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NguDavid Swanson, nge-19,2020 kaJulayi, XNUMX

Iintetha kwi-Peacestock 2020

Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni wakho uvaleleke kwilitye elibharhileyo phakathi elwandle, kungekho nto ibonakalayo ngaphandle kolwandle olungenasiphelo. Kwaye unengobozi yama-apile, akukho nto iyenye. Yingobozi enkulu, iwaka lama-apile. Zininzi izinto onokuzenza.

Unokuzivumela ii-apile ezimbalwa ngosuku kwaye uzame ukuwenza ahlale. Unokusebenza ekudaleni isiqwenga somhlaba apho imbewu yeapile inokulinywa khona. Unokuzama ukubasa umlilo ukuze ufumane ama-apile aphekiweyo okutshintsha. Unokucinga ngezinye iimbono; uyakuba nexesha elininzi.

Bekunokuthini ukuba ubunokuthatha ama-apile angama-600 kwali-1,000 uze uwaphose kangangoko unako emanzini, nganye nganye, ngethemba lokubetha ukrebe, okanye woyike bonke ookrebe behlabathi ukuze bangasondeli. isiqithi sakho? Yaye kuthekani ukuba ilizwi elingasemva kwentloko yakho belinokusebeza lisithi: “Nd. Heyi, mfondini, ushiywa ziingqondo. Awuboyiki ookrebe. Kunokwenzeka ukuba utsale i-monster ethile kunokuba ufumane umyalezo kuzo zonke izilo emhlabeni. Kwaye uzakulamba kungekudala ngeli xesha.”

Kwaye kuthekani ukuba ubunokukhwaza ngelo lizwi lincinci lisentloko yakho: “Thula wena umngcatshi othanda uPutin othanda isoshiyali naïve! Ndixhasa ngezimali iSebe lezoKhuselo kwisiqithi sonke, kwaye andiqinisekanga ukuba ama-apile angama-600 anele!”

Ewe, ngokucacileyo, ubuya kuphambana kwaye uzonakalisa kwaye kusenokwenzeka ukuba ulambe ngokukhawuleza kunokuba kamva. Abantu abaninzi abaphambani kangako. Njengoko uNietzsche watshoyo, ukuphambana akuqhelekanga kumntu ngamnye, kodwa eluntwini yinto eqhelekileyo.

Oko kubandakanya uluntu lwase-US, apho iNkongolo yase-US ithatha malunga ne-60% yento ekufuneka isebenze nayo kwaye iyilahle kwinto ephoxayo kangangokuba kungabikho mbhali wentsomi onokudlula kumhleli. Yakha izixhobo ezinokuthi, ukuba zisetyenzisiwe, ziya kutshabalalisa bonke abantu, kwaye emva koko yakhe ezinye zazo, ngokuphindaphindiweyo, ngokungathi uluntu luya kujikeleza ukuzisebenzisa emva kokutshatyalaliswa.

Yakha izixhobo ezincinci ezitshabalalisa kuphela amasuntswana omhlaba ngexesha, kodwa izithengisela amanye amazwe amaninzi kuwo wonke umhlaba, ukuze xa isebenzisa izixhobo zayo, iqhele ukuzisebenzisa ngokuchasene nezixhobo ezakhayo nezithengisiweyo.

Ide ibanike kude, kwabanye oorhulumente abakhohlakeleyo abakufutshane. Inika uqeqesho kunye nemali nje eyimali kobona rhulumente bacinezelayo bakhona, kwaye inika izixhobo ezingakumbi kumkhosi wamapolisa asekhaya kwaye ibaqeqeshele ukuphatha abantu bayo njengotshaba lwemfazwe.

Yakha iinqwelomoya zerobhothi ezinokuvuthela abantu, zizisebenzisele ukudala isiphithiphithi esinegazi kunye nengqumbo, emva koko iqinisekise ukuba wonke umntu unazo.

Le mpambano yemfazwe isekelwe ekucingeni ukuba umntu uyazikhusela kwiintshaba ezingeyonyani njengookrebe beso siqithi. Kodwa kule nkqubo, urhulumente wase-US udala i-blowback encinci kunye nemidyarho yezixhobo ezinzulu, kubandakanya ukwanda kwezixhobo zenyukliya.

Le misebenzi ithatha umthwalo onzima kwiplanethi kunye nemozulu yayo, umoya kunye namanzi. Bathethelela iimfihlo kwaye batshabalalise ukungafihli kukarhulumente, besenza nantoni na efana nokuzilawula ingenakwenzeka. Ziyaphembelela kwaye ziphenjelelwa lolona tyekelo lubi ebantwini: intiyo, ucalucalulo, ugonyamelo, impindezelo. Kwaye zishiya kancinci kwindlela yobutyebi kuyo yonke into efunekayo ukuze umntu aphile: ukuguqukela kwizenzo ezizinzileyo, uphuhliso lweenkqubo zolawulo ezindilisekileyo.

Kwaye xa ubuza, kutheni singenako amandla acocekileyo okanye ukhathalelo lwempilo, bayakukhwaza, ngalo lonke ixesha: INDLELA YOKUHLAWULA ?!

Ngokwandayo, abanye abantu baqala ukunika impendulo echanekileyo: Ndiza kuthatha ama-apile ambalwa kude emkhosini!

