NaDavid Adler naStephen Wertheim, The Guardian, December 27, 2020
Democracy yashata. Mumakore mana apfuura, Mutungamiri Donald Trump vakaseka mitemo nemitemo yavo, vachikurudzira kuora kwemasangano ehurumende muUnited States. Hatisi toga: kuverenga kwepasirese kuri kuitika, nevatungamiriri vehutongi vachishandisa zvivimbiso zvakatyorwa nemitemo yakakundikana.
Kuti vadzokere kumashure maitiro, Mutungamiriri-akasarudzwa Joe Biden akaronga kuunganidza Musangano weDemocracy. Mushandirapamwe wake inopa musangano semukana "wekuvandudza mweya uye chinangwa chakagovaniswa chenyika dzeMahara Nyika". IU.S. ichizviisa zvekare "pamusoro petafura", dzimwe nyika dzinogona kuwana zvigaro zvavo, uye basa rekurova vavengi vegutsaruzhinji rinogona kutanga.
Asi musangano uyu hausi kuzobudirira. Iyo panguva imwechete yakanyanyisa uye yakatetepa chiridzwa. Kunyangwe musangano uyu ungashanda senzvimbo inobatsira yekubatanidza mutemo munzvimbo dzakadai sekutarisira zvemari uye kuchengetedzwa kwesarudzo, zvine mutoro wekufambisa mutemo wezvekunze weUS kunyangwe kudzora nzira yakakundikana iyo inopatsanura nyika kuita misasa ine hasha, ichitungamira kupokana pamusoro pekudyidzana.
Kana Biden achida kuita zvakanaka kuzvipira kwake ku "kusangana nematambudziko ezana ramakumi maviri nemasere", manejimendi ake anofanirwa kudzivirira kugadzirisa matambudziko e21. Chete kuburikidza nekudzora kupesana kumarudzi asiri kunze kwe "nyika yedemokrasi" ndipo panogona kununura iyo democracy uye kununura rusununguko rwakadzama kuvanhu vayo.
Iyo Summit yeDemocracy inotora uye inosimbisa kupatsanurwa kwePasi pakati penyika dzeFree World nevamwe vese. Inomutsiridza mepu yepfungwa iyo yakatanga kudhonzwa nevatungamiriri veUS yekune dzimwe nyika mutemo makumi masere apfuura munguva yehondo yenyika yechipiri. "Uku kurwa pakati penyika yevaranda nenyika yakasununguka," akadaro Visi-Mutungamiri Henry Wallace muna 1942, vachidana "kukunda kwakazara muhondo yerusununguko iyi".
Asi isu hatichagari munyika yaWallace. Njodzi dzinoraira dzezana redu ramakore hadziwanikwe mukukonana pakati penyika. Asi, ivo vanojairika pakati pavo. Vanhu veAmerica vachachengetedzwa kwete nechero "kukunda kwakazara" pamusoro pevadzivisi vekunze asi nekuzvipira kwakasimba kusimudzira hupenyu muUS uye kushandira pamwe semubatsiri pamiganhu yechinyakare yedhipatimendi reUS.
Inoratidzirwa neanopokana nechishuwo, iyo Summit yeDemokrasi inosungirwa kuita kuti nyika isanyanya kuchengetedzeka. Zvine njodzi yekuomesa kupokana neavo vari kunze kwemusangano, zvichideredza tarisiro yekubatana kukuru. Iyo coronavirus, muvengi anouraya chizvarwa ichi kusvika parizvino, haateerere kune iyo US yaanoona semubatsiri wayo kana muvengi wayo. Izvi zvakafananawo nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze. Nekuti kutyisidzira kwedu kwakaipisisa kune mapuraneti, zvakaoma kuona kuti sei kirabhu yedemokrasi iri chikamu chakakodzera "kudzivirira zvido zvedu", sekuvimbisa kunoita Biden.
Pamusoro pekusiya vadiwa vanodiwa, musangano uyu haufambi kusimudzira democracy. I "nyika yakasununguka" yanhasi iri chairo nyika yakasununguka, inogarwa nemademokrasi ane zvipikisheni, pane kupenya mienzaniso. Mutungamiri weUnited States, kutora muenzaniso mumwe chete, parizvino ari kuunganidza vatsigiri vake kuti varambe mhedzisiro yesarudzo yakasununguka uye yakaenzanirana, inopfuura mwedzi mumwe mushure mekukunda kwayo kujekesa.
