Kutheni i-Poor Patriotic?

By UDavid Swanson, UJuni 15, 2018.

Simele simbulele kakhulu uFrancesco Duina ngencwadi yakhe entsha, I-Broke kunye nePatriotic: Kutheni amaMerika ahluphekayo elithanda ilizwe labo. Uqala ngale ngxaki ilandelayo. Amahlwempu eUnited States ngeendlela ezininzi ahlwempuzekile kunakwamanye amazwe atyebileyo, kodwa bathanda izwe labo ngakumbi kunabo bahlwempuzekileyo kwamanye amazwe kwaye bethanda izwe labo ngakumbi kunabantu abazizityebi kwilizwe labo. Ilizwe labo (phakathi kwamazwe atyebileyo) liphezulu ngokungalingani, kwaye lisezantsi kwinkxaso yezentlalo, kodwa bakholelwa ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba iUnited States "ingcono ngokusisiseko kunamanye amazwe." Ngoba?

UDuina akazange azame ukuziphekela le nto. Waphuma waya kuvavanya abantu abahluphekileyo kwilizwe labo eAlabama naseMontana. Ufumene umahluko phakathi kwezi ndawo zimbini, njengabantu abathanda urhulumente ngokubanceda kancinci kwaye nabantu bathanda urhulumente ngokungabancedi konke konke. Ufumene iyantlukwano phakathi kwamadoda nabafazi kunye namaqela obuhlanga, kodwa ubukhulu becala wafumana ubuthandazwe obunamandla bokwakha malunga neentsomi namabinzana afanayo.

Ndicinga ukuba kufanelekile ukubonisa ukuba abantu baseMelika abazizityebi bathandana kancinci kunabantu baseMelika abahlwempuzekileyo, kwaye umbuzo wokuziphatha wokuba kutheni umntu kufuneka alithande iziko elidala ukubandezeleka okukhulu kwabanye kuyafana nokuba kutheni umntu efanele ukuthanda iziko elidala ukubandezeleka ngenxa yakho (kwaye okona kubandezeleka kukhulu akwenzileyo urhulumente waseUnited States kungaphandle kweMelika). Ndikrokrela ukuba okuninzi okufunyanwa nguDuina phakathi kwabahlwempuzekileyo kunokufunyanwa kukwahluka phakathi kwabangathathi ntweni.

UDuina uhlonipha wonke umntu awayethetha naye, kwaye wayefunda kakhulu kwiprozi yakhe. Kodwa ucaphula ngokwaneleyo kwiingxelo zabantu ekwenziwa nabo udliwano-ndlebe ukuyenza icace gca, ndicinga ukuba ukuthanda izwe labo ikakhulu kuyinkolo yenkolo ethandwayo esekelwe kukungazi kunye nokuthintela iinyani. Kanye njengokuba ubuncwane obuncinci buninzi ngakumbi zonqulo, bakwathanda ukuthanda ilizwe, kwaye abazobi mgca ucacileyo phakathi kwezi zimbini. UDuina uxela ukuba uninzi lwabantu awayethetha nabo bamqinisekisa ukuba uThixo uthanda i-United States ngaphezu kwazo zonke ezinye izizwe. Enye indoda yade yacacisa eyayo neyabanye ubuhlanga obugqithisileyo njengemfuno yenkolo yokukholelwa kwinto ethile xa usokola, into yokubonelela “ngesidima.” Kukho, ewe, ukungqinelana nobuhlanga base-US, njengoko uninzi lwabamhlophe abangamahlwempu baseMelika kangangeenkulungwane babambelele kwingcinga yokuba ubuncinci bangcono kunabantu abangengabo abamhlophe. Inkolelo yokuba ubuncinci ibangcono kunabantu abangabantu baseMelika ixhaphake kubo bonke abantu.

UDuina uphawule ukuba nakwabo basokolayo kakhulu ukukholelwa ekubeni konke kulungile kwaye nenkqubo ebajikelezileyo kunokuba lula engqondweni kunokubona ukungabikho kobulungisa. Ukuba abantu bebengcono, ngokungathandabuzekiyo, ukuthanda izwe labo kunokuhla. Ukuthanda ubuhlanga nako kuyehla njengoko imfundo inyuka. Kwaye kubonakala ngathi kuyehla njengoko iintlobo ezithile zolwazi kunye nezimo zengqondo zidluliswa. Njengokuba abantu befumanekile ukuba bathande ukuqhushumisa ilizwe ngokungalinganiyo kumandla abo okufumana ngokuchanekileyo kwimephu, ndiyakrokrela ukuba abantu baya kuba namathuba amancinci okukholelwa ukuba i-United States ibaphatha ngcono kunelizwe laseScandinavia ukuba bezazi iinyani malunga namazwe aseScandinavia. Okwangoku abagqibi.

