Ukucinga Ngaphandle Kokungafani

Ukuphulukisa i-Exceptionalism, incwadi entsha nguDavid Swanson

NguDavid Swanson, Matshi 27, 2018

Ngaphandle kwe Ukuphulukisa ngaphandle kwezinto: Yintoni ephosakeleyo ngendlela esiyicinga ngayo ngeUnited States? Yintoni esinokuyenza ngayo? (Epreli, 2018).

Zama olu lingelo: Khawufane ucinge ukuba abaphambukeli basemajukujukwini beza ngokwenene emhlabeni kwaye ngokwenene, njengoko ndicinga ukuba akunakwenzeka, baphuhlise isakhono sokuhamba emhlabeni ngelixa ngaxeshanye behlala bekwimeko entle kangangokuba bahlasele ngogonyamelo iindawo abazindwendwelayo. Ngokwahlukileyo kwizidalwa zasemajukujukwini, ngaba unokuzichaza njengomntu wasemhlabeni ukusa kumkhamo onokuthi unciphise imvakalelo yakho yokuzazi? “Izidalwa zasemhlabeni—F— Ewe!” “SingoNombolo 1!” “Abona Bantu Bakhulu Emhlabeni!” Kwaye ngaba ungayibamba loo ngcinga, xa kungabikho abaphambukeli bendawo, kwaye uzikhuphe kuyo nayiphi na ingcamango yokuchasa nayiphi na enye okanye iqela langaphandle, ngelixa ubambe loo ngcamango yasemhlabeni? Kungenjalo, ungaluphosa utshintsho lwemozulu kunye nokuwohloka kwendalo kwindima yesilo saseHollywood esikhohlakeleyo ekufuneka abantu bamanyane ngaso?

Okanye zama le: Khawube nomfanekiso-ngqondweni weentlobo ezahlukeneyo zabantu zasinda ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, ukuze thina Sapiens sabelane ngomhlaba neeNeanderthals, iiErectus, iFloresiensis encinci, njl.[i] Ngaba ungabumba ubuwena engqondweni yakho njengeSapiens? Kwaye ke, ngaba ungayibamba loo ngcinga ngelixa ucinga ukuba ezinye iintlobo zendalo azikho okanye ucinga ngokufunda ukuba nentlonipho nobubele kwezinye iintlobo zabantu njengoko bekufanele ukuba sizama ukuba kwezinye iintlobo zabantu abaphilayo nabangengabo. -abantu basemhlabeni ngoku?

Mhlawumbi esona sixhobo sinamandla sokuguqula imikhwa yokucinga ngamaqela abantu kukubuyisela umva indima. Masicinge ukuba ngenxa yaso nasiphi na isizathu, ukuqala kwiminyaka engamashumi asixhenxe eyadlulayo, iNorth Korea yatsala umgca eUnited States, ukusuka elwandle ukuya kulwandle olukhanyayo, kwaye yahlulahlula, yafundisa kwaye yaqeqesha kwaye yaxhobisa uzwilakhe okhohlakeleyo eMzantsi Melika, kwaye watshabalalisa i-80. ipesenti yezixeko ezikuMntla weUnited States, kwaye yabulala izigidi zabantu baseMntla baseMelika. Emva koko iNorth Korea yala ukuvumela nakuphi na ukudityaniswa kwakhona kwe-US okanye ukuphela ngokusemthethweni emfazweni, yagcina ulawulo lwemfazwe yomkhosi waseMzantsi Melika, yakha iziseko zomkhosi zaseNyakatho Korea eMzantsi Melika, yabeka imijukujelwa emazantsi ommandla wase-US owawungenamkhosi owawudlula. embindini welizwe, kwaye yabeka izohlwayo zezoqoqosho ezikhohlakeleyo kuMntla weUnited States amashumi eminyaka. Njengomhlali waseMantla e-United States, ungacinga ntoni xa umongameli waseNyakatho Korea egrogrisa ilizwe lakho “ngomlilo noburhalarhume”?[ii] Urhulumente wakho unokuba nezigidigidi zolwaphulo-mthetho lwangoku kunye nembali kunye neentsilelo kwityala lakhe, kodwa ungacinga ntoni ngezoyikiso ezivela kwilizwe ezibulele ootatomkhulu bakho kwaye wakubiyela kude kubazala bakho? Okanye ngaba ubuya koyika kakhulu ukucinga ngokusengqiqweni?

Olu vavanyo lunokwenzeka kumakhulu eenguqu, kwaye ndincoma ukuba uzame ngokuphindaphindiweyo engqondweni yakho kunye namaqela, ukuze ubuchule babantu bunokutya kwingcamango yabanye. Khawufane ucinge ukuba usuka kwiMarshall Islands ufuna imbuyekezo yovavanyo lwenyukliya kunye/okanye ulwandle olunyukayo.[iii] Khawufane ucinge ukuba uvela eNiger kwaye ungonwabanga kukuba abantu baseMelika baqala ukuva malunga nelizwe lakho xa urhulumente wabo esenza ngathi i-Iraq ithenge i-uranium kwilizwe lakho, kwaye abantu baseMelika bafunda kuphela ngezenzo zabo zomkhosi kwilizwe lakho xa umongameli wase-US ekrwada. unina wejoni lase-US elingasekhoyo.[iv] Khawufane ucinge ukuba ningabahlobo bam baseVicenza, eItali, abafumene inkxaso yengingqi neyelizwe ngokubanzi yokuthintela ulwakhiwo olucetywayo lwesiseko soMkhosi wase-US kodwa abakwazanga ukukumisa - okanye abantu abafanayo eOkinawa okanye eJeju Island okanye kwenye indawo kwihlabathi jikelele.

