NguKristin Christman, Albany Times Union
NgoLwesihlanu, ngo-Ephreli 7, 2017
UJohn D. Rockefeller wacaphuka. Kwakungoo-1880s, kwaye abomba ioyile babetha amaqula amakhulu eBaku kangangokuba iRussia yayithengisa i-oyile eYurophu ngamaxabiso athoba iRockefeller's Standard Oil.
Emva kokuginya ngokungenalusini abakhuphisana bakhe baseMelika, uRockefeller ngoku wenza iyelenqe lokutshabalalisa ukhuphiswano lwaseRussia. Wehlisa amaxabiso kubantu baseYurophu, wanyusa amaxabiso kubantu baseMelika, wasasaza amarhe ebuza ukhuseleko lwe-oyile yaseRussia kwaye wavala i-oyile yaseRussia engabizi kakhulu kubathengi base-US.
Ukubawa kunye nokhuphiswano lonakalisa ubudlelwane base-US-Russia kwasekuqaleni.
Nangona uRockefeller wayenamaqhinga angenangqiqo, wazibona enesidima kunye nabakhuphisana naye njengama-scoundrels akhohlakeleyo. Imveliso kamama wenkolo kunye noyise okhohlisayo, uRockefeller waqonda i-Standard Oil njengomsindisi wohlobo, "ehlangula" ezinye iinkampani ezifana nezikhephe ezinokuthi zitshone ngaphandle kwakhe, engayihoyi into yokuba nguye owagqobhoza imilenze yazo.
Kwaye kwinkulungwane, sibona ipateni yokuhanahanisa yase-US yokucinga ukuba, njengoRockefeller, itolika indlela yokuziphatha kwayo njengento emsulwa kunye neyaseRussia njengolunya.
Cinga ngendlela iUnited States eyasabela ngayo xa iRashiya yatyikitya iSivumelwano saseBrest-Litovsk sowe-1918 sokurhoxa kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I. Kwafa abantu baseRashiya abazizigidi ezisithoba, benzakele okanye baduka. Yaba sisithembiso sikaLenin sokuyirhoxisa iRashiya kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala esafumana inkxaso enkulu yaseRashiya.
Ngaba i-US yabona iRussia njengethanda uxolo? Hayi ithuba. I-US, ingekho kuninzi lwemfazwe, yabiza ukurhoxa kweRussia ngumngcatshi. Ngowe-1918, imikhosi ye-13,000 yase-US yahlasela iRashiya ukuze ibhukuqe iiBolsheviks. Ngoba? Ukunyanzela loo maRashiya ukuba abuyele kwiMfazwe Yehlabathi I.
Owayephila ngexesha likaRockefeller, umphathi webhanki uJack P. Morgan Omnci., wayenezizathu zakhe zokuthiya ubuKomanisi. I-Communist International iye yakhetha abagcini bebhanki njengeentshaba ezinkulu zabasebenzi, kwaye isimo sengqondo esinentiyo sokuziphatha kakubi sabangela inkolelo yokungazi ukuba ukubulala abantu abaphezulu kuya kukhuthaza ubulungisa.
Noko ke, uloyiko awayenalo uMorgan lwaluphenjelelwa likhethe nosukuzwano. Wabona abasebenzi abagwayimbayo, amaKomanisi kunye namaqabane ashishina angamaYuda njengabangcatshi abaqulunqa iyelenqe ngelixa yena, owayefumene i-30 yezigidi zeerandi ikhomishini ethengisa izixhobo kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yokuQala, wayekujoliso olusesichengeni.
NjengoMorgan, abantu baseMelika babambe izigxeko ezisebenzayo ngokuchasene ne-USSR, kubandakanya uburhalarhume beBolshevik kunye nobungqongqo bukaStalin. Ukanti, okuphawulekayo kukuba, umgaqo-nkqubo weMfazwe Yomlomo waseUnited States wawuchasene nenkohlakalo okanye ingcinezelo. Endaweni yoko, yayijolise kwabo bahlaziywayo ngomhlaba nohlengahlengiso lwezemisebenzi kwabo bahluphekayo basongela ingeniso yosomashishini abazizityebi baseUnited States. NjengoMorgan, i-US ngobuxoki inyuse usukuzwano lweshishini kukhuphiswano lokuziphatha.
