Emuva Kwesikhathi Esizayo: Ukuphikiswa Okuhlanganisayo, Amandla EDemocratizing

Njalo ngonyaka ukuze ngigubhe uSuku Lokuzimela, ngibuka ifilimu ethi 1776, esekelwe emdlalweni oshisa izikhotha othi Broadway. Igxile ekulotshweni kweSimemezelo Senkululeko. Uma uwazi umlando wakho, uhlekisa ngenganekwane yethu yokusungula. Kungikhumbuza futhi ngezimo la madoda ayephila ngaphansi kwazo futhi kungenza ngibonge ngempela amafasitela ahlutshiwe, iziphephetha-moya zikagesi, namapeni. Akuhluleki neze ukungenza ngicabange ngakho konke lokho-uma obekungenzeka noma obekufanele kwenzeke kusukela ngoJulayi 4, 1776.

Okugqama kakhulu kulokhu ukuthi: Bekuzokwenzekani uma uMthethosisekelo wase-US ubuyidokhumenti yamalungelo abantu esekelwe kuSimemezelo Senkululeko esikhundleni sencwadi yamalungelo omhlaba esekelwe ezidingweni zamadoda amhlophe acebile? Kuyamangaza ingqondo yami ukuthi eminyakeni eyishumi nje emifushane, abantu baseMelika bokuqala bakhiqiza iSimemezelo kanye noMthethosisekelo wase-US, imibhalo emibili cishe engahlobene nhlobo. Okuthakazelisa kakhulu ukuthi amazwe ayishumi nantathu ayeseyibhalile imithetho-sisekelo yawo ngesikhathi kubhalwa uMthethosisekelo wase-US, futhi leyo mibhalo ingxenye enkulu yayinedemokhrasi enonya. Kwenzenjani?

Ababusa ngentando yeningi balahlekelwa inkulumo-mpikiswano. UThomas Paine, uGeorge Mason, uPatrick Henry, ukubala abambalwa nje, banikele izimpilo zabo ekwakheni intando yeningi futhi balwela ngamandla ukukuhlanganisa kuMthethosisekelo. UPaine wabhala:

Uma kungathiwa yinoma yiliphi izwe emhlabeni, abampofu bami bayajabula, akukho ukungazi noma usizi phakathi kwabo, amajele ami agcwele iziboshwa, imigwaqo yami yezinxibi, abadala abasweli, intela iphelile. hhayi ocindezelayo, umhlaba onengqondo ungumngane wami ngoba ngiwumngane wenjabulo. Uma lezi zinto zingashiwo, kwangathi lelo zwe lingaziqhayisa ngomthethosisekelo walo kanye nohulumeni walo. Ukuzimela kuyinjabulo yami, umhlaba uyizwe lami futhi inkolo yami ukwenza okuhle.

Imizamo yabo ihlangene neminye eminingi yaphoqa uMthethosivivinywa Wamalungelo ukuba ungene kuMthethosisekelo—njengezichibiyelo. KuMthethosisekelo wokuqala, Thina Bantu sasingenawo amalungelo. Vumela lowo acwile ukuze ukwazi ukuletha ukusabela okufanele ngesikhathi esizayo lapho uzwa isikhulu sikahulumeni sichazwa njengomuntu oqinile womthethosisekelo - lowo muntu ufuna ukukuphuca lokho okukhona ngamalungelo akho uma ungeyena umhlophe, ungowesilisa, futhi ucebile!

Ukubuyela emuva esikhathini esizayo, uMthethosisekelo wethu empeleni ukhiqize "isitimela eside sokuhlukunyezwa nokuqhwagwa" ngokumelene Thina Bantu, ngendlela efanayo neNkosi uGeorge yahlukumeza amakoloni. Emzabalazweni omningi, Thina Bantu sesihlanganise abaningi bethu, kodwa Thina Bantu kanye nohulumeni esimqashayo sinezinjongo ezahlukene. Kuthiwani uma besinentando yeningi ebambe iqhaza eyiqiniso? Kuthiwani uma izikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe bezimelela abantu ngempela esikhundleni sezinkampani—impahla manje ephethe izwe?

Kuthiwani uma obaba abasungula intando yeningi beyinqobile inkulumo-mpikiswano ngesikhathi seNgqungquthela Yesibili Yomthethosisekelo? Leyo mpendulo izosibalekela unomphela, kodwa akufanele isivimbe ekuzameni ukufeza lowo mbono.

Kuthiwani uma amademokhrasi ehlangana ndawonye ukuze akhe intando yeningi yangempela? Kuthiwani uma uMthethosisekelo ubuwumbhalo wentando yeningi? Kuthiwani ukube intando yeningi ibikhona emnothweni wethu, ezikoleni nasemithonjeni yezindaba? Kuthiwani ngamalungelo emvelo? Yonke le mibuzo inezimpendulo, engatholakala isebenza ngokubambisana eMinneapolis, Agasti 2-6, Umhlangano Wentando Yeningi Nangaphezulu.

Lena akuyona ingqungquthela yeqembu. Ayixhasiwe amaqembu ezepolitiki noma izisebenzi zawo. Ayisekelwa izintshisekelo ezikhethekile zebhizinisi. Amademokhrasi amancane “d” ahlangana ndawonye ukuze asungule inhlangano yentando yeningi ukuze sifezeke isithembiso senguqulo ka-Paine yeDemokhrasi yaseMelika esekelwe emalungelweni abantu. I-Democracy Convention iyizingqungquthela eziyisishiyagalombili ezihlukene ngaphansi kophahla olulodwa, futhi ithengeka ngendlela emangalisayo, ukwenza kube nokwenzeka ngabo bonke ukuba khona.

Sathenjiswa intando yeningi futhi kusifanele. Kuwo wonke umuntu ophatheke kabi ngoTrump, isimo sezulu, ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, imfundo, i-MIC, ukubhekwa, i-PIC, ukuhlanganiswa kwabezindaba, inkululeko ye-inthanethi, njll., Umhlangano Wentando Yeningi iyindawo yokuhlangana nabantu abanomqondo ofanayo abalungele ukufingqa imikhono futhi baqale umsebenzi wokwakha umbutho wentando yeningi yeqiniso.

Siyazi ukuthi uMthethosisekelo wase-US uyidokhumenti yamalungelo endawo, ukuthi izinkampani ziyimpahla futhi futhi zilawula izindima zikahulumeni ezibalulekile, futhi izikhulu zethu ezikhethiwe ngokuvamile azimeli izintshisekelo Zabantu. Uhlelo luphukile ngokuphelele futhi ngokuphelele, futhi Yithina Bantu kuphela, njengozakwethu beDemocratic Revolution yaseMelika, esinamandla okukulungisa. Kuza phansi ekulweleni okulungile futhi kungokwethu kakade: ukumelana namazwe ngamazwe kanye namandla okwenza intando yeningi.

UGeorge Mason wabhala:

Konke Okwethu Kusengcupheni, futhi Izinto Ezincane Nezinto Ezinethezekile Nenduduzo Yempilo, lapho ziseMqhudelwaneni Wenkululeko yethu, akufanele kwenqatshwe Ngokungabaza kodwa Ngenjabulo.

Kuthiwani uma amakholoni enamathelevishini? Ngabe bekuzoba khona i-American Revolution? NginoPaine, uMason nabanye abasunguli bethu bentando yeningi ekhanda lami nasenhliziyweni, ngibuyela esikhathini esizayo ngo-Agasti 2-6 Umhlangano Wentando Yeningi!