Ngaba Siyi-Anti-Empire okanye Intshatsheli?

Ukubhikisha kukaJan Rose Kasmir

NguDavid Swanson, Matshi 1, 2019

Ngokucacileyo abaninzi bethu bobabini. Ndisebenzise i-zero ukusebenzisa ubukhosi okanye imfazwe. Kodwa ndisebenzisa ezo tags njengento emfutshane ngamaqela amabini amaxesha amaxesha ahlangeneyo kwaye ngamanye amaxesha angenzi kwimigudu yabo yokukhuthaza.

Omnye uthetha ngokuchasene nobukhosi kunye nemfazwe ngokugxininiswa kwimbuso, iyakwazi ukuphepha ukukhuthaza ukungabikho kwentlalo, ayikho nto inokuthetha ngayo ngezinye iindlela zokusombulula ingxabano ngaphandle kwemfazwe, ngokuqhelekileyo ithanda igama elithi "revolution," kwaye ngamanye amaxesha likhuthaza ukuguqulwa kwamachiza okanye ukuguqulwa ngandlela iyafumaneka okanye "iyimfuneko."

Omnye uthetha ngokuchasene nemfazwe kunye nobukhosi ngokugxininisa kwimfazwe, kukhuthaza izixhobo zokungabikho komthetho, ukungabikho kwempahla, izakhiwo ezintsha zokubuyisela imfazwe, kwaye akanalo nantoni na ukuthetha ngokuphathelele "ilungelo" lokuzikhusela okanye ukukhetha phakathi kobundlobongela kwaye "ulala phantsi kwaye ungenzi nto."

Kubalulekile ukuba la maqela amabini, athwala kwaye adibanise kwaye anemihluko engapheliyo, thetha omnye nomnye. Bobabini baqonda ubuthathaka besahlulo. Bobabini bakholelwa ukuba kukho ubuthakathaka obukhulu ekulandeleni ukukhokelwa komnye. Ngoko, ngamanye amaxesha kukho intsebenziswano kwaye ngamanye amaxesha kungekhona. Kodwa xa kukho, akukho nto. Ngokuqhelekileyo iingxoxo ziya kunzulu ngokwaneleyo ukufumana izicwangciso ezixhamlayo okanye ukukholisa abo besinye isikhundla ukuba batshintshele kwenye.

Ingxoxo ivame ukujonga into enje:

A: Uphando olwenziwa ngabaphengululi lubonakala lubonakala ngokucacileyo ukuba ukunyanzelisa ukunyanzelwa kwengcinezelo kuye kwaphindeka kabini ukuphumelela, kwaye ezo mpu meko zide zide, xa ezo ntshukumo zazingekho. Ingaba kukho na isizathu esithile sokubambelela okanye sokwamkela njengobundlobongela obukhethiweyo nokuqonda ukuba akunakukwazi ukuphumelela?

B: Ewe, kodwa yintoni ebalulekileyo njengempumelelo? Kwaye andiyikukhuthaza ubundlobongela. Ndiyayeka ukugweba abantu abacinezelekileyo ukuba banokwenza ntoni. Andiyi kukhanyela ukuxhasa umzabalazo wabo kummandla ngaphandle kokuba ivumelane nesicwangciso sam. Akusiyo indawo yethu yokuyalela abantu, kodwa ukuyixhasa. Andiyi kuphinda ndihluleke ukuxhasa inkululeko yombanjwa wezopolitiko onetyala ngenxa yokunyanzelisa ubundlobongela.

