulendo wapa Boeing, a 2 zazikulu koposa Wopanga zida zaku US, ndikofunikira kwambiri kwa a Mr. Trump komanso ambiri ku Congress kuposa kuthandiza mabanja aku America kuthana ndi mavutowa.

Kumapeto kwa Nkhondo Yazovuta mu 1989, akuluakulu adauza Komiti Yogwirizira Nyumba ya Senate kuti bajeti ya asitikali aku US ingakhale otetezeka kudula ndi 50% Kwa zaka khumi zikubwerazi. Wapampando wa komiti a Jim Sasser adatamanda msonkhanowu ngati "kuyamba kwa chuma cham'nyumba" Koma pofika 2000, mphamvu zakampani yamagulu azankhondo idasokoneza "gawo lamtendere" kukhala a 22% kuchepetsa pakugwiritsa ntchito ankhondo kuyambira 1990 (atasinthiratu kuti inflation). 

Ndipo, mu 2001, gulu lankhondo la mafakitale lidagwira upandu wa zaka zatsopano ndi anyamata 19 aku Saudi omwe adangokhala ndi odulira mabokosi kuti akhazikitse nkhondo zatsopano komanso okwera mtengo kwambiri Asitikali a US amangidwa kuyambira Nkhondo Yachiwiri Yapadziko lonse. Monga wakale wakale wankhondo waku Nuremberg a Benjamin Ferencz anati panthawiyo, uku sikunali kuyankhidwa kovomerezeka pamilandu ya pa 11 September. Ferencz adauza NPR kuti: "Sikoyenera kuvomereza anthu omwe sanachite zolakwa zawo." "Mukangobweza anthu ambiri pophulitsa bomba ku Afghanistan, tinene, kapena a Taliban, mupha anthu ambiri omwe sagwirizana ndi zomwe zachitika."  

Ngakhale zinali zomvetsa chisoni, kulephera kwamagazi kwa omwe amatchedwa "Nkhondo Yapadziko Lonse Pachiwopsezo," gulu lankhondo lomwe lidatenga mwayi lidathandizira kuti lipambane nkhondo iliyonse ku Washington. Pambuyo pokonzanso kukwera kwamitengo, 2020 Ndalama za asirikali aku US ndi 59% kuposa 2000, ndipo 23% kuposa momwe zidaliri mu 1990. 

Pazaka 20 zapitazi (madola 2020), US idagawa $ 4.7 zankhaninkhani, zambiri ku Pentagon kuposa zikadangosunga bajeti yake pamlingo womwewo kuyambira 2000. Ngakhale pakati pa 1998 ndi 2010, monga Carl Conetta adalembera pepala lake, Chitetezo Chopanda Chifundo: Kumvetsetsa $ 2 Trillion Surge ku US Defense Spelling, ndalama zenizeni zankhondo zidafanana dollar imodzi ndi ndalama zina zosagwirizana, zambiri zidagulira ndalama zogulira ndikupangira kwambiri zida zankhondo zatsopano zokwera mtengo a Navy, ma b ndege oyenda bizinesi ngati Wankhondo wa F-35 a Gulu Lankhondo, ndi mndandanda wofuna zida zatsopano ndi zida za nthambi iliyonse yankhondo. 

Kuchokera mu 2010, kusinthaku kopambana kwachuma chathu kudziko lankhondo ndi mafakitale kwawonongetsa ndalama zenizeni. Obama adawononga zambiri pazankhondo kuposa Bush, ndipo tsopano Trump akuwononga ndalama zochulukirapo. Kuphatikiza pa $ 4.7 trilioni pakuwonjezera ndalama za Pentagon, nkhondo zaku US ndi zankhondo zalipira $ 1.3 thililiyoni zochulukirapo ya Veterans Affairs kuyambira 2000 (yomwe idasinthidwanso kukwera kwamitengo), monga aku America abwerera kunyumba kuchokera ku nkhondo zaku America zomwe zimafunikira chithandizo chamankhwala chomwe US ​​sichipereka kwa anthu ake. 

