NguDavid Swanson, amaNqaku kwi-Webinar ye-Free Press nge-11 kaDisemba, ngo-2021
Uzuko loSuku lwePearl Harbour lusabambekile izolo ngoSuku lwamaLungelo oLuntu kunye neNgqungquthela yeDemokhrasi equkunjelwayo kunye nabawongwa ngeBhaso loXolo likaNobel bethetha malunga nobuntatheli obuvunyiweyo noxhaswa ngemali ngurhulumente wase-US. Imithombo yeendaba yase-US ilawulwa nguDonald Trump kunye nendlela aphuma ngayo emandleni okwangoku. Konke kuhamba ngokudada kumngcelele ozinzileyo wenkululeko nokulunga. Ukuba awuyihoyi indoda encinci emva komkhusane. Okanye mhlawumbi ngumkhosi omncinci wamadoda amancinci emva kwewaka lamakhethini. Sinokuxoxa ngoonobangela kunye neentshukumisa ezininzi zokukhohlisa nokuzikhohlisa. Kwanele ukuthi nje ukuba ujonge, uphulaphule, okanye uhogele okomzuzwana kwimeko yehlabathi, awukwazi ukujika, kwaye awukwazi ukuwujonga umfanekiso omhle.
Urhulumente wase-US uzama ukuvalela okanye ukubulala uJulian Assange ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho lobuntatheli, ingalo yaseSaudi Arabia ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho lokubulala abantu, nokubhukuqa urhulumente waseVenezuela ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho lokumela abantu baseVenezuela. Abahlali basePearl Harbour banamafutha ejethi kumanzi abo okusela, asempilweni entle xa kuthelekiswa neentsomi ezisasazeke malunga nembali yePearl Harbour. Imozulu yokuwohloka kwemozulu ikrazula iidolophu zase-US kunye ne-sweatshops kwilizwe elikhulu. Kwaye amanani ahlukeneyo anamandla ase-US ayakhululwa njengoko umthengisi wabo wesondo esingaphantsi etshutshiswa.
Ukungabandakanywa kwamazwe athile “kwingqungquthela yedemokhrasi” yayingengomcimbi osecaleni. Yayiyinjongo kanye yaloo ngqungquthela. Yaye amazwe angabandakanywanga ayengabandakanywa ngenxa yokusilela ukufikelela kwimilinganiselo yokuziphatha kwabo bamenyiweyo okanye kwalowo umemileyo. Abamenyiweyo bekunganyanzelekanga nokuba babe ngamazwe, njengoko kwamenywa inkokeli yase-US engaphumelelanga ephuma eVenezuela. Kwakunjalo nabameli bakwa-Israyeli, i-Iraq, iPakistan, i-DRC, iZambia, i-Angola, iMalaysia, iKenya, kunye - ngokugxekayo - i-pawns kumdlalo: iTaiwan ne-Ukraine.
Nguwuphi umdlalo? Umdlalo wokuthengisa izixhobo. Jonga kwiSebe leSizwe laseMelika website kwiNgqungquthela yeDemokhrasi. Kanye phezulu: “'Intando yesininzi ayenzeki ngamabona-ndenzile. Kufuneka siyikhusele, siyilwele, siyiqinise, siyihlaziye.' -UMongameli uJoseph R. Biden, Omnci.
Akufunekanga nje "ukhusele" kwaye "ulwe," kodwa kuya kufuneka ukwenze oko ngokuchasene nezoyikiso ezithile, kwaye ufumane iqela elikhulu lemigulukudu ekulweni ukuze "ulwe nezoyikiso ezinkulu ezijongene nedemokhrasi namhlanje ngesenzo esidibeneyo." Abameli bedemokhrasi kule ngqungquthela imangalisayo ziingcali zedemokhrasi ezinokuthi "zikhusele idemokhrasi namalungelo oluntu ekhaya nakwamanye amazwe." Licandelo laphesheya elinokuthi likwenze ukrwele intloko ukuba ucinga ngedemokhrasi inento yokwenza nayo, uyazi, idemokhrasi. Uyenzela njani ilizwe lomnye umntu? Kodwa gcina U kufunda, kwaye imixholo yeRussiagate iyacaca:
"[A] iinkokeli zoogunyaziwe zifikelela kwimida ukujongela phantsi idemokhrasi - ukusuka ekujoliseni kwiintatheli kunye nabakhuseli bamalungelo oluntu ukuba bagxuphuleke kunyulo."
