NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, UDisemba 2, 2021
Ukukhutshwa kwamazwe athile kwi-US "ingqungquthela yedemokhrasi" ayiyona nto isecaleni. Yeyona njongo yale ngqungquthela. Yaye amazwe angabandakanywanga akaqukwanga ngenxa yokusilela ukufikelela imilinganiselo yokuziphatha kwabo bamenyiweyo okanye lowo umemileyo. Abamenyiweyo bekunganyanzelekanga nokuba babe ngamazwe, njengoko inkokeli yase-US engaphumelelanga exhaswa yi-US imenyiwe. Ke abameli bakwa-Israyeli, i-Iraq, iPakistan, i-DRC, iZambia, iAngola, iMalaysia, iKenya, kwaye - ngokugxekayo - i-pawns kumdlalo: iTaiwan ne-Ukraine.
Nguwuphi umdlalo? Umdlalo wokuthengisa izixhobo. Yeyiphi eyona ngongoma. 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. Ulenza njani kwelinye ilizwe? 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 akusayi kubakho demokrasi emehlweni. 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 namhlanje evela kwiqela lamatshantliziyo elityhola 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.”)
Ayisayi kuphinda ibekho idemokhrasi yesizwe. Kananjalo akusayi kubakho nto yedemokhrasi eyenzekayo kule ngqungquthela. Iqela elichongiweyo lamagosa aliyi kuvota okanye lifikelele kwimvumelwano kuyo nantoni na. Intatho-nxaxheba kulawulo onokuyifumana nakumsitho we-Occupy Movement ayisayi kubonwa ndawo. Kwaye akusayi kubakho naziphi na iintatheli zeshishini ezikhalaza kuzo zonke “YINTONI IMFUNO YAKHO ENYE? YINTONI IMFUNO YAKHO ENYE?” Basele beneenjongo ezininzi ezingacacanga ngokupheleleyo kunye nezobuhanahanisi kwiwebhusayithi - eveliswe, ewe, ngaphandle kweqhekeza ledemokhrasi eliqeshiweyo okanye uzwilakhe omnye owenzakaliswayo kwinkqubo.
Andinqweneli ukunyanzela amawaka amaphepha kuwe, mandikhethe ngokungakhethiyo nje omnye wabamenyiweyo kwiNgqungquthela yeDemokhrasi njengoko ichongiwe liSebe leSizwe laseMelika: iDemocratic Republic of the Congo. Nantsi intwana iSebe likaRhulumente liyichaza njani i-DRC kulo nyaka uphelileyo:
“Imibandela ebalulekileyo yamalungelo abantu yayiquka: ukubulala ngokungekho mthethweni okanye ngokungekho mthethweni, kuquka ukubulala ngokungekho mthethweni; ukunyamalala ngenkani; intuthumbo namatyala enkohlakalo, angenabuntu, okanye empatho ethob’ isidima okanye isohlwayo; iimeko zasentolongweni ezinzima nezibeka ubomi esichengeni; ukuvalelwa ngaphandle kwesizathu; amabanjwa ezopolitiko okanye amabanjwa; iingxaki ezimandundu nokuzimela kwecandelo leenkundla; ukuphazamisa ngokungekho mthethweni okanye ngokungekho mthethweni kubumfihlo; ukusetyenziswa kakubi okumandundu kungquzulwano lwangaphakathi, kubandakanywa ukubulawa kwabantu, ukunyamalala okanye ukuthinjwa, ukungcungcuthekiswa nokubethwa okanye ukohlwaywa, ukugaya abantwana ngokungekho mthethweni okanye ukusetyenziswa kwamajoni angamajoni ngamaqela axhobileyo angekho mthethweni, nezinye izenzo ezigwenxa ezinxulumene nemfazwe; izithintelo ezimandundu kwinkululeko yokuthetha kunye noonondaba, kuqukwa ubundlobongela, izoyikiso zobundlobongela, okanye ukubanjwa ngokungekho sikweni kweentatheli, ukuvalelwa, kunye nentetho yolwaphulo-mthetho; ukuphazamisana kwamalungelo okuhlanganisana ngoxolo nenkululeko yokunxulumana; izenzo ezimandundu zorhwaphilizo olusemthethweni; ukungabikho kophando kunye nokuphendula ngobundlobongela obujoliswe kwabasetyhini; ukurhweba ngabantu; ulwaphulo-mthetho olubandakanya ubundlobongela okanye izoyikiso zobundlobongela obujoliswe kubantu abakhubazekileyo, amalungu esizwe, uhlanga, kunye namaqela esizwe esincinci, kunye nabantu bomthonyama; ulwaphulo-mthetho olubandakanya ubundlobongela okanye izoyikiso zobundlobongela obujolise kubantu abathandana nabasetyhini, abathandana nabasetyhini, abathandanayo nabanesini esinye, kunye nabantu abathandana nesini esinye; nobukho bezona ndlela zimbi zokuqeshwa kwabantwana.”
Ngoko ke, mhlawumbi asiyo “demokhrasi” okanye amalungelo oluntu. Inokuba yintoni ekwenza umenywe kwezi zinto? Asiyonto. Kwamazwe angama-30 e-NATO, kuphela i-28 kunye namazwe ahlukeneyo ekujoliswe kuyo ukongezwa, yenza ukusika (iHungary kunye neTurkey inokuba ikhubekise umntu okanye ayiphumelelanga ukuthenga izixhobo ezifanelekileyo). Inqaku nje kukungamemi iRussia okanye iTshayina. Yiyo leyo. Kwaye bobabini sele bekhubekile. Ngoko impumelelo sele ifunyenwe.