A: Kodwa ubonile uphando? Unokuqala ngeencwadi zikaErica Chenoweth kunye noMaria Stephan. Ungathanda ikhophi? Ingaba ucinga ukuba kukho into engaphumeleli malunga nemizekelo ebalwa njengeempumelelo? Andizange ndize ndenze okanye mhlawumbi ndiphuphe ukwenza into efana nokuyalela iqela labantu elikude oko kufuneka bayenze. Ndiyindoda enhle kakhulu ukuba ndikwazi ukwenza into enjalo ukuba ndifuna, kodwa kufuneka ndivume ukuba loo nto ayizange ifike kum, phambi kweengxoxo ezifana nale. Ndixhasa ukukhulula wonke umntu entolongweni kunye nokuqala kunye nalabo bafunyanwe ngecala. Ndichasa konke uxinzelelo lwasekhaya nakwamanye amazwe naphina kungakhathaliseki ukuba abantu bayayiphikisa. Kodwa xa umntu ecela icebiso lam, ndiza kubatshintshela ekuqondeni okungcono kunayo yonke into endiyenayo - ngokuqinisekileyo iphosakele-yezinto ezinyani. Oko kuqonda kuthetha ukuba ubundlobongela bunokungaphumeleli, kwaye ukuba ubulungisa bembangela ayinanto yokwenza nolu hlobo lokungaphumeleli.

B: Kodwa ngumbuzo wokwakha uxhamlwano lwehlabathi jikelele ukuthatha amaqhinga angamazwe ngamazwe, kwaye asikwazi ukwenza oko ngaphandle kokuhlonela abantu ngokwabo abachaphazelekileyo kwaye bazama ukukhulula ngokwabo kwintlawulo yethu yerhafu yeerhafu. Kwaye asikwazi ukubahlonela, kwaye sibahlonele, ukuba sizimisele ukuba benze into esiyincomayo. Ngaba i-Iraqi ayinalo ilungelo lokulwa? Ngaba ukwenza oko kulwa kukuphumelelanga ukunqoba?

A: Akusiyo indawo yethu ukunyanzelisa amaxhoba ethu erhafu kunye nezopolitiko zethu. Wena kunye nathi asikwazanga ukuba kwisivumelwano esiseduze kwinqanaba. Kodwa, nantsi inxalenye ekhohlisayo: ngokuqinisekileyo indawo yethu njengabantu ukukhusela ubomi balabo abaya kubakho ngokungabalulekanga kwaye mhlawumbi bangabonakaliswa babulawa kwaye balimala kwaye baphazamiseka kwaye bangenzi ndawo ngaphandle kwemizamo ehlanganiswe nesizathu esibalulekileyo. Ngokwenene kufuneka sikhethe ukuba sibe kwicala lamaxhoba - bonke - okanye abo babulali. Ininzi yehlabathi yaphelisa ubukhoboka kunye nesitope ngaphandle kohlobo lobundlobongela abakwa-United States aboneyo kwi-1860 kwaye akayi kubuya. Awunakufumana isizathu esinokugqithisa kunokugqitha ubukhoboka, kodwa kukho ubuninzi bezinto ezibangeleyo ezijikelezileyo namhlanje ezilindele ukuba zithathwe. Kuthekani ukuba abantu baseUnited States banqume ukuphelisa intolongo? Ngaba sifuna kuqala ukukhetha ezinye iinkalo size sibulale omnye izigidi, kwaye sidlulisele umthetho ogqityiweyo wokuvalelwe entolongweni? Okanye ngaba sifuna ukuzithelela ngqo ekugqibeleni umthetho? Ngaba akunakwenzeka ukwenza izinto ngeendlela ezingcono kunokuba zenziwe kwixesha elidlulileyo?

B: Ngoko, i-Iraq ayinalo ilungelo lokulwa ngenxa yokuba uyazi kakuhle?