Kwaye musa ukucinga nje ukuba ungababanye abantu. Funda kwaye uphinde ubalise amabali nazo zonke iinkcukacha eziguqulweyo. Ayisiyo i-Okinawa. KuseAlabama. IJapan igcwalisa iAlabama ngeziseko zomkhosi waseJapan. Iidolophu kunye nelizwe ziyachaswa, kodwa abezopolitiko abanomdla eWashington, DC, bayahamba. Iingozi zenqwelomoya zomkhosi zenzeka eAlabama. Ukusasazeka kobuhenyu kunye neziyobisi kwenzeka e-Alabama. Amantombazana asekuhlaleni adlwengulwayo kwaye abulawa yi-Alabaman. Imikhosi yaseJapan ithi kukulungele wena nokuba ucinga njalo okanye akunjalo, kwaye ayikhathali ukuba ucinga ntoni. Ufumana ingcamango. Oku kunokwenziwa ngokusasazwa kobutyebi, kunye nefuthe lokusingqongileyo, kunye nemfazwe, nangawuphi na umcimbi phantsi kwelanga. Ingozi yokwenza lula kakhulu kufuneka ixhathise. Ingcinga ayikokuziqinisekisa ukuba bonke abantu baseMelika bangama-100% amabi ngelixa onke amaJapan aluhlobo oluthile lweengelosi. Umbono kukubuyisela umva ezinye iinyani eziphambili kwaye ubone ukuba kukho nantoni na eyenzekayo kwisimo sakho sengqondo. Ukuba akunjalo, mhlawumbi izimo zakho zengqondo bezilungile kwaye zinentlonipho kwasekuqaleni.

Omnye umtyunjwa wesona sixhobo sinamandla sokutshintsha imikhwa yokucinga malunga namaqela abantu yinto ehamba negama elingaqhelekanga elithi "ubuntu." Le yinkqubo ekucingelwa ukuba uthatha umntu okanye iqela labantu, kwaye ngokufunda amagama abo kunye nenkangeleko yobuso kunye nemibono emincinci, "ubaphatha ngobuntu", kwaye ufikelela kwisigqibo sokuba aba bantu . . . yilinde . . . yilinde . . . abantu. Ngoku, ndiyi 100 pesenti yokuxhasa oku nokuba kungakanani na okufunekayo kwaye kuyasebenza. Ndicinga ukuba abantu baseMelika (kwaye mhlawumbi abantu abaninzi) kufuneka bafunde iincwadi ezininzi zangaphandle, bafunde ngakumbi iilwimi zasemzini, babukele iifilimu zangaphandle, kwaye bahambe ngakumbi ngeendlela ezibandakanya ngokwenene kwiinkcubeko zangaphandle. Ndicinga ukuba abafundi kufuneka bacelwe ukuba bachithe unyaka njengabafundi abatshintshiselanayo kwiintsapho zangaphandle nakwizikolo. Ndicinga ukuba uvavanyo oluphambili lwemfundo yabantwana eUnited States kufuneka lube: Yintoni aba bantwana bafunde ngayo lonke uluntu, kuquka i-96% ngaphandle kwe-United States?

Ndinethemba lokuba ngaxa lithile singatsiba i-humanization kwaye sifike ngokuthe ngqo ekuqondeni ukuba, enyanisweni, abantu bangabantu bonke, nokuba siyazi nto ngabo okanye hayi! Kunganceda ukwenza ngathi zonke iimuvi zaseHollywood zenziwe malunga namaSyria (okanye naluphi na olunye uhlanga). Ukuba bekunjalo, ukuba wonke umlinganiswa othandwayo kuyo yonke ifilimu nenkqubo kamabonwakude ibingumSyria, ngaba ukho umntu ehlabathini onokuthandabuza ukuba amaSiriya ayengabantu? Kwaye oko kuya kuba nefuthe elinjani kwimbono yethu yesikhundla sikarhulumente wase-Israeli, ebonakala ngathi ixhaswa ngumgaqo-nkqubo karhulumente wase-US, ukuba esona siphumo esihle eSyria kukuba akukho mntu uphumeleleyo kodwa imfazwe iqhubeke ngonaphakade?[v]

Incwadi ezayo kaDavid Swanson ekucatshulwe kuyo ibizwa ngokuba Ukuphulukisa ngaphandle kwezinto: Yintoni ephosakeleyo ngendlela esiyicinga ngayo ngeUnited States? Yintoni esinokuyenza ngayo? (Epreli, 2018).

 

[i] Le meko yacetyiswa kum yile ncwadi: Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: Imbali emfutshane yoBantu bePhepha (Harper Perennial, 2018).

[ii] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/world/asia/north-korea-un-sanctions-nuclear-missile-united-nations.html (January 16, 2018).

[iii] UMarlise Simons, “Iziqithi zaseMarshall azinakumangalela Amandla eNyukliya eHlabathi, iMithetho yeNkundla yeUN,” ENew York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/world/asia/marshall-islands-un-court-nuclear-disarmament.html (Okthobha 5, 2016).

[iv] UDavid Caplan, uKatherine Faulders, "uTrump uyaphika ukuxelela umhlolokazi wejoni eliwileyo, 'Wayeyazi into awayeyibhalisele'," ABC News, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-denies-telling-widow-fallen-soldier-knew-signed/story?id=50549664 (Oktobha 18, 2017).

[v] UJodi Rudoren, "uSirayeli uxhasa uqhankqalazo oluchasene neSiriya," ENew York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/world/middleeast/israel-backs-limited-strike-against-syria.html?pagewanted=all (Septemba 5, 2013).

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