Ngo-1947, uMongameli uHarry Truman wamkela umgaqo-nkqubo kaGeorge Kennan ochasene neSoviet kwaye wanxiba i-paranoia ngengubo yobuthunywa obungcwele. EGrisi, eKorea, eGuatemala nangaphaya, i-US yayalela ngokungakhethiyo ubundlobongela kubantu abasekhohlo, nokuba ngaba abo basekhohlo babona iinjongo zobuntu kunye nedemokhrasi.
Ayingawo onke amagosa ase-US avumileyo ukuba ukubulala amawakawaka amaGrike kunye nezigidi zamaKorea yayilinyathelo eliya ekukhanyeni. Sekunjalo, ngenxa yomoya ongqongqo wokuchasa idemokhrasi, abo baphikisayo bagxothwa okanye barhoxa. Okumangalisayo kukuba, uKennan ngokwakhe kamva wavuma ukuba intelekelelo yase-US iqhubekile kwaye ngobuxoki "yaphinda yaphinda yatshintsha yonke imihla" "umchasi okhohlakeleyo ngokupheleleyo" ngenkohliso eyinyani, "ukukhanyela ubunyani bayo kubonakala ngathi sisenzo sokungcatsha. …”
Okwangoku, isityholo sokuqhekezwa kweRussia kwiDemocratic National Committee kutyholwa ngokutshata idemokhrasi yase-US, kodwa ngelixa le nto ifumana ingqalelo enomsindo, uhanahaniso kunzima ukulukhupha, kuba abantu baseMelika bayonakalise idemokhrasi ekhaya naphesheya kakhulu kunaye nawuphi na umgebenga waseRussia. NjengoRockefeller, i-US ibona ukungathembeki kuphela kwiimbangi zayo.
Isithethe sase-US esingenademokhrasi senkulungwane yakudala kukuqeshwa kwezikhundla eziphambili kurhulumente kwiSebe lezoKhuselo kunye neLizwe, iCIA kunye neBhunga loKhuseleko leSizwe labantu abanxulunyaniswa ngokuntsonkothileyo noRockefeller kunye noMorgan. Sisenzo esiyingozi: Xa iqela elinye loluntu lilawula, kunokwenzeka ukuba abaqulunqi bomgaqo-nkqubo babelane ngeendawo ezifanayo ezingaboniyo eziguqula umgaqo-nkqubo.
Cinga ngombono kaRockefeller kunye noMorgan. Ethe phithi kukusukuzana nomgaqo kaloliwe, akukho namnye owakha wacinga ngendlela oololiwe ababutshabalalisa ngayo ubomi boMthonyama waseMerika kunye nezigidi zeenyathi, ezixhelwe kuhambo olugulisayo lokuzingela kumzila kaloliwe.
La madoda anamandla ayengakwazi ukuqonda okuninzi. Kutheni, ke, le ngqondo kufuneka inikwe impembelelo enkulu kumgaqo-nkqubo wase-US, ekufuneka ithathele ingqalelo iimpembelelo ezibanzi kuye wonke umntu, hayi izityebi nabanamandla kuphela?
Nangona kunjalo ukuba uTrump kunye noNobhala welizwe u-Rex Tillerson, owayesakuba yi-CEO ye-Standard Oil inzala ye-ExxonMobil, ngokubambisana noPutin ukuba bachithe umhlaba ngemibhobho kwaye bathathe ioli kuLwandle lweCaspian, iya kuba yi-rerun yeRockefeller, uMorgan kunye nomzila kaloliwe: ukunyoluka kuxutywe. ngokungakhathali ukubandezeleka kwabantu kunye nokusingqongileyo.
Kwaye ukuba uTrump ujoyina uPutin ukuba abethe uMbindi Mpuma emfazweni, iMfazwe ebandayo ukuzenza ubulungisa iya kuphinda isetyenziswe, ngovakalelo olubukhali kuloyiko lwase-US kunye nokungakhathali kuloyiko lotshaba.
Ngokungathandabuzekiyo, i-US neRussia zombini zinetyala lokulwa kunye nokungabikho kokusesikweni. Ukuze siguquke, simele siqinisekise ukuba umanyano okanye ubutshaba abuphembeleli ukubawa, buxhokonxe uloyiko, okanye bubangele ukubandezeleka.
UKristin Y. Christman unezidanga kwisiRashiya kunye nolawulo loluntu ukusuka eDartmouth, Brown kunye neYunivesithi yaseAlbany.