A: Andiyisebenzisi oluninzi ngcamango yamalungelo okanye ukungabi nako. Ngokuqinisekileyo, banakho ilungelo lokulwa, kwaye banelungelo lokulala phantsi kwaye bangenzi nto, kwaye-ngenxa yolu hlobo - ilungelo lokutya izipikili. Kodwa oko akuthethi ukuba ndiyakucebisa ukwenza nayiphi na yezo zinto. Ngokuqinisekileyo - andiqinisekanga ukuba ndingayenza njani loo nto icacile, kodwa ndiya kuqhubeka ndiyithetha -ayiyi kubayala okanye iyalungise okanye iyalalele. Ukuba banayo nayiphi na into ebizwa ngokuba yinto elungileyo, unelungelo lokungahoyiki esihogweni esihlala kuyo! Kodwa oko kusithintela njani ukuba sisondele kunye nabahlobo? Akunjalo wena kunye nam namahlakani kunye nabahlobo? Ndiba nabahlobo kumazwe aseMelika asele ahlala kuwo azinikezele ukungqinanga, njengokuba mna. Abanye abancedi okanye bajabule ngezenzo zeTaliban okanye i-ISIS okanye namanye amaqela ahlukeneyo kunam.

B: Lawa akuwona amaqela kuphela asetyenziswayo okanye angasebenzisa udlame. Kwaye kukho abantu abaphoqelelwe ukuba basebenzise ubundlobongela, njengokuba bekungaba yiyo ukuba i-cornered in the dark alley.

A: Uyazi, ndixubusha umfana ofundisa "ukuziphatha" kwi-US Army's Academy eWest Point, kwaye usebenzisa indlela efanayo yokuhamba emzimbeni ukuze afune imfazwe yama-imperialist. Kodwa ukwakha imishini enkulu yokufa kunye nokuxhomekeka kuncinci kufana nomntu oyedwa kwindlela emnyama - umntu onokubaluleka, unokukhetha ngakumbi kunokuba sifuna ukucinga. Ukulungelelanisa umkhosi wokulwa nomkhosi okanye umsebenzi wokuba usebenze ungasondelanga nto into efana neyodwa yindoda ebumnyameni obumnyama. Apha iinqununu zikhulu ngokwenene. Iindidi ezinamaqhinga okungazenziyo zikhulu. Enyanisweni, ubundlobongela buya kuba nempumelelo, nangona lukhulu, kodwa isenzo esingekho sikhombiso sinokuthi siphumelele, sinobunzima obungaphantsi kwindlela, abantu abaninzi abandakanyekayo, ngokubambisana ngakumbi, kunye nempumelelo eqhubekayo.

B: Kodwa ukuba abantu ngokwenene bahlelwe uguquko lobundlobongela, ukhetho lubawabaxhasa okanye bangawaxhasi.

A: Kutheni? Ngaba asinakuvumelana ngokuchasene noko bachasayo, ngelixa bengavumelani nendlela abachasayo ngayo? Ndicinga ukuba ndiyazi esinye isizathu sokuba kunzima ukuba senze njalo. Isizathu esibonisa ukungavumelani okukhulu phakathi kwam nawe, kodwa ndicinga ukuba sinokusebenza kuphela xa sithetha ngawo. Kwaye oku. Xa ndicela ukuba uzinikele esidlangalaleni kwintsebenzo yokubhikisha eWashington, DC, okanye eNew York, okanye eLondon, akukho mbuzo wokufuna ukuhlonela ukhetho lobundlobongela beqela elikude labazalwana noodadewethu kude umhlaba. Oku kukhetha kwakho okwangoku kwaye ngoku esikujongene nayo. Kwaye usenqwenela ukuzinikela ekungabikho kobugqwetha, nangona kunokukwenza ukuba ukunyakaza kwethu kukhulu kakhulu, ukuthetha nomyalezo wethu ngempumelelo, kunye namapolisa angenangqondo kunye nabangabikho. Ngamanye amaxesha uyavumelana nam kwinqanaba, kodwa kungekhona.

B: Ewe, mhlawumbi sinokukwazi ukuvumelanisa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwezinye zezi ndawo, andazi. Kodwa kukho umba ofanayo: kukho abadibeneyo bethu apha kwaye ngoku bafuna ukusebenzisa ubudlova; kukho iingxabano malunga noko kubaluleka njengobundlobongela. Asikwazi ukwakha intshukumo ngokungabandakanyi abantu.

