Sibaphatha njani abachasi? Kwidemokhrasi eyomeleleyo, siyazibandakanya nabo kwincoko yababini. Kwiidemokhrasi ezibuthathaka, siyazikhuphela ngaphandle kwaye sizoyise. Ukuba asidemokhrasi, sinokubabulala.
Ke kutheni i-United States, inkokheli yedemokhrasi ekuthiwa iyinkokeli, iyeyona nto ikhupha izixhobo emhlabeni?
Kwi-2016, ukuthunyelwa kwezixhobo kurhulumente wase-US kufikelele kwi-38 yezigidigidi, ngaphezulu kwesithathu se-100 yezigidigidi kurhwebo lweengalo kwihlabathi liphela. Oko kubandakanya kuphela ukuthengisa kurhulumente kurhulumente, ukuya kuvunywa liSebe lezoKhuseleko. Ayibandakanyi iibhiliyoni ezithengisiweyo kwintengiso ethe ngqo apho uLokheed Martin, uBoeing, uGeneral Dynamics kunye nezinye iifemu zezixhobo bafumana iilayisensi zeSebe likaRhulumente zokuthengisa ngqo koorhulumente bamanye amazwe.
Kodwa imboni yeengalo ixutywe kakhulu kwishishini elihlala libalalisa abachasi.
Abanye baya kubhikisha: Izixhobo zase-US zikhusela abantu abangenacala kubantu abahlukumezayo. O nyhani? Ziziphi iindibano zengxoxo zengquzulwano ukuvavanya ukuba i-fairytale assumption? Ziziphi iimpembelelo zentlalo yeengxelo zentsimbi ezithunyelwa ngaphandle? Bangaphi abantu ababulawa ngamatye ase-US afanelekileyo ukufa?
Yintoni ukusetyenziswa kwayo yonke inzululwazi ekuphuhliseni izixhobo ukuba akukho sayensi kuvavanyo lokusetyenziswa kwezixhobo kwiingxaki zehlabathi lokwenyani?
Ukuba siyithatha ngokholo lokuba izixhobo zikhuthaza uluntu olungcono, ukuba asikho kudliwanondlebe noluntu oluchaphazeleke kwizixhobo, ukuba asithelekisi isibonelelo se- $ 1 yezigidigidi kwimizi-mveliso yeengalo okanye ekusombululeni ukungavisisani kungquzulwano, ke ukuhlawula iirhafu zokuxhasa ngemali ukuveliswa kwezixhobo zilingana nokuhlawula irhafu ukuxhasa inkolo.
Kodwa phantse umongameli wonke wase-US ekubeni i-1969 Nixon Doctrine ibe ngumthengisi wezoshishino zengalo, ukuyilahlela, ukwandisa inkxaso-karhulumente kuyo, ukufumana inkxaso yenkxaso kuyo, nokunyuka kweentlanga ze-100 ngeemveliso zayo ezibulalayo.
Kwaye ukuba liNombolo yokuQala yezixhobo uMthengisi akonelanga. UMongameli uDonald Trump ubanga ukuba amaSebe kaRhulumente noKhuselo akatyhaleli izixhobo ezithunyelwa ngaphandle ngokwaneleyo.
Emva kokufumana i-30 yezigidi zeedola kwi-NRA, uTrump uzimisele ukugqithisela uxanduva lokuhlaselwa kwemipu eSebe likaRhulumente, elijonga izixhobo ezinokubakho kubundlobongela, kwiSebe lezoRhwebo, elingenzi njalo.
U-Obama, umxhamli wezandla ezinkulu, uye waqala ukukhenkcela ukujonga, kodwa izicwangciso ezongezelelweyo zazingcatshiswa ngama-mass massings ase-American, okwenza ukuba ukurhweba ukuthengiswa kwamanye amazwe kwe-AR-15 kubonakale kunesidenge.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba ngubani okhethayo, iimpahla zangaphandle kunye nomgaqo-nkqubo welizwe langaphandle ziqhutyelwa yi-Iron Triangle - ukuhlanganiswa kwalawo karhulumente, umkhosi, kunye nezobambiso zembambano zijonge ukunyuka kweempahla zeempahla kunye nokufaka isisiseko "uxolo".
