NguWinslow Myers
Kunzima ukusho ukuthi yikuphi okweqile kakhulu mayelana nomzuzu wethu wamasiko wamanje, i-neo-fascism ekhanyelayo kaDonald Trump, noma isimo somzimba wezombangazwe obonakala sengathi uyayamukela, ukumkhuthaza ukuba asondele eduze noMengameli. NjengoBernie Sanders, ushaye phambili phambili ekugijimeleni kwethu ngokubambisana ngobuqiniso, ukukhathala kwethu okuqhubekayo nokukhulumisana kwezombangazwe kanye nohulumeni ngenkohlakalo, ukukhwabanisa, kanye ne-gridlock.
"Ukuthembeka" kweTrump isinhlamvu esinezinhlangothi ezimbili: "izixazululo" zakhe zizoholela ekuhlukaneni komncintiswano kanye nokufunda okuqhubekayo empini nasemhlabeni jikelele-futhi bamema ukulalela ngokucophelela njengokubonakaliswa kwethunzi elingenakutsiwa lizwe lethu, njengoba uKern Beare ebhala ngesiqephu sakhe esicacile, "Ukulalela iTump."
Abanye-ngithemba ukuthi kuzokwanela ukuthi ngubani ozokwenza isiphakamiso sakhe ngokuvotela-angase athi iqiniso likaTrump liyikhohlisi elikhulu, ukubonakaliswa kokugcina kweqiniso kwe-TV, isiko esingathandabuko, esaziwa ngokuba ngumdumo. Kodwa wayengeke athole lokhu kude ngaphandle kokuba anikeze izwi eliyiqiniso emnyameni wobumnyama esikhathini sethu esidlule nesamanje esizosilimaza ngaphandle uma siqhubeka sikuletha ekukhanyeni kokuzibonakalisa nokuphenduka.
I-Shadow liyizwi elilula elihlanganisa konke esikwenqaba ukubhekana nabo ngokucophelela, ukukhetha ukuqhuma emakhakheni okulula okulula namaqiniso ehafu. Kulula, ikakhulukazi phakathi kwempikiswano yezombusazwe enamandla kakhulu, ukufakazela ukuthi yiqembu lami kuphela elizobuyisela i-USA ukuba ingavumelani nobukhulu. Kunzima kakhulu ukuvuma ukuthi uhlangothi lwethu lwesithunzi lubonakaliswa ezimpikeni ezintathu ezinkulu ezihlobene nobumnyama obuhlelwe nguMartin Luther King Jr. emuva ku-1967: ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo, ukucwasa ubuhlanga nokulwa nempi.
Uma lezi zihlala zingenalutho, sihamba. Njengoba umongameli wethu omnyama eqeda imibono emibili, labo enkomfeni abaphikisana nayo yonke inqubo baqhutshwa ebuthongweni bokucwasa ngokocansi. Ukuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo kuye kwaholela enkundleni yokudlala engalingani kanye nokunyuka kwengcebo namandla phezu phezulu. UMnu. Trump uyisibonelo esihle, ngisho nalapho ezenza sengathi uyilungu leqembu elisebenzayo. Njengoba uNick Kristof abhala eThe Times, ukudlula ngokwezinto ezibonakalayo nokucwasa ubuhlanga kuhlangene naye umlando webhizinisi: "Lowo owayengumongameli wesakhiwo osebenzela i-Trumps wachaza ukuthi utshele ikhodi noma yikuphi isicelo somuntu omnyama nge-C, enemibala, ngokusobala ukuthi ihhovisi liyokwazi ukulilahla. I-agent yokuqasha i-Trump yathi i-Trumps ifuna ukuqasha kuphela "amaJuda nabaphathi," futhi idangele ukuqasha abantu abamnyama. "
Kodwa i-whirlpool enkulu kunazo zonke kulo lonke esiphila kuyo ekuziqhenyweni okungajwayelekile-ke impi yethu engahlosiwe. Ukucwasa ubuhlanga nokulwa kwamabutho kuyi-whirlpools, njengoba sibonile maduzane ezinhlekeleleni Dallas futhi ngo Baton RougeAmantombazane ase-Afrika aseMelika ahlose amaphoyisa ngamabhomu kanye namaqhinga okulwa nempi-omunye wabo wabulawa ngamaphoyisa ahlome i-robot yokuqhuma.
Futhi kuzo zonke izingxabano zikaMengameli kuze kube manje, sekukhulunywa ngezinga eliyi-trillion-dollar ukuvuselela zonke izinhlelo zethu zezikhali zenuzi eminyakeni elandelayo ye-30-njengokungathi izikhali zenuzi ziyimpendulo yangempela ezinselele zobumpofu, ukungavikeleka kokudla, izifo, ukushintsha kwesimo sezulu, noma ubuphekula. Yiziphi izidingo zomuntu zangempela esingazihlangana ngokufakwa kabusha kwezimbalwa eziyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane zezigidi ezithengiswa kuzo zonke izizinda zethu zangaphandle nezikhali?