Ngokuqinisekileyo, abanye abantu balandela impendulo echanekileyo ngezimvo ezingancediyo ezinje "Umkhosi useza kuba nokwaneleyo ukusigcina sikhuselekile," okanye "Singazisusa izixhobo ezingasebenziyo," okanye "Sinokuphelisa enye. kwezi mfazwe kwaye silungiselele eyona ilunge ngakumbi.” Aba ngabantu abafuna kuphela ukujula ama-apile angama-400 kookrebe abacingayo, kwaye bawaphose ngokufanelekileyo, kwaye baqinisekise ukuba iqela ngalinye labantu lifumana isabelo esifanelekileyo sokuphosa.

Okumangalisayo kukuba, kukho isisombululo ngoku kwiNdlu yaBameli sokususa ama-apile angama-350 ngaphandle kokubamba iihlanya - isindululo esisengqiqweni. Kwaye kukho izihlomelo kumthetho oyilwayo wonyaka womkhosi kuzo zombini izindlu, kunye neevoti ezilindelwe kungekudala, ukuhambisa nje i-10% yemali yePentagon kwiimfuno zabantu kunye nokusingqongileyo. Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuba sinokuqaphela ukuba amazwe kunye neendawo ezilahla i-10% yohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lwazo emapoliseni nasezintolongweni yintlekele, sinokuqonda ukuba urhulumente wobumbano ukulahla ngaphezulu kwesiqingatha semali yakhe emfazweni nako. Kwaye ndiyazi ukuba i-6.4 yeetriliyoni zeedola ivakala ngathi yimali eninzi, kodwa ungakholelwa kuyo nayiphi na kwezi zifundo ezikuxelela ukuba inxalenye ethile yenkcitho yasemkhosini (kunye nezinye iindleko ezibangelwayo) lixabiso leminyaka engama-20 yeemfazwe. Inkcitho yasemkhosini ayiyonto ngaphandle kweemfazwe kunye namalungiselelo eemfazwe ezininzi, kwaye ingaphezulu kwe-1 yezigidigidi zeedola ngonyaka e-United States, ngaphezulu kwe-700 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kuloo Pentagon.

Ukuba ubunokuthatha i-10% kude nePentagon, ubunokuyithatha entweni kanye? Ewe, ukuphelisa nje imfazwe e-Afghanistan umviwa uDonald Trump wathembisa ukuyiphelisa kwiminyaka emine eyadlulayo ugcine uninzi lwazo $74 billion. Okanye unako ugcine phantse i-69 yeebhiliyoni zeerandi ngokushenxisa ingxowa-mali ye-off-the-books slush eyaziwa ngokuba yi-akhawunti ye-Overseas Contingency Operations (kuba igama elithi “iimfazwe” alikhange livavanye ngokwamaqela ekugxilwe kuwo).

Kukho $ 150 billion ngonyaka kwiziseko zaphesheya kolwandle - kutheni ungayinqumli loo nto ngesiqingatha? Kutheni ungashenxisi zonke iziseko ekungekho lungu leNkongolo elinokuzichaza, nje ngesiqalo?

Yayiza kuya phi imali? Inokuba nefuthe elikhulu eUnited States okanye kwihlabathi. Ngokutsho kwe-US Census Bureau, ukusukela ngo-2016, kuya kuthatha i-69.4 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ngonyaka. ukuphakamisa zonke iintsapho zase-US ezinabantwana ukuya kumgca wentlupheko. Ngokutsho kweZizwe Ezimanyeneyo, iidola ezingama-30 ezigidi zeerandi ngonyaka zinokubakho isiphelo emhlabeni, yaye malunga ne-11 lamawaka ezigidi zeerandi Kunika ihlabathi, kuquka iUnited States, elinamanzi acocekileyo okusela.

Ngaba ukwazi loo manani, nokuba ahamba kancinci okanye ahamba kakubi, kuphosa amathandabuzo kwimbono yokuba ukuchitha i-1 yezigidigidi zeedola kwizixhobo kunye nemikhosi linyathelo lokhuseleko? Malunga nama-95% ohlaselo lwabanqolobi ngokuzibulala lathiswe ngokuchasene nemisebenzi yemikhosi yangaphandle, ngelixa i-0% ikhuthazwa ngumsindo malunga nokubonelela ngokutya okanye amanzi acocekileyo. Ngaba mhlawumbi kukho izinto ilizwe elinokuzenza ukuze lizikhusele ezingaquki izixhobo?

Makhe ndicebise ukutyelela iindawo ezimbini. Enye yiRootsAction.org apho mna noNorman Solomon sisebenza khona, kwaye apho ungathumela khona i-imeyile kwiSenators zakho kunye neMisrepresentative ngokucofa ngokulula.

Enye yiWorldBeyondWar.org apho unokufunda ityala lokuphelisa lonke iziko lemfazwe, iphulo elibalulekileyo nelingundoqo kwintshukumo yokuchasana nobuhlanga, eyokusingqongileyo, eyedemokhrasi, kunye nawo onke amaphulo okusetyenziswa kwezixhobo eziluncedo.

Ndiyakucaphukela ukuthetha oku, ndingathanda ukuba nembeko ngakumbi, kodwa xa sijongana nokusinda okuthatha indawo yokuqala: lixesha lokuba siqale ukuphatha abaxhasi bemfazwe njengengqondo ethandabuzekayo kunye nokuziphatha. Lixesha lokuphinda wenze ihlazo ekwenzeni inzuzo emfazweni. Lixesha lokuba uhlukane neekontraka zomkhosi, uguqule amashishini omkhosi, kwaye ukhaphe ngobunono nabani na ovotayo ngokuchasene nokusika uhlahlo lwabiwo-mali lomkhosi wase-US ngeepesenti ezili-10 kwiiholo zeCongress kunye nesesili ekufutshane.

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