Uyabona, ingxaki ayisiyiyo into yokuba iUnited States kudala ikhona, enyanisweni, i-oligarchy. Ingxaki ayisiyo imeko yase-US njengendawo ephezulu yokubamba izivumelwano zamalungelo oluntu, umchasi ophezulu womthetho wamazwe ngamazwe, umxhaphazi ophezulu we-veto kwiZizwe eziManyeneyo, umbanjwa ophezulu, umtshabalalisi ophezulu wendalo, umthengisi wezixhobo eziphezulu, umxhasi ophezulu wobuzwilakhe, imfazwe ephezulu. umqalisi, kunye nomxhasi ophezulu wokopolo. Ingxaki ayikuko ukuba, kunokuba enze idemokhrasi iZizwe eziManyeneyo, urhulumente wase-US uzama ukwenza iforum entsha apho, ngokukodwa kwaye nangaphezulu kunangaphambili, ilingana ngakumbi kunaye wonke umntu. Ingxaki ngokuqinisekileyo ayilulo unyulo olubi lwenziwa iRussiagate ukuba iphazamise. Kwaye akukho ngxaki nokuba yiyiphi na ingxaki yonyulo lwamazwe angaphandle angama-85, sibala nje thina ukwazi kwaye unokudwelisa, ukuba urhulumente wase-US uye waphazamisa. Ingxaki yiRashiya. Kwaye akukho nto ithengisa izixhobo ezifana neRussia-nangona iTshayina ibamba.
Eyona nto ingumnqa ngesamithi yedemokhrasi kukuba kwakungekho demokrasi ibonakalayo. Ndithetha hayi nakuzenzisa okanye ngokusesikweni. Uluntu lwase-US luvotela nto, nokuba lungabanjwa na iingqungquthela zedemokhrasi. Emva phayaa ngeminyaka yoo-1930 iLudlow Amendment phantse yasinika ilungelo lokuvota malunga nokuba ingaqalwa na nayiphi na imfazwe, kodwa iSebe likaRhulumente lawuvala loo mzamo ngokungqongqo, kwaye ayizange ibuye.
Urhulumente wase-US ayisiyonkqubo nje yokumelwa okunyuliweyo endaweni yedemokhrasi, kwaye eyonakele kakhulu engakwaziyo ukuyimela, kodwa ikwaqhutywa yinkcubeko echasene nedemokhrasi apho abezopolitiko bahlala bezigwagwisa eluntwini ngokungahoywa kwezimvo zoluntu. kwaye baqhwatyelwa izandla ngayo. Xa iisherifu okanye iijaji ziziphatha kakubi, ukugxekwa okuphambili kudla ngokuba bonyuliwe. Uhlaziyo oludume kakhulu kunemali ecocekileyo okanye imithombo yeendaba enobulungisa kukunyanzelwa kwemida yamaxesha echasene nedemokhrasi. Ezopolitiko ligama elimdaka e-United States kangangokuba ndifumene i-imeyile kwiveki ephelileyo evela kwiqela lamatshantliziyo lityhola elinye lamaqela amabini ezopolitiko aseMelika “ngokwenza ulonyulo”. (Kwabonakala ukuba babecinga ngeendlela ezahlukahlukeneyo zokucinezela abavoti, nto leyo exhaphake kakhulu kugqatso lwedemokhrasi yehlabathi, apho lowo uphumeleleyo kulo lonke unyulo “akakho kwaba bangasentla” yaye elona qela lidumileyo lisithi “akakho nalo.”)
Kwakungekho nje kuphela idemokhrasi yesizwe ibonakalayo. Kwakungekho nto yedemokhrasi eyenzekayo kule ngqungquthela. Iqela elichongiweyo lamagosa alizange livote okanye lifikelele kwimvumelwano kuyo nantoni na. Intatho-nxaxheba kulawulo obunokuyifumana nakumsitho we-Occupy Movement ayizange ibonakale ndawo. Kwaye kwakungekho naziphi na iintatheli zamashishini ezikhwazayo kubo: “YINTONI IMFUNO YAKHO ENYE? YINTONI IMFUNO YAKHO ENYE?” Babeneenjongo ezininzi ezingacacanga ngokupheleleyo kunye nezobuhanahanisi kwiwebhusayithi - eveliswe, ewe, ngaphandle kweqhekeza ledemokhrasi eliqeshiweyo okanye uzwilakhe omnye owenzakaliswayo kwinkqubo.