Ndalama zonse zatha tsopano, monganso kuti ziunjikitsidwa kwinakwake ku Afghanistan ndikuwotchedwa ndi ochepa Mabomba 80,000 US idagwa padziko losaukali kuyambira 2001. Chifukwa chake tiribe ndalama zogulira zipatala za boma, ma ventilator, maphunziro azachipatala, mayeso a Covid-19 kapena zina mwazinthu zomwe tikufunikira kwambiri pamavuto osagwirizana ndi usirikali.

US $ 6 trilioni awonongekeratu - kapena kuyipira. Nkhondo yolimbana ndi uchigawenga sinathetse kapena kuthetsa uchigawenga. Zimangowonjezera chiwawa komanso chisokonezo padziko lonse lapansi. Makina ankhondo aku US awononga mayiko ndi maiko: Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Libya, Syria, Yemen - koma sizinamangenso kapena kubweretsa mtendere kwa aliyense wa iwo. Pakadali pano, Russia ndi China zamanga zodzitchinjiriza moyenera ku America mzaka za zana la 21 makina omaliza ankhondo pamtengo wocheperako.

Pamene mayiko padziko lonse lapansi akukumana ndi chiwopsezo chofala cha Covid-19, mwina yankho lokayikitsa kwambiri ndi lingaliro la boma la US lokakamiza ngakhale kulanga mwankhanza kwambiri ku Iran, imodzi mwamaiko ogwidwa kwambiri, ndipo kale kulandidwa mankhwala opulumutsa moyo ndi zinthu zina ndi ziwonetsero zomwe zilipo ku US. 

Secretary General wa UN a Antonio Guterres apempha kuti kusiyidwa kwa moto pankhondo iliyonse panthawi yamavutoyi, komanso kuti US ikweze zoyipa zakupha pa anansi athu onse padziko lonse lapansi. Izi zikuyenera kuphatikizapo Iran; North Korea; Sudan; Syria; Venezuela; Zimbabwe; makamaka Cuba, yomwe ikugwira ntchito yolimba mtima komanso yotenga nawo mbali polimbana ndi mliriwu, kupulumutsa anthu omwe akudutsa ya sitima yapamadzi yokhala ndi kachilombo ku Britain yomwe idakana kulowa ndi US ndi mayiko ena, ndipo kutumiza magulu azachipatala kupita ku Italiya ndi maiko ena odwala padziko lonse lapansi.

Chuma cha 21 Century Command Chuma

"Lamulo lazachuma" linali mawu oseketsa omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito kutsutsa chuma chakatikati chakum'mawa kwa Europe munthawi ya Cold War. Koma katswiri wazachuma Eric Schutz adagwiritsa ntchito the 21st Command Command Chuma ngati mawu am'munsi a buku lake la 2001 Maseke ndi Mphamvu, momwe adawunikiranso zotsatira za msika waukulu wamabungwe azachuma azachuma padziko lonse lapansi pa chuma cha US. 

Monga Schutz adalongosolera, nthanthi ya neoliberal (kapena neoclassical) yachuma imanyalanyaza chinthu chofunikira m'misika "yaulere" m'badwo wa anthu aku America omwe adaphunzitsidwa kulemekeza. Izi zimanyalanyazidwa ndi mphamvu. Popeza mbali zambiri m'moyo waku America zidayikidwa m'manja mwa "dzanja losawoneka" lamsika, osewera mwamphamvu pamsika uliwonse ali ndi ufulu wogwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zawo pamsika kuti apititse patsogolo chuma komanso mphamvu yayikulu pamsika mwa iwo okha (osati osawoneka ) manja, kuthamangitsa otsutsana nawo pang'ono pantchito ndikuzunza anzawo: makasitomala; ogwira ntchito; ogulitsa; maboma; ndi madera akumaloko.

Kuyambira 1980, gawo lirilonse lazachuma ku US lakhala likulandidwa pang'onopang'ono ndi mabungwe ochepa komanso ochepa komanso akuluakulu, ndikuwopseza moyo waku America: mwayi wochepa wamabizinesi ang'onoang'ono; Kuchepetsa ndalama zogwirira ntchito ndi ntchito; malipiro oterera kapena osayenda; misonkho ikukwera; kupangidwira payekha zamaphunziro ndi zamankhwala; kuwonongedwa kwa magulu am'deralo; komanso chinyengo chazandale. Malingaliro ovuta omwe akukhudza miyoyo yathu yonse tsopano amapangidwa makamaka poyitanitsa mabanki akulu, pharma yayikulu, chatekinoloje wamkulu, okalamba, akatswiri akulu, asitikali oyendetsa mafakitale komanso olemera kwambiri 1% aku America.

