naDavid Swanson, World Beyond War, March 21, 2022
Svondo rapfuura ndakataura nekirasi yakangwara kwazvo yevakuru vekuchikoro chesekondari muWashington DC. Vaiziva zvakawanda uye vaiva nemibvunzo iri nani kwandiri kupfuura boka renyu repakati pazera ripi neripi. Asi pandakavabvunza kuti vafunge nezvehondo yaigona kurongeka, yekutanga yakataurwa nemumwe munhu yaive US Civil War. Zvakazobuda pachena kuti vamwe vavo vakafungawo kuti Ukraine yakanga yakakodzera kurwa hondo izvozvi. Asi, pandakabvunza kuti uranda hwakanga hwapera sei muWashington DC, hapana kana munhu mumwe chete aivemo aive neruzivo.
Zvakandishamisa mushure mekunge izvo zvisinganzwisisike. Ini ndinofunga zvakajairwa nevanhu vazhinji muDC, vakuru nevadiki, vakadzidza zvakanyanya uye zvishoma. Hapana chinhu panguva ino chinoonekwa sechakakosha kune yakanaka inofambira mberi dzidzo yezvematongerwo enyika kupfuura nhoroondo yeuranda uye rusaruraganda. Washington DC yakagumisa huranda nenzira inoyemurika uye yekugadzira. Zvakadaro vanhu vazhinji muDC havasati vambonzwa nezvazvo. Zvakaoma kusasvika pamhedziso yekuti iyi isarudzo yeune yakaitwa netsika dzedu. Asi nei? Sei zvingave zvakakosha kusaziva kuti DC yakagumisa sei huranda? Imwe tsananguro inogoneka ndeyekuti inyaya isingaenderane zvakanaka nekukudzwa kweUS Civil War.
Handidi kupfuudza nyaya yacho. Hazvina kuchengetwa zvakavanzika. Pane zororo repamutemo muDC rakatsanangurwa saizvozvo pahurumende yeDC Website:
“Chii chinonzi Emancipation Day?
“Mutemo weDC Compensated Emancipation Act wa1862 wakagumisa uranda muWashington, DC, wakasunungura vanhu 3,100, wakadzorera avo vakanga vava varidzi vavo zviri pamutemo ndokupa vakadzi nevarume vakanga vachangosunungurwa mari yokuti vatame. Ndiwo mutemo uyu, uye kushinga uye kurwira kweavo vakarwira kuti zviitike, isu tinorangarira Kubvumbi wega wega 16, DC Emancipation Day. "
Iyo US Capitol ine online chirongwa chekudzidza pamusoro penyaya. Asi izvi nezvimwe zviwanikwa hazvina bhonzo. Havatauri kuti nyika zhinji dzakashandisa rusununguko rwakaripwa. Havatauri kuti vanhu kwemakore vakatsigira kushandiswa kwayo kugumisa uranda muUnited States. Havasi kubvunza mubvunzo wetsika wekuripa vanhu vanga vachiita hasha, kana kupa kuenzanisa pakati pekuderera kwekusunungurwa kwakabhadharwa uye kuderera kwekuponda zvikamu zvitatu kubva muzvina zvevanhu vane miriyoni, kupisa maguta, uye kusiya shure rusaruraganda uye kusingaperi. kugumbuka.
Kunze kweiyo June 20, 2013, chinyorwa che Atlantic Magazine iyo yakaburitsa an chinyorwa yakanzi "Kwete, Lincoln Haana Kugona 'Kutenga Varanda'." Kuregererei? Eya, chimwe chikonzero chakapiwa ndechokuti varidzi vevaranda vakanga vasingadi kutengesa. Izvo zvese zviri pachena ndezvechokwadi uye zvakare nyore munyika umo zvese zvinotendwa kuti zvine mutengo. Muchokwadi iyo inonyanya kutariswa ye Atlantic Chinyorwa ndicho chirevo chekuti mutengo waive wakanyanya kukwirira kuti Lincoln akwanise. Izvozvo zvinoratidza kuti zvichida nhapwa dzingadai dzakada kutengesa kudai mutengo wakakodzera wakanga wapiwa.
Maererano Atlantic mutengo ungadai uri $3 bhiriyoni mune 1860s mari. Izvo zviri pachena kuti hazvina kubva pane chero chirevo chikuru chinopihwa nekugamuchirwa. Asi zvakabva pamutengo wemusika wevanhu vakaiswa muuranda vaitengwa uye vachitengeswa nguva dzese.
Chinyorwa chinoenderera mberi nekutsanangura kuti zvingadai zvisingaite sei kuwana mari yakawanda kudaro - kunyangwe tichitaura kuverenga kuti hondo yakadhura madhora mazana matanhatu nemakumi matanhatu emadhora. Ko dai varidzi vevaranda vakapiwa mabhiriyoni mana emadhora kana mabhiriyoni mashanu emadhora kana kuti mabhiriyoni matanhatu emadhora? Tiri kunyatso fungidzira here kuti vanga vasina mutengo zvachose, kuti hurumende dzehurumende dzawo hadzina kumbobvira dzakabvumirana nemutengo wepamusoro peyero inoenda? The economic thought experiment ye Atlantic Chinyorwa icho mutengo unoramba uchikwira nekutenga chinofuratira akati wandei akakosha mapoinzi: (1) kubhadharwa kusunungurwa kunoiswa nehurumende, kwete musika, uye (2) United States haisi iyo yose yePasi - makumi emamwe akawanda. nzvimbo dzakafunga izvi mukuita, saka kusagona nemaune kwemudzidzi weUS kuti aite kuti zvishande mudzidziso hakusi kunyengetedza.
Nouchenjeri hwokuona zviri shure, hatizivi here kuti kuziva nzira yokupedza nayo uranda pasina hondo kungadai kwakava kwokuchenjera uye mugumisiro wacho sezvingabvira uri nani munzira dzakawanda? Handizvo here kuti dai taizopedza kusungwa kwevanhu vakawanda izvozvi, tichizviita nebhiri rinobhadhara maguta anowana mari mumajeri zvingave zviri nani kutsvaga minda yekuurayira vanhu vakawanda, kupisa boka remaguta, uyezve - mushure mezvose izvo zvinotyisa - kupfuudza bhiri?
Kutenda mukururamisira uye kubwinya kwehondo dzakapfuura kunonyanya kukosha pakugamuchirwa kwehondo dzemazuva ano, dzakadai sehondo yeUkraine. Uye iwo ma tag emitengo yehondo akakosha pakufungidzira dzimwe nzira dzekugadzira dzekuwedzera hondo iyo inotiisa padyo nenyukireya apocalypse kupfuura nakare kose. Pamutengo wemichina yehondo, Ukraine inogona kuitwa paradhiso uye muenzaniso kabhoni-neutral yakachena-simba nzanga, panzvimbo penhandare yehondo pakati pehumambo huzere nemafuta.