Ngcono kunengqungquthela yedemokhrasi yayiza kuseka ilungelo lokuvota, ukuxhasa ngemali amaphulo onyulo esidlangalaleni, ukuphelisa i-gerrymandering, ukuphelisa ifilibuster, ukuphelisa i-Senate, ukubala esidlangalaleni amaphepha okuvota kwiindawo zokuvota, ukudala iindlela zamanyathelo abemi ukuseka umgaqo-nkqubo woluntu, ukwenza ulwaphulo-mthetho. ukunyoba, ukwalela ukwenza inzuzo ngamagosa karhulumente kwizenzo zabo zikawonke-wonke, ukuphelisa ukuthengiswa okanye isipho sezixhobo koorhulumente bamazwe angaphandle, ukuvala iziseko zomkhosi wamazwe angaphandle, ukukhupha uncedo lokwenene lwangaphandle kunye nokubeka phambili inkxaso yoorhulumente abathobela umthetho, ukuyeka ukuba ngowona uphambili ekubambeni abantu. amalungelo kunye nezivumelwano zokuchithwa kwezixhobo, ukujoyina iNkundla yoLwaphulo-mthetho lwamazwe ngamazwe, ukutshitshisa i-veto kwiBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN, ukutshitshisa iBhunga lezoKhuseleko le-UN ngokuthanda i-General Assembly, ukuthobela isivumelwano sokungaphumeleli kwezixhobo zenyukliya, ukujoyina isivumelwano sokuthintela izixhobo zenyukliya, eziphelisa izigwebo zokuziphatha okubi nezibulalayo kumazwe alishumi elinesibini , utyalo-mali kwinkqubo yokuguqula amandla oxolo kunye nohlaza, ukunqanda ukusetyenziswa kwamafutha e-fossil, ukunqanda ukugawulwa kwamahlathi, ukunqanda ukugcinwa okanye ukuxhelwa kwemfuyo, ukuthintela ukubulawa kwamabanjwa abantu, ukuvimbela ukuvalelwa kwabantu abaninzi, kwaye-kakuhle - umntu unokuhamba. ubusuku bonke, xa impendulo elula ikukuba nantoni na, nokuba i-emele eshushu yokutshicela, ibiya kuba ngcono kunesamithi yedemokhrasi.
Masithembe ukuba yeyokugqibela, kwaye masibe nethemba lokuba olu suku ludlulileyo lwePearl Harbour lulokugqibela nalo. Urhulumente wase-US wacwangcisa, walungiselela, waza waxhokonxa imfazwe kunye neJapan iminyaka, kwaye wayesemfazweni ngeendlela ezininzi, elindele ukuba iJapan idubule ukudubula kokuqala, xa iJapan yahlasela iiPhilippines kunye nePearl Harbor. Yintoni elahlekileyo kwimibuzo yokuba ngubani kanye owayesazi ukuba nini ngeentsuku ezingaphambi kolo hlaselo, kwaye yeyiphi indibaniselwano yokungakwazi ukwenza izinto kunye nokugxeka okuvumele ukuba kwenzeke, kukuba amanyathelo amakhulu athatyathwe ngokungathandabuzekiyo ukuya emfazweni kodwa akukho nanye ethathiweyo ukuya eluxolweni. .
I-Asia pivot yexesha lika-Obama-Trump-Biden yayinomzekelo kwiminyaka ekhokelela kwi-WWII, njengoko i-United States ne-Japan zakha ubukho bazo emkhosini ePasifiki. I-United States yayinceda i-China kumlo ochasene neJapan kwaye yavala iJapan ukuba iyihluthe izixhobo ezibalulekileyo ngaphambi kohlaselo lweJapan kwimikhosi yase-US kunye nemimandla yasebukhosini. Umkhosi wase-United States awuyikhululi iJapan kuxanduva lomkhosi wayo, okanye ngokuchaseneyo, kodwa intsomi yomntu obukeleyo omsulwa ohlaselwe ngendlela eyothusayo ngaphandle kweblue ayiyonyani kunenyani. intsomi yemfazwe ukusindisa amaYuda. Izicwangciso zemfazwe zase-US kunye nezilumkiso zohlaselo lwaseJapan zapapashwa kumaphephandaba ase-US naseHawaii ngaphambi kohlaselo.
Ukusukela nge-6 kaDisemba, 1941, akukho phando lufumene uninzi lwenkxaso yoluntu yase-US yokungena emfazweni. Kodwa uRoosevelt wayesele esungule idrafti, wavula uMkhosi weSizwe, wadala uMkhosi omkhulu weNavy kwiilwandle ezimbini, wathengisa ababhubhisi abadala eNgilani ngokutshintshiselana nokuqeshwa kweziseko zayo kwiCaribbean naseBermuda, wanikezela ngeenqwelomoya kunye nabaqeqeshi kunye nabaqhubi beenqwelomoya eChina, ebekwe eChina. Izohlwayo eziqatha eJapan, wacebisa umkhosi wase-US ukuba imfazwe neJapan iyaqala, kwaye wayalela ngasese ukuba kwenziwe uludwe lomntu wonke waseJapan kunye nowaseMelika-waseMelika eUnited States.
Ibalulekile into yokuba abantu benze umtsi kuzo “zonke iimfazwe kodwa enye embalini iye yaba ziintlekele ezimbi ezimbi” ukuya kuthi “zonke iimfazwe embalini zibe ziintlekele ezimbi ezoyikekayo,” kwaye ukugatya. ipropaganda ecaphukisayo yasePearl Harbor iyafuneka ukuze kwenzeke oko.
