Ingabe Uyabeseka Abasebenzi Bezempilo?

NguDavid Swanson, March 20, 2020

Ipolitiki yase-US isinengxenye yesithathu yekhulu leminyaka ilolongwa ngumbuzo othi “Ingabe uyaweseka amasosha?” Incazelo eqondwayo yombuzo ibilokhu ithi “Ingabe ufuna amalungu ezempi aphile noma uwafisela afe?” Incazelo esebenzayo yalo mbuzo ibilokhu ithi “Ingabe ufuna ukusetshenziswa kwemali okungenamkhawulo okungenamkhawulo ezimpini nasezimpini ezingapheli noma ingabe uyimbuka elibi?”

Umbuzo onjalo awukwazi ukuphendulwa noma uhlehliswe, kodwa ungathathelwa indawo umbuzo ohlukile.

Kuthiwani uma singabuza lo mbuzo: Ingabe uyabeseka abasebenzi bezempilo? Incazelo eqondakalayo ingaba: Ingabe ucabanga ukuthi odokotela nabahlengikazi nochwepheshe bezokwelapha eziphuthumayo kanye nabasebenzi bezempilo ngamagama okufanele baphile noma ubafisela ukufa? Uyayibonga yini inkonzo yabo? Ingabe ukholelwa ukuthi kufanele babe nohlobo lwezivikelo noma izingubo zokuzivikela kanye nemishini ozakwabo baseChina abanayo? Ucabanga ukuthi kufanele babe nokuhlolwa nokwelashwa abakudingayo ukuze bafeze umsebenzi wabo, nokuthi abantu kufanele balandele isiqondiso sabo?

(Mhlawumbe futhi: Ingabe ucabanga ukuthi kufanele bangene ezindizeni kuqala futhi bathole izindawo zokupaka ezikhethekile futhi babongwe yiwo wonke umuntu abahlangana naye? Kodwa uma kungadingeki sithatheke, masingayeki.)

Incazelo esebenzayo ingaba: Ngabe i-United States kufanele ilwele ukuthola ukuma okuhle emjahweni wokunakekelwa kwezempilo wamazwe omhlaba? Ingabe kufanele ibhekane nezinkinga kanye nezindaba zezempilo ezivamile ngezinsizakusebenza ezanele namandla nokuzinikela ukuze kuzuzwe amazinga ezempilo nempilo yokuphila kanye nokufa kwezinsana kanye nokucindezelwa kwezifo ukuze kuncintisane kunokuba kuhlazeke ngezinye izizwe? Ingabe wonke umuntu kufanele enze ingxenye yakhe ngokuziphatha okusekela izidingo zabasebenzi bezempilo? Kufanele kube nenkazimulo kulabo abavolontiya ukusiza abasebenzi bezempilo ngezikhathi zobunzima obukhulu?

Kufanele kube nokushintshashintsha kancane, nokho, ekudluliseleni kwethu ulimi lwamasosha kubasebenzi bezempilo. Kufanele sizame ukukwenza ngaphandle kwenkohlakalo noma ubuzwe. I-United States isivele isebenzisa imali eningi ekunakekelweni kwezempilo kunanoma yiliphi elinye izwe, kodwa ikwenza ngendlela engafanele kakhulu. Nakuba umbono wethu omusha kufanele uvumele ukukhuphuka okungenamkhawulo kwezindleko zezempilo, ukugxila kufanele kube emiphumeleni. Lokho kusho ukuthi uhlelo lomkhokhi oyedwa kufanele luqondwe njengolusekela kakhulu abasebenzi bezempilo kunenzuzo yenkampani yomshwalense, ikhefu lokugula elikhokhelwayo liyisisebenzi sezempilo esithembeke kakhulu kunokukhokhisa ama-ventilators angalungile, futhi ucwaningo oluvulelekile olwabiwe emhlabeni wonke lunobungane kubasebenzi bezempilo ngoba kuzuzisa umgomo wezempilo engcono kakhulu kunezinkampani ezizimele.

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