UDuina ucaphula abantu abamqinisekisileyo ukuba wonke umntu waseSweden ubaleka eSweden nje ukuba bagqibe imfundo yasimahla yasekholejini, ukuba iCanada inokuba nokhathalelo lwempilo kodwa inguzwilakhe, eJamani okanye eRashiya baya kunqumla isandla sakho okanye ulwimi lwakho, kubuKomanisi eJapan bayakunqumla intloko ngenxa yokuthetha ngokuchasene nomongameli, njl.njl. Ngaba zonke ezi nkolelo, zonke kwicala elinye (lokuhlambalaza ezinye izizwe) zingabinazimpazamo? Indoda enye iqinisekisa uDuina ukuba ezinye izizwe ziphantsi ngenxa yokuba zibandakanyeka ekubulaweni koluntu, emva koko zikhuthaza ukubulawa kwabantu eUnited States. Inani labantu libhengeza i-United States njengophakamileyo kuba inenkululeko yenkolo, emva koko bayala umbono wokuba nabani na ongenguye umKristu unokuba ngumongameli wase-US. Abantu abangenamakhaya bayamqinisekisa ukuba iUnited States lelizwe elinamathuba amaninzi.

Uninzi luthetha “ngenkululeko,” kwaye kwiimeko ezininzi zithetha inkululeko edweliswe kuMqulu wamaLungelo, kodwa kwezinye zithetha inkululeko yokuhamba okanye yokuqhuba. Bayayithelekisa le nkululeko yokuhamba nolawulo lozwilakhe, nangona benamava amancinci okanye bengenalo kwaphela ngoozwilakhe, nangona kubonakala ngathi kuthelekiswa kakhulu nabantu abahlwempuzekileyo baseMelika kunokwenzeka ukuba babe nolwazi oluninzi malunga: nokuvalelwa kwabantu abaninzi.

Inkolelo yokuba iimfazwe kumazwe angaphandle zinceda amaxhoba abo kwaye zizenzo zesisa kubonakala phantse kuyo yonke indawo, kwaye amazwe angaphandle ahlala ehlazekile ngenxa yeemfazwe ezikhoyo (kungabikho kwazi ukuba uninzi lwezo mfazwe zibandakanya umkhosi wase-US oxhaswa ngemali yezigidi inkxaso-mali eya kufuneka ukuphelisa intlupheko eMelika). Indoda enye ikholelwa ukuba iVietnam isahlulwe ngesiqingatha njengeKorea. Omnye ukholelwa ukuba umongameli wase-Iraq umeme i-United States ukuba iyihlasele. Omnye uzidla ngokuba ne-United States ngokuba "nomkhosi ogqwesileyo." Xa bebuzwa malunga neflegi yase-US, abaninzi ngokukhawuleza baqhayisa "ngenkululeko" "nakwiimfazwe." Abambalwa oonobhala benkululeko bavakalise ukuxhasa ukuzisa imikhosi emakhaya, betyhola ezinye izizwe ngokungavumi kwabo ukuba nempucuko- kubandakanya nezo zoMbindi Mpuma, ezingazange “ziphuculwe.”

Kukho inkxaso eqinileyo efanayo yokwanda okumangalisayo kwemipu eUnited States njengento eyenza iUnited States ibalasele.

Isiphoso esinye esichazwe kwamanye amazwe sithatha abantwana kude nabazali, ukanti omnye ucinga ukuba ubuncinci abanye abawuhlabayo lo mkhuba bafumene indlela yokuwuthethelela okanye bangazi malunga nawo kwiindaba zamva nje ezivela eUnited States.

Enye yeempazamo eziqhelekileyo, nangona kunjalo, kukusika iintloko zabantu. Oku kubonakala kuyimbono eqhelekileyo yento engalunganga kumazwe angaphandle, kangangokuba ndiphantse ndizibuze ukuba ingaba inkxaso yase-US eSaudi Arabia yinxalenye yenkuthazo yeendlela ezifanelekileyo zokugcina abantu base-US behleli phantsi.

Ngandlela thile, uluntu lwase-US luye lwanyanzeliswa ukuba luhlale luthelekisa i-United States namazwe ahluphekayo, kubandakanya amazwe apho urhulumente wase-US exhasa oozwilakhe abakhohlakeleyo okanye abeke ukubandezeleka kwezoqoqosho, kwaye kungaze kube kunye namazwe atyebileyo. Ubukho bamazwe abubi kakhulu, nalapho abafuduki babalekela eUnited States ngokubanzi kuthathwa njengobungqina besizwe esona siBalaseleyo eMhlabeni, nangona ezinye izizwe ezizizityebi zingcono kwaye zinqweneleka ngakumbi ngabaphambukeli.

Iziphumo zibandakanya uluntu olungenamdla olufuna ukuthatha okungekho sikweni okukhulu, uluntu oluzimisele ukulandela abezopolitiko abathembisa ukubenza ubukrelekrele kodwa ukwenza oko ngokuthanda ilizwe, ukuxhasa esidlangalaleni iimfazwe kunye nokugxothwa komthetho wamazwe ngamazwe kunye nentsebenziswano, kunye noluntu olukulungeleyo ukwala inkqubela phambili ezempilo okanye imithetho yemipu okanye imigaqo-nkqubo yemozulu okanye iinkqubo zemfundo ukuba zenziwe kwamanye amazwe.

Le ncwadi isixelela ngakumbi malunga nokuba uvelaphi uTrump kuneenyanga ezili-18 ezidlulileyo zeendaba zekhebula, kodwa uTrump yeyona nto incinci kuyo.

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Iincwadi zikaDavid Swanson zibandakanya Ukuphulukisa ngaphandle.