Endaweni yokusombulula ukungavisisani, abathengisi bezixhobo bayaphumelela ngaphakathi kuyo, njengee-parasites ezihlasela inxeba. Njengoko uWilliam Hartung echaza ku "Abaprofeti beMfazwe," u-Lockheed Martin ucele ukuqhubela phambili umgaqo-nkqubo wezangaphandle kwiinjongo zenkampani zokunyusa ukuthunyelwa kwangaphandle kwamanye amazwe ngeepesenti ezingama-25.
I-Lockheed inyanzelise ukwanda kwe-NATO kumnyango weRussia ukwenza izixhobo ezixabisa iibhiliyoni zeedola namalungu amatsha. Iprojekthi yeNkulungwane eNtsha yaseMelika, "itanki lokucinga" elinempembelelo kunye nomphathi weLokheed Martin njengomlawuli, wanyanzela ukuhlasela i-Iraq.
Umzi mveliso weengalo uxhasa inkxaso ngokusasaza imisebenzi yezivumelwano zezixhobo kwizithili zonke. Imisebenzi ngokucacileyo yenza ukuba ukubulawa kufanelekile. Gcina ukhumbula ukuba iipesenti ezingama-70 ukuya kwiipesenti ezingama-80 zeengeniso zeenkampani zase-US zivela kurhulumente wase-US. Ukuba sisebenzisa irhafu ukuxhasa imisebenzi, kutheni kungenjalo imisebenzi yokulwa imililo yehlathi? Ukuya elangeni?
Ukugalelwa kwenkxaso-mali kumzi mveliso weengalo kukrwitsha ukuveliswa kwabantu kunye nokuyila. Abafundi bakho baphupha ngokuba ngoososayensi? Balungiselele uxinzelelo lomkhosi. Ayizukuba lula ukufumana inkxaso-mali ngaphandle kwayo. Uninzi lwenkxaso mali yophando kunye nophuhliso luya kwimisebenzi enxulumene nomkhosi.
Okuphawulekayo kukuba, ukuchitha imali kwicandelo lokhuseleko kunye nePentagon yalo engagqityiweyo, izinto ezigqithisiweyo, iindleko ezinkulu, kunye neendleko-kunye neenkontileka zidala ukulahleka kwemisebenzi emzimbeni jikelele. Uninzi lwamacandelo ezoqoqosho avelisa imisebenzi engaphezulu ngeyureli yerhafu.
Ukwenza isivumelwano kubarhafi baseMelika sibe sibi nangakumbi yimirhumo yephulo lomzi mveliso, imivuzo yeCEO, ukungcolisa okusingqongileyo, ukunyoba okukhulu kumagosa angaphandle, nenkcitho yenkcitho- $ 74 yezigidi ngo-2015. Ngo-6.04.
Okwangoku, ngubani ophulaphule amawaka abantu baseMzantsi Korea abafuna ukususwa kwenkqubo yoKhuselo lweNdawo esiKhuselekileyo ye-Lockheed Martin?
Ngubani omameleyo abazali babafundi baseMexico ababulawa ngumkhosi waseMexico? Bathi izixhobo zase-US ezithengiselwe eMexico ziyingozi ngakumbi kunamayeza aseMexico athengiselwa amaMelika. Ngaba udonga lukaTrump luya kubakhusela njani abantu baseMexico kwiziXhobo zePusher zeNombolo yokuqala?
Icandelo lezandla lifumana ukunikezelwa kwamahhala ngaphandle kwenkxaso yedemokhrasi, akukho vavanyo, akukho mfanelo malunga nemiphumo, kwaye akukho lindelo yokuba izixhobo ziza kusombulula iimbambano zengxabano. Ngokubhekiselele iithagethi zentlalo, ezopolitiko, ezoqoqosho, kunye neenkqubela phambili zendawo, izixhobo aziphangeli nto ngaphandle kweembalo.
Njengawo onke amalungu omzimba, ishishini leengalo lixabisekile, kodwa xa umsebenzi walo onyanzelekileyo wokuzikhulisa uthabathe indawo yomsebenzi womzimba, ubamba amanye amalungu ezondlo, kwaye utyhefe umzimba, lixesha lokuba uqhaqho kunye nokuphilisa.
U-Kristin Christman unamazinga aseRussia kunye nolawulo lukawonkewonke ukusuka kuDartmouth, Brown, kunye ne-SUNY Albany.
