Izwe lethu leSizwe

NguMichael Kessler


Phakathi kwiminyaka yee-1970, ndandifundisa kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo eLouisville, eKentucky. Isebe lezifundo zentlalo ligqibe ekubeni lifundise izifundo ezisekelwe kwincwadi ka-Alvin Toffler ethi, Future Shock. Ekubeni yayindim ndedwa kwababini kwisebe lam owayesele eyifundile le ncwadi yaye yayindim ndedwa owayezimisele ukufundisa esi sifundo, ndawufumana umsebenzi. Iklasi yaba nefuthe elikhulu kubafundi kwaye yandivulela ucango lobomi obutsha.

Kwiminyaka embalwa eyalandelayo, ndachazelwa ngakumbi nangakumbi ngeengozi ezijamelene nesi sijikelezi-langa sethu nezicombululo ezichulumancisayo zokuhlangabezana nazo. Ngoko ke ndalishiya igumbi lokufundela ndaza ndagqiba ekubeni ndidale iindlela zokwandisa kwaye ndiwenze nzulu lo mzimba wolwazi, nawo onke amathuba awo, phakathi kwabemi ngokubanzi behlabathi.

Ukusuka kumsebenzi kaToffler ngokukhawuleza ndakhokelela kwimisebenzi ka-Albert Einstein noR. Buckminster Fuller. Ngaphambi kuka-Einstein, ihlabathi lalisebenza ngesiseko seqela lezithethe ezenza umfanekiso wethu wokwenyani. Umsebenzi kaFuller watyhila ukuba iinyaniso zezi zithethe ziphelelwe lixesha ngenxa yogqabhuko-lwazi olwabangelwa nguEinstein.

Njengezinye iinkulungwane ngaphambi kwethu, inkulungwane yamashumi amabini iye yaba lixesha lokutshintsha ukusuka kwindlela yokucinga ukuya kwenye. Injongo yalo msebenzi kukuncedisa iplanethi ekuqondeni uhlobo lwenguqu kunye nokucacisa ukubaluleka kwendima yomntu kwisiphumo sayo esiyimpumelelo.

UFuller uchithe ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-50 yobomi bakhe ephuhlisa itekhnoloji esekwe kwisayensi kaEinstein. Wagqiba kwelokuba ukuba sisebenzise imigaqo yendalo iphela ekuyilweni kobugcisa bethu, sinokwenza ibutho labantu abatyebileyo, behlabathi lonke elihlala ngoxolo nemekobume kunokuba siyisebenzise ngoku inkcitho yalo.

Ndenze indlela yokwazisa olu lwazi. Isizwe sethu sehlabathi yintetho / iworkshop esebenzisa incoko kunye nezilayidi. Inkqubo ibandakanya utshintsho lwenyani lwe-Einstein / Fuller kunye nefuthe layo kwizithethe ezine eziphambili: ifiziksi, ibhayoloji, ezoqoqosho, kunye nezopolitiko. Ndisebenzisa ezi zine ukusebenza njengeziseko zento esiyibiza ngokuba yinyani.

Emva kweminyaka ndinikela intetho ejikeleze iUnited States naseRashiya, eNgilani, eJamani, eOstriya, eSwitzerland, eNetherlands, eOstreliya naseNew Zealand, ndathabatha icebiso labantu abaninzi ukuba ndizibeke zonke encwadini: incwadi ebhalwe ngendlela elula. ulwimi ukubonisa ukuba ngoku lixesha lokudala isizwe esinye ukusuka "kumazwe" oMhlaba.

Namhlanje onke “amazwe” ajongene neengozi ezingaphaya komlinganiselo welizwe lethu lokucinga. Into esijongene nayo, ngakumbi ngokusingqongileyo, iyasigrogrisa njengabantu abaphilayo kulo mhlaba. Ukunyaniseka okuqhubekayo kwezi mbono zakudala zokwenyani kudale iingxaki ezinokuphelisa ngokwenene bonke ubomi eMhlabeni.

Ukuba sijongene nezoyikiso zehlabathi, ngoko ke kuyavakala nje ukwenza iindlela zehlabathi zokujongana nazo. Okufunekayo, ngokutsho kukaEinstein, uFuller, nenkitha yabanye, kukusekwa korhulumente wehlabathi osekelwe kumgaqo-siseko, uhlanga lwehlabathi lonke.