Umphakathi wamazwe omhlaba kanye ne-US ikakhulukazi abanalo umbono wokuphetha kokubili impi yokwesabisa kanye ne-nuclear balance of terror, ukuthembela ngokuphelele ekuqothuleni okukhulu, emhlabeni wonke othunyelwe, ekulweni nomlilo. Uma amandla angamaqhinga engeke ahlanganiswe nezinqubo ezingezona ezinobudlova zokufinyelela nokubuyisana, ngokunamathela kumthetho wamazwe omhlaba, nangokusiza okuphakade, ukuhlukunyezwa okunonya, njengoba sibonile nge-ISIS, kungenakugwemeka.
Kukhona abantu kuyo yonke indawo, hhayi okwanele, kodwa mhlawumbe okungaphezu kwalokho esingacabanga, abayeke ukuhamba kancane kulezi zikhathi eziphuthumayo zezikhathi zethu. Abantu bathanda isishoshovu sokuthula David Hartsough, osanda kuhola iqembu lezakhamuzi eRussia ukuthola ukuxhumana okunobungane futhi kunqobe izinkolelo zokuqina ezikhunjulwayo ezikhumbula impi ebandayo engapheli yekhulu lokugcina. Abantu bathanda ULen noLibby Traubman, ngubani oneminyaka engu-20 eqoqene amaqembu amancane amaJuda aseMelika namaPalestina ukuba bahlanganyele ukudla, izindaba zezohwebo, futhi babeke ubuso bomuntu ngxabano ebonakala sengathi ingenakwenzeka. Abantu bathanda UDavid Swanson, indoda enomuntu oyedwa owahlanganisa ingqungquthela yokuthula ye-mega-size ukuze kwenzeke eWashington ngoSeptemba. Noma Ama-Patrisse Cullors, I-Opal Tometi, no-Alicia Garza, abasunguli be-Black Lives Matter ukunyakaza. Kunzima ukuqonda ukuthi ubani ongaphikisa ukuthi "abantu abamnyama babalulekile" kuyisitatimende sokubandlulula lapho abantu abamnyama abangenakho ukulwa wabiza futhi wadutshulwa ngamaphoyisa ngamanani aphakeme kakhulu kunabamhlophe. Noma Al Jubitz, i-Oregon philanthropist osebenza ngokungakhathali ekuqaliseni izakhamizi zokuvimbela impi. Noma amaphoyisa ase-Aarhus, eDenmark, ngubani silwe nobuphekula ngokukwamukela abantu abasebasha abaye bashelwa yi-whirlpool ye-ISIS. Noma uPaul Kando, unjiniyela osetha umhlalaphansi edolobheni lami elincane eMaine oye waba necebo eliphelele lokuqeda kancane kancane indawo yethu kanye nesifundazwe ngokuthembela kakhulu ezintweni ezifakwe emanzini ukuze kutholakale ushintsho olwenzelwe isakhamuzi emithonjeni yamandla avuselelekayo.
Ukusongelwa kathathu kokucwasa ubuhlanga, ukulwa nempi nokuthanda izinto ezibonakalayo kuhlukanisa izwe lonke "sibe" nathi "nabo," abahlelekile nabaswele, abaseCaucasia kanye ne-swarthy, abantu baseNtshonalanga Yurophu kanye nabamaSulumane abasemadolobheni akude abafa Ukuzibulala kwamabhomu akufanelekile ukuxhunyanwa kwamaphephandaba njengamacala afanayo eParis noma e-Orlando.
Inkulumo kaMichelle Obama eDemocratic Convention yayiphumelele kakhulu ngoba igxile engxenyeni engasenza sonke sibe nobunye, kokubili okuzimele nokukhululekile: yini engcono kakhulu kubantwana bethu? Izingane ngeke ziphumelele ngaphandle kwabantu abadala empilweni yabo abaye bavumelana nesithunzi sabo, neqiniso elijulile lokuthi sonke singabantu futhi singaphelele. Ngaphakathi IGulag Archipelago I-Solzhenitsyn inikeze i-antidote eqondile kuma-bromide wamaThithupi aqhubekisela phambili ukwahlukana futhi akhuthaze ukuqhuma okuqhubekayo: "Ukube nje kwakungelula kakhulu! Ukube bekukhona kuphela abantu ababi endaweni ethile bezenzela izenzo ezimbi ngenkani, futhi kwakudingeka kuphela ukubahlukanise nathi sonke futhi sibhubhise. Kodwa umugqa ohlukanisa okuhle nokubi uhamba ngenhliziyo yabo bonke abantu. Futhi ngubani ozimisele ukubhubhisa ucezu lwenhliziyo yakhe? "