A: Kwenzeka njani ukuba usebenzele wena? Kuphi ukunyakaza? Unokubuza umbuzo ofanayo nam, kunjalo. Kodwa ndinemfundiso exhaswa ngobungqina obuninzi bokuthi enye indlela yokwandisa amathuba ethu okukhulisa ukunyakaza kukuzibophezela esidlangalaleni ukungabi nonyanzelo, ubuncinane kwizenzo zethu kwiBelly of Beast. Asikwazi ukwakha intshukumo ngokungabandakanyi ukuba uninzi lwabantu abangafuni nantoni na ubudlova. Ewe, banokuthanda amafilimu enobudlova kunye nogonyamelo olwenziwe ngeerhafu zabo zerhafu ngamagama abo. Basenokunyamezela iinjongo ezinobundlobongela kunye nezikolo ezinobundlobongela kunye nezobudlova zaseHollywood kunye neepolisa ezinogonyamelo Kodwa abafuni naluphina ubundlobongela obusondeleyo.

B: Ngoko ufuna intshukumo yabakhohlisi?

A: Ewe kunye neenkathazi kunye namasela kunye nezigubha kunye neentlobo kunye neziphambeko kunye nokwehluleka kunye neengqungquthela kunye nama-narcissist kunye nama-recluses kunye neenkokeli ezinesibindi kunye nobuchule. Kodwa asikwazi ukuzikhethela xa sizama ukuzisa wonke umntu. Singazama ukukhuthaza nokuvelisa okubalulekileyo kubantu kubungakanani esaziyo, kwaye nethemba benza okufanayo kuthi.

B: Ndiyakubona oko. Kodwa usafuna ukukhuphela ngaphandle umntu ophethe isibhamu.

A: Kodwa kuphela ngenxa yokuba isibhamu siphela ngaphandle kwamanye abantu abaninzi.

B: Ewe, watsho njalo.

A: Kulungile. Ewe, makhe ndizame ukuthetha enye into malunga nezibhamu. Ndicinga ukuba kukho indlela olawula ngayo abantu abadlulileyo abangekho ngokufanayo kunye nezohlwayo okanye amabhomu okanye iimfucu okanye i-squad zokufa. Ukubonelelwa kwemveliso. Abantu baseMelika banikezwa ngeengubo zokugula, kodwa banikwa ngotywala. AmaShayina anikwe i-opium. Uyazi ukuba amazwe ahluphekileyo aphethwe kakubi anikezelwa namhlanje ngamazwe ahlukumezayo? Izibhamu. Iindawo kwihlabathi eliqeqeshwe ukuba sicinge ukuba lugonyamelo alukho zixhobo. Izixhobo zithunyelwa zivela eNyakatho, kwaye ngokubanzi zivela eNtshona, zifana neenqwelo zeenqwelo zeembotyi. Kwaye izibhamu zibulala abantu abahlala kwiintlanga abazithunyelwe kuzo. Ndicinga ukuba ukugubha izibhamu njengendlela yokuchasana yimpazamo.

B: Ewe, yindlela enye yokuyijonga. Kodwa kukho abantu abahlala kulezo ndawo abangaboniyo ngaloo ndlela. Uyabona ngale ndlela ukusuka ekhuselekileyo, e-air conditioned office. Abayiboni ngaloo ndlela. Uyazi oko sifanele senze? Sifanele sibe neentlanganiso, inkomfa, kungeyiyo imingeni, kungeyiyo ingxoxo, kodwa ingxoxo yezi ngqubana, intlonipho, ingxoxo ephucukileyo ukuze sikwazi ukuqonda apho singakwazi khona kwaye andinakuvuma. Ngaba ucinga ukuba siyavuma ngaloo nto?

A: Akunjalo. Le nto ingcono kakhulu.

B: Uya kufuneka ube yinxalenye, kunjalo. Uyibulale ngokwenene kwezinye zezi ngongoma.

A: Nawe kunjalo. Wayephila ngokwenene.

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