Abanye bathi iZizwe eziManyeneyo sele zilapha ukujongana nemibuzo yehlabathi. Noko ke, iZizwe Ezimanyeneyo azikwazi kukwenza oko ngokwaneleyo. Ngowe-1783, ilizwe elitsha laseMerika laseka inkqubo yolawulo kanye njengeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo ukuze kuhlangatyezwane neengxaki zazo. Esona siphene siphambili kolu hlobo lorhulumente kukuba akanagunya lokulawula. Ilizwe ngalinye elilungu ligcina inkululeko yalo eyedwa kwinkqubo. Ilizwe ngalinye lithatha isigqibo sokuba liyakuthobela na okanye lingathobeli izigqibo zeNkongolo. Urhulumente akanalo igunya lokulawula ngomthetho.

Kukwanjalo nangeZizwe Ezimanyeneyo. “Ilizwe” ngalinye linegunya lokuthobela okanye lokutyeshela isigqibo seZizwe Ezimanyeneyo. Kunye neZizwe eziManyeneyo, njengakwindlela yolawulo lwaseMelika ngowe-1783, lungu ngalinye linamandla kunorhulumente oyintloko, ngaphandle kokuba urhulumente wenza ngamandla amanyeneyo.

Ngomnyaka we-1787, isizwe saseMelika sagqiba ekubeni sibe norhulumente onamandla amanyeneyo ukuba isizwe sasiphila. Amazwe ahlukeneyo, “njengamazwe” anamhlanje, ayeqalisa ukungaboni ngasonye okwakusongela imfazwe. Abaseki benkqubo yaseMelika ngo-1783 baphinde bahlangana ePhiladelphia ukuze beze nenye inkqubo yoburhulumente.

Ngokukhawuleza bagqiba kwelokuba ekuphela kwethemba labo lokucombulula iingxaki zelizwe yayikukuseka urhulumente welizwe oza kulawula “ilizwe” ngomthetho. Babhala uMgaqo-siseko ukunika urhulumente kazwelonke omtsha igunya elisemthethweni lokuhlangabezana neengxaki zesizwe siphela. Imigca yayo yokuvula ithi konke: "Thina, bantu, ukuze senze uManyano olugqibeleleyo ..."

Namhlanje imeko iyafana, ngaphandle kwangoku iingxaki zisehlabathini lonke. Njengesizwe esiselula saseMelika sowe-1787, thina, njengabemi behlabathi, sithwaxwa ziingxaki ezisibandakanya sonke kodwa asinaye urhulumente wokwenene wokujongana nazo. Into efunekayo ngoku kukudalwa korhulumente wehlabathi wokwenene ukuhlangabezana neengxaki zokwenyani zehlabathi.

Njengoko ubona, umyalezo osezantsi kukuba eneneni akukho "mazwe." Xa ujonge isijikelezi-langa sethu ukude, akukho migca mincinane inamachokoza kumphezulu “nelizwe” kwelinye icala kunye “nelizwe” lasemzini kwelinye. Kukho isijikelezi-langa sethu esincinane kuphela kubukhulu bendawo. Asihlali “kumazwe”; kunokuba, ingcamango iphila kuthi njengesithethe esiphelelwe lixesha.

Ngexesha lokudalwa kwawo onke la “mazwe”, umntu othile weza negama elithi ukuthand’ izwe ukuchaza ukunyaniseka kwisizwe sakho phezu kokunyaniseka kwilizwe lakho. Isekelwe kwigama lesiLatini elithetha “ilizwe,” ibe kungekudala yazithimba iintliziyo neengqondo zabemi balapho abatsha. Bexhaswe ngeendwe neengoma ezichukumisayo, abathand’ izwe banyamezela nabuphi na ubunzima, kuquka ukufa, ngenxa “yelizwe” labo.

Ndandizibuza ukuba liza kuba yintoni igama lokunyaniseka kwiplanethi. Andifumananga nesichazi-magama, ndathatha ingcambu yegama lesiGrike elithi “umhlaba”, ndacima, ndaza ndaqamba igama elithi era-cism (AIR'-uh-cism). Ingcamango yokunyaniseka kwesijikelezi-langa iqala ukudubula emhlabeni wonke, kwaye izigidi zabantu zinyamezela zonke iintlobo zobunzima, kuquka ukufa, ngenxa yentlalontle yesizwe sethu sokwenyani, uMhlaba.

Umbuzo ongundoqo ngulo: Yeyiphi indima esiyidlalileyo thina njengabantu ngabanye? Ngaba siyinxalenye yengxaki okanye siyinxalenye yesisombululo? Sinexesha nje elifutshane lokugqiba enoba siza kufudukela kwikamva loxolo nenkqubela engenakuthelekiswa nanto okanye kwintshabalalo engenakuthelekiswa nanto.  

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