Khomo loukira lomwe akulu akulu amasuntha pakati pa ankhondo, maofesi olanda, mabungwe a kampani, Congress ndi nthambi yayikulu imachitidwa m'gawo lililonse lazachuma. Liz Fowler, yemwe analemba "Affordable Care Act" ngati wogwira ntchito ku Senate ndi White House, anali wamkulu ku Wellpoint Health (tsopano Anthem), kampani ya makolo ya Blue Cross-Blue Shield, yomwe tsopano ikupereka ndalama mabiliyoni ambiri mothandizidwa ndi boma iye analemba. Kenako adabwerera ku "makampani" monga wamkulu ku Johnson & Johnson - monga James "Mad Dog" Mattis adabwerera kwake mpando pa bolodi ku General Dynamics kuti akalandire mphotho ya "ntchito yothandiza anthu" ngati Secretary of Defense.

Zosakanikirana zilizonse zaubusisitikali ndi zachikhalidwe za America aliyense angakonde kukhala chitsanzo cha chuma cha US, ochepa aku America sangasankhe izi pazaka zam'ma 21 zomwe zimalamula chuma kukhala njira yomwe angasankhe kukhalamo. Ndi andale angati aku America omwe angapambane chisankho ngati atauza anthu moona kuti ovotera kuti ndi njira yomwe amakhulupirira ndipo akufuna kukalimbikitsa?

Tikukhala mu gulu lomwe aliyense akudziwa kuti mgwirizano wavunda, monga a Leonard Cohen nyimbo ikupita, komabe timakhalabe otayika muholo yamagalasi, ozunzidwa ndi "kugawa ndikulamulira" njira yomwe olemera komanso amphamvu amayang'anira ndale ndi atolankhani limodzi ndi magawo ena aliwonse azaka zamalamulo ano za 21st. A Trump, Biden ndi atsogoleri aku DRM ndiomwe ali mutu wawo waposachedwa, akuchita ziwanda ndikukangana wina ndi mnzake pomwe iwo ndi omwe amawalipira ndalama akuseka mpaka ku banki.

Pali chisokonezo chovuta momwe chipani cha Democratic Party chatsekera mozungulira Biden m'mene Covid-19 adawonekera. Mwezi watha, zikuwoneka kuti 2020 ikhoza kukhala chaka chomwe anthu aku America angabweretse utsi wolipidwa bwino ndi zionetsero za kampani yopanga inshuwaransi ya US yopindulitsa ndikupeza chithandizo chothandizidwa ndi boma. M'malo mwake, atsogoleri achi demokalase akuwoneka kuti akukonzekera zoyipa zochepa zakugonjetsedwa kwamanyazi wina ndi zaka zinai za Lipenga (ndikuganiza) ngozi yayikulu ya purezidenti wa Sanders ndi chisamaliro chaumoyo padziko lonse. 

Koma tsopano gulu lokhazikika lino lomwe latha mphamvu kwambiri m'chilengedwe, kachilombo kakang'ono kwambiri kamene kangaphe anthu mamiliyoni ambiri. Maiko ena akukulira kumayesedwe atsopanowa a zaumoyo wawo ndi machitidwe azandalama mopambana kuposa ife. Ndiye kodi tidzadzuka ku maloto athu aku America, ndikutsegula maso athu ndikuyamba kuphunzira kuchokera kumayiko ena, kuphatikizapo omwe ali ndi ndale, zachuma komanso njira zosamalira thanzi kuposa zathu? Miyoyo yathu imadalira.

Nicolas JS Davies ndiye mlembi wa Magazi Pa Manja Athu: Kuthamangira ku America ndi Kuwonongedwa kwa Iraq. Iye ndi mtolankhani wokhazikika komanso wofufuza wa CODEPINK.