NguDavid Swanson, World Beyond War, Matshi 21, 2022
Kwiveki ephelileyo ndithethe neklasi ekrelekrele kakhulu yabadala bezikolo eziphakamileyo eWashington DC. Babesazi ngakumbi kwaye babe nemibuzo engcono kum kuneqela lakho eliphakathi kuyo nayiphi na iminyaka. Kodwa xa ndabacela ukuba bacinge ngemfazwe enokuthi ithetheleleke, eyokuqala umntu athi yiMfazwe yamakhaya yase-US. Kamva kwavela ukuba ubuncinci abanye babo bacinga ukuba iUkraine yayifanelekile ukulwa imfazwe ngoku. Nangona kunjalo, xa ndibuza ukuba ubukhoboka bupheliswe njani eWashington DC, akukho namnye umntu kwigumbi owayenombono.
Yandichukumisa emva koko indlela engaqhelekanga ngayo. Ndicinga ukuba yinto eqhelekileyo kubantu abaninzi baseDC, abadala nabancinci, abafundileyo kwaye abancinci. Akukho nto kulo mzuzu ithathwa njengefanelekileyo kwimfundo yezopolitiko enenkqubela phambili kunembali yobukhoboka kunye nobuhlanga. IWashington DC yabuphelisa ubukhoboka ngendlela encomekayo neyilayo. Nangona kunjalo abantu abaninzi kwi-DC abakaze bave ngayo. Kunzima ukungafikeleli kwisigqibo sokuba olu lukhetho olwenziwe ngabom yinkcubeko yethu. Kodwa kutheni? Kutheni kuya kubaluleka ukungazi ukuba i-DC yaphela njani ubukhoboka? Enye ingcaciso enokwenzeka kukuba libali elingahambelani kakuhle nokuzukiswa kweMfazwe yamakhaya yase-US.
Andifuni kulibaxa ityala. Ayigcinwanga imfihlo. Kukho iholide esemthethweni e-DC echazwe njalo kurhulumente we-DC website:
“Yintoni uSuku lweNkululeko?
“Umthetho we-DC Compensated Emancipation Act ka-1862 waphelisa ubukhoboka eWashington, DC, wakhulula abantu abayi-3,100, wabuyisela abo babengabanini ngokusemthethweni waza wanika abafazi namadoda asandul’ ukukhululwa imali yokufuduka. Ngulo mthetho, kunye nenkalipho kunye nomzabalazo wabo balwela ukuyenza ibe yinyani, ukuba sikhumbule rhoqo nge-16 ka-Epreli, uSuku lwe-DC Emancipation. "
I-US Capitol ine-intanethi Isicwangciso sesifundo ngesihloko. Kodwa ezi kunye nezinye izibonelelo azinamathambo ngokufanelekileyo. Abayikhankanyi into yokuba amazwe amaninzi asebenzisa imbuyekezo yenkululeko. Abayikhankanyi into yokuba abantu kangangeminyaka bebekhuthaza ukusetyenziswa kwayo ngokubanzi ukuphelisa ubukhoboka eUnited States. Abawuphakamisi mbuzo wokuziphatha wokuhlawulela abantu abebesenza lo msindo, okanye bacebise naluphi na uthelekiso phakathi kokuthotywa kwenkululeko ehlawulelwayo kunye nokwehla kokuxhela ikota yesithathu yesigidi sabantu, ukutshisa izixeko, nokushiya ngasemva ucalucalulo nokukrakra okungapheliyo. ukucaphuka.
Imeko eyahlukileyo yinkupho yangoJuni 20, 2013 IAtlantic Magazine epapashe i inqaku ebizwa ngokuba "Hayi, uLincoln wayengenakho 'ukuthenga amakhoboka'." Ngoba kutheni? Kaloku, esinye isizathu esichazwe sikukuba abanini bamakhoboka babengafuni kuthengisa. Oko kuyinyaniso ngokucacileyo kwaye kulula kakhulu kwilizwe apho yonke into ikholelwa ukuba inexabiso. Enyanisweni eyona njongo iphambili ye Atlantic Inqaku libango lokuba ixabiso laliphezulu kakhulu ukuba uLincoln angalifumana. Kambe ke, loo nto ibonisa ukuba amakhoboka ngewayekulungele ukuthengisa ukuba kwakunikezelwe ngexabiso elifanelekileyo.
Ngokutsho Atlantic ixabiso bekuya kuba $3 billion in 1860s imali. Loo nto ngokucacileyo ayisekelwanga kuso nasiphi na isindululo esikhulu esinikiweyo nesivunyiweyo. Kunokuba isekwe kumlinganiselo wemalike yabantu abangamakhoboka ababethengwa kwaye bethengiswa ngalo lonke ixesha.
Eli nqaku liyaqhubeka lichaza ukuba bekungenakwenzeka kangakanani ukufumana imali eninzi - nangona ukhankanya ukubala ukuba imfazwe ixabisa i-6.6 yeebhiliyoni zeedola. Kuthekani ukuba abanini makhoboka bebenikwe i-$4 yamawaka ezigidi okanye iibhiliyoni ezi-5 zeerandi okanye ezi-6 zeerandi? Ngaba ngokwenene sinokucinga ukuba babengenaxabiso konke konke, ukuba oorhulumente babo bamazwe babengenakuze bavume ngexabiso eliphindwe kabini kumlinganiselo wokuhamba? Uvavanyo lwengcinga yoqoqosho lwe Atlantic Inqaku apho ixabiso lihlala linyuka ngokuthengwa lityeshela amanqaku ambalwa abalulekileyo: (1) imbuyekezo yenkululeko ibekwe ngoorhulumente, hayi indawo yentengiso, kwaye (2) iUnited States ayingoMhlaba uphela - ezinye ezininzi. iindawo zifumanise oku ngokusebenza, ke ukungakwazi ngabom kwesifundiswa sase-US ukwenza ukuba sisebenze kwithiyori akucengi.
Ngobulumko bokubona emva, ngaba asazi ukuba ukucinga indlela yokuphelisa ubukhoboka ngaphandle kwemfazwe bekuya kuba bubulumko ngakumbi kwaye umphumo ubunokuba ngcono ngeendlela ezininzi? Akunjalo na ukuba besinokuphelisa ukuvalelwa kwabantu abaninzi ngoku, ukwenza oko ngomthetho oyilwayo ohlawule iidolophu ezinengeniso yentolongo kuya kuba bhetele ukufumana amasimi athile apho kuxhelwe khona inani elikhulu labantu, ukutshisa iqela lezixeko, kwaye emva koko - emva kwazo zonke ezo zinto zoyikisayo - ukugqithisa ibhilikhwe?
Inkolelo yobulungisa kunye nozuko lweemfazwe ezidlulileyo ibaluleke kakhulu ekwamkelweni kweemfazwe zangoku, njengemfazwe yaseUkraine. Kwaye iithegi zexabiso leemfazwe zibaluleke kakhulu ekucingeni iindlela zokuyila zokunyusa imfazwe esibeke kufutshane ne-apocalypse yenyukliya kunangaphambili. Ngexabiso loomatshini bemfazwe, i-Ukraine inokwenziwa iparadesi kunye nemodeli ye-carbon-neutral clean-energy society, kunokuba ibe yindawo yokulwa phakathi kwe-oil-obsessed empires.