The roster revatori vechikamu mumusangano waBiden saka wakasungirwa kuratidzika seanopokana. Kukoka kuchabuda here kuHungary, Poland neTurkey, vatambi vedu vanowedzera vasingafariri Nato? Zvakadii neIndia kana nePhilippines, vanobatana navo mumushandirapamwe weWashington wekurwisa China?
Zvichida mukuziva dambudziko iri, Biden akaronga Musangano nokuti Democracy pane Musangano of Mademokrasi. Asi yake yekukoka rondedzero inosungirwa kuisa kunze vamwe, zvirinani kana achida kudzivisa kupusa kwekusimudzira democracy nevanhu vakaita saJair Bolsonaro kana Mohammed bin Salman.
Mukati megadziriro yemusangano, saka, sarudzo yaBiden hainzvengeki uye haigone kugamuchirwa: zviri pamutemo kuzvitonga kwevatongi vehutongi kana kuvamaka sevanopfuura pevhu.
Democracy haina mubvunzo kuti iri pasi pekutyisidzirwa: Biden akarurama kuridza alarm. Asi kana Musangano weDemokrasi ungango simbisa hutsinye hwehukasha hwepasi rose uye kusagutsikana nedemokrasi, chii chingatigadzise mune yakanaka yekugadzirisa kusununguka?
"Democracy haisi nyika," Mushakabvu Congressman John Lewis akanyora zhizha rino. "Chiito." Vatungamiriri veBiden vanofanirwa kushandisa kunzwisisana kwaLewis nekuparadzanisa kwete chete nekudzosera tsika dzegutsaruzhinji asiwo uyezve nekusimudzira hutongi hwegutsaruzhinji. Panzvimbo pekugadzirisa zviratidzo zvekusagutsikana kwevanhu - "vanhu vanofarira, nyika uye vanoziva demogogues" avo Biden akavimbisa kusangana - manejimendi ake anofanira kurwisa chirwere ichi.
Anogona kutanga neshanduko dzezvematongerwo enyika nehupfumi kuita hurumende yezvematongerwo enyika kupindura zvakare kuchido chakakurumbira. Iyi ajenda inoda mutemo wekune dzimwe nyika wega: kuzvitonga-pamba kumba kunotonga nzvimbo dzemitero kunze kwenyika, semuenzaniso. United States inofanira kushanda nenyika dzakatenderedza pasirese kusvika kudzura hupfumi husina kubvisirwa uye mari isiri pamutemo kuitira kuti democracy muAmerica - uye kwese kwese - inogona kushandira zvido zvevagari.
Chechipiri, United States inofanirwa kuita runyararo pasi, pane kurwa hondo dzayo dzisingaperi. Makumi maviri emakore ekupindira kuyambuka iyo Middle Middle East haina kungozvidza chimiro chedemokrasi muzita ravaive vakarwiwa. Ivo zvakare kuzvitonga kuzere mukati meUS. Nekubata nyika zhinji dzekunze sekutyisidzira kwekufa, vatungamiriri vemapato ese ezvematongerwo enyika vakapinza ruvengo rweve xenophobic mutsinga dzenzanga yeAmerica - zvichigonesa demagogue saTrump kusimukira pasimba pachivimbiso chekusimba zvakanyanya. Kugadziriswa kwezvematongerwo enyika kunozoda kuti hutongi hweBiden hudzikise mutemo wekunze weUS.
Chekupedzisira, United States inofanirwa kugadzirisazve nzira yekudyidzana kwepasirese isina kukamurwa ne "demokrasi" yekukanganisa iyo musangano unotsvaga kumisikidza. Shanduko yemamiriro ekunze uye chirwere chendenda chinoda kuita pamwe chete pachiyero chikurusa. Kana iyo Biden manejimendi inotarisira kumutsidzira mweya wedemokrasi, inofanirwa kuunza mweya iwoyo kumasangano ehutongi hwepasi rose ayo United States yakamisikidza kutonga panzvimbo.
Kuzvitonga pamba, kuzvisarudzira kunze kwenyika pamwe nekushandira pamwe - aya anofanirwa kuve mazwi ekuona ehurongwa hutsva hweruzhinji. Kuenda kupfuura kungoita musangano, iyi ajenda inosimudzira mamiriro edemokrasi pane kumanikidza mafomu ayo. Zvinoda kuti US iite demokarasi muhukama hwayo hwekune dzimwe nyika, kwete kuda kuti vekunze vave veruzhinji kana zvimwe.
Mushure mezvose, demokrasi ndizvo zvinoitika zvakakomberedza tafura, zvisinei nekuti ndiani anogara - kwenguva - kumusoro kwayo.
