nguDavid Swanson, World Beyond War, Mashi 21, 2022
Ngesonto eledlule ngikhulume nekilasi elihlakaniphe kakhulu labadala basesikoleni esiphakeme eWashington DC. Babazi okuningi futhi babe nemibuzo engcono kimi kuneqembu lakho elimaphakathi kunoma iyiphi iminyaka. Kodwa lapho ngibacela ukuthi bacabange ngempi okungenzeka ukuthi yayifaneleka, eyokuqala umuntu athi kwakuyiMpi Yase-US. Kamuva kwavela ukuthi okungenani abanye babo babecabanga ukuthi i-Ukraine yayinesizathu sokulwa impi njengamanje. Nokho, lapho ngibuza ukuthi ubugqila buqedwe kanjani eWashington DC, akekho noyedwa umuntu owayenombono.
Kwangishaqisa kamuva ukuthi kuyinqaba kangakanani lokho. Ngicabanga ukuthi kujwayelekile kubantu abaningi e-DC, abadala nabancane, abafundile kakhulu futhi abancane kangako. Akukho lutho kulesi sikhathi esithathwa njengebaluleke kakhulu emfundweni enhle yezepolitiki eqhubekayo kunomlando wobugqila nokucwasa. I-Washington DC yaqeda ubugqila ngendlela encomekayo nehlakaniphile. Nokho abantu abaningi e-DC abakaze bezwe ngisho ngayo. Kunzima ukungafinyeleli esiphethweni sokuthi lokhu ukukhetha okwenziwe ngamabomu amasiko ethu. Kodwa kungani? Kungani kubalulekile ukungazi ukuthi i-DC iqede ubugqila? Enye incazelo engenzeka ukuthi yindaba engahambelani kahle nokukhazinyuliswa kweMpi Yombango yase-US.
Angifuni ukweqisa icala. Empeleni akugcinwa kuyimfihlo. Kuneholidi elisemthethweni e-DC elichazwe kanjalo kuhulumeni we-DC iwebhusayithi:
“Luyini uSuku Lokukhululwa?
“Umthetho we-DC Compensated Emancipation Act ka-1862 waqeda ubugqila eWashington, DC, wakhulula abantu abangu-3,100, wabuyisela labo ababengabanini ngokusemthethweni futhi wanikeza abesifazane namadoda asanda kukhululwa imali ukuze bafuduke. Yilo mthetho, kanye nesibindi nomzabalazo walabo abalwela ukukwenza kube ngokoqobo, esiwukhumbula njalo ngo-April 16, uSuku Lokukhululwa Kwe-DC. "
I-US Capitol ine-inthanethi uhlelo lwezifundo ngesihloko. Kodwa lezi kanye nezinye izinsiza amathambo angenalutho. Abasho ukuthi amazwe amaningi asebenzisa inkululeko enxeshezelwe. Abasho ukuthi abantu iminyaka bekhuthaza ukusetshenziswa kwayo okuvamile ukuqeda ubugqila e-United States. Abawuphakamisi umbuzo wokuziphatha wokunxephezela abantu abenza intukuthelo, noma baphakamise noma yikuphi ukuqhathanisa phakathi kobubi benkululeko enxeshezelwe kanye nobubi bokubulala ingxenye yesithathu yabantu abayisigidi, ukushisa amadolobha, nokushiya emuva ubandlululo nomunyu ongapheli. ukucasuka.
Okuhlukile wuhlelo lwangoJuni 20, 2013 I-Atlantic Magazine eyashicilela i esihlokweni ebizwa ngokuthi "Cha, uLincoln Akakwazanga 'Ukuthenga Izigqila'." Kungani kungenjalo? Nokho, esinye sezizathu ezishiwo ukuthi abanikazi bezigqila babengafuni ukuthengisa. Lokho kokubili kuyiqiniso ngokusobala futhi kulula kakhulu ezweni lapho yonke into kukholakala ukuthi inenani. Eqinisweni ukugxila okuyinhloko kwe Atlantic I-athikili iyisimangalo sokuthi intengo yayiphezulu kakhulu ukuthi uLincoln akwazi ukuyikhokhela. Lokho kusikisela ukuthi mhlawumbe abagqilazwayo bebengazimisela ukudayisa ukube bekunikezwe inani elifanele.
Ngokusho the Atlantic intengo bekuyoba $3 bhiliyoni e 1860s imali. Lokho ngokusobala akusekelwe kunoma yisiphi isiphakamiso esihle esinikezwayo nesamukelwe. Kunalokho kusekelwe esilinganisweni semakethe sabantu abagqilaziwe ababethengwa futhi bethengiswa ngaso sonke isikhathi.
I-athikili iqhubeka ichaza ukuthi bekungenakwenzeka kanjani ukuthola imali engaka - ngisho noma ikhuluma ngesibalo sokuthi impi ibize ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6.6. Kuthiwani ukube abanikazi bezigqila bebenikwe amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezine noma amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu noma amaRandi ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane eziyisithupha? Ingabe ngempela kufanele sicabange ukuthi babengenayo intengo nhlobo, ukuthi ohulumeni babo bezifunda babengeke bavumelane nenani eliphindwe kabili kunaleso elihambayo? Ukuhlolwa komcabango wezomnotho we Atlantic i-athikili lapho intengo ilokhu ikhuphuka ngokuthengwayo ishaya indiva amaphuzu ambalwa abalulekile: (1) inkululeko enxeshezelwe ibekwa ohulumeni, hhayi indawo yemakethe, futhi (2) i-United States akuwona wonke Umhlaba — inqwaba yezinye. izindawo zithole lokhu ngokoqobo, ngakho-ke ukungakwazi ngamabomu kwesifundiswa sase-US ukukwenza kusebenze ngombono akugculisi.
Ngokuhlakanipha kokubheka emuva, asazi yini ukuthi ukuthola indlela yokuqeda ubugqila ngaphandle kwempi bekungaba ukuhlakanipha futhi umphumela ube ngcono kakhulu ngezindlela eziningi? Akunjalo yini ukuthi uma singaqeda ukuboshwa kwabantu abaningi njengamanje, ukwenza lokho ngomthethosivivinywa onxephezela amadolobha anenzuzo yamajele kungaba ngcono kunokuthola izinkambu lapho kuhlatshwa khona inqwaba yabantu, kushiswe inqwaba yamadolobha, bese-ke - ngemva kwazo zonke lezo zinto ezesabekayo - ukudlulisa umthethosivivinywa?
Inkolelo yobulungiswa nenkazimulo yezimpi ezedlule ibaluleke kakhulu ekwamukelweni kwezimpi zamanje, njengempi yase-Ukraine. Futhi amathegi amanani ezimpi abaluleke kakhulu ekucabangeni ezinye izindlela zokudala ukukhulisa impi esibeke eduze ne-apocalypse yenuzi kunangaphambili. Ngenani lemishini yempi, i-Ukraine ingenziwa ipharadesi kanye nomphakathi we-carbon-neutral clean-energy, kunokuba kube inkundla yempi phakathi kwemibuso egcwele uwoyela.
