Isizwe Sethu Sonke

NguMichael Kessler


Phakathi kwe-1970s, ngafundisa esikoleni esiphakeme eLouisville, eKentucky. Umnyango wezezenhlalakahle wanquma ukunikeza inkambo esekelwe encwadini ka-Alvin Toffler, Future Shock. Njengoba nginguye kuphela owodwa emnyangweni wami owayesefunde le ncwadi futhi nguye kuphela ozimisele ukufundisa inkambo, ngathola lo msebenzi. Iklasi laliyinkimbinkimbi enkulu nabafundi futhi lavula umnyango wokuphila kwami ​​konke okusha.

Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, ngathuthukiswa ngokwengeziwe ezingozini ezibhekene neplanethi yethu kanye nezixazululo ezijabulisayo zokuzihlangabeza. Ngakho ngashiya ekilasini futhi nganquma ukwenza izindlela zokwandisa nokujulisa le nhlangano yolwazi, nawo wonke amathuba ayo, phakathi kwabantu abaningi emhlabeni.

Ukusuka emsebenzini kaToffler ngangiholela ngokushesha emsebenzini ka-Albert Einstein noR. R. Buckminster Fuller. Ngaphambi kuka-Einstein, izwe lasebenza ngesisekelo samasiko amasiko athuthukisa isithombe sethu. Umsebenzi ka-Fuller wembula ukuthi amaqiniso alawa masiko aphelelwe yisikhathi ngenxa yokuqhuma kolwazi okubangelwa u-Einstein.

Njengamanye eminyaka ngaphambi kwethu, ikhulu leminyaka lama-20 seliyisikhathi sokuguquka kusuka endleleni eyodwa yokucabanga komunye. Inhloso yalolu msebenzi ukusiza iplanethi ekuqondeni isimo salolu shicilelo nokucacisa ukubaluleka kwendima yomuntu ngomphumela wayo ophumelelayo.

U-Fuller wachitha iminyaka engaphezu kwe-50 yokuphila kwakhe athuthukisa ubuchwepheshe obusekelwe kwisayensi ye-Einstein. Waphetha ngokuthi uma sisebenzisa imigomo yendawo yonke yangempela ekuklanyeni kobuchwepheshe bethu, singakha umphakathi ocebile, umhlaba wonke ohlala ngokuthula nemvelo kunokuba kube khona izindleko zanamuhla.

Ngadala indlela yokwandisa lolu lwazi. Isizwe sethu Somhlaba wonke yisifundo / i-workshop esebenzisa inkhulumomphendvulwano kanye nama-slides. Lolu hlelo lubandakanya ukuguqulwa kwe-Einstein / Fuller ngokoqobo kanye nomthelela walo emikhakheni emikhulu emine: i-physics, i-biology, i-economics, nezepolitiki. Ngisebenzisa lezi ezine ukuze ngisebenzise njengezisekelo zalokho esikubiza ngokuthi yiqiniso.

Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi ngethula inkulumo ezungeze i-United States naseRussia, eNgilandi, eJalimane, e-Austria, eSwitzerland, eNetherlands, e-Australia naseNew Zealand, ngathatha izeluleko zabantu abaningi ukuthi ngikufake konke encwadini: incwadi ebhalwe ngendlela elula ulimi ukukhombisa manje yisikhathi sokwakha isizwe esisodwa kusuka "emazweni" oMhlaba.

Namuhla wonke "amazwe" abhekana nezingozi ezidlula izinga lethu lokucabanga. Lokhu esikuphikisayo, ikakhulukazi mayelana nemvelo, kusongela ngathi njengezinto eziphilayo emhlabeni. Ukuthembeka okuqhubekayo kule mibono endala yeqiniso kwenzeke izinkinga ezingakwazi ukuqeda konke ukuphila emhlabeni.

Uma sibhekene nezinsongo zomhlaba wonke, ke kuphela kwenza umqondo ukudala izindlela zomhlaba jikelele zokubhekana nazo. Okudingekayo, ngokusho kuka-Einstein, u-Fuller, nomunye wabanye, ukudala umbuso wezwe omthethosisekelo, isizwe somhlaba wonke.

Abanye bathi iZizwe Ezihlangene sezivele zizobhekana nezinkinga zomhlaba jikelele. Nokho, i-United Nations ayikwazi ukwenza lokho ngokwanele. Ku-1783, isizwe esisha saseMelika sakha uhlelo lukahulumeni njengeZizwe Ezihlangene ukubhekana nezinkinga zalo. Iphutha eliyinhloko kuloluhlobo lukahulumeni ukuthi alinamandla okulawula. Izwe ngalinye ilungu ligcina inkululeko yalo ngabanye ohlelweni. Isimo ngasinye sinquma ukuthi ngabe siyolalela yini izinqumo zeCongress noma cha. Uhulumeni akanalo amandla okubusa ngomthetho.

Isimo esifanayo sikhona neZizwe Ezihlangene. "Izwe" ngalinye linamandla okulalela noma ukunganaki lokho okushiwo yiZizwe Ezihlangene. NgeZizwe Ezihlangene, njengenhlobo likahulumeni we-1783 waseMelika, ilungu ngalinye linamandla kunombuso ophakathi, ngaphandle uma uhulumeni enza amandla ahlangene.

Ku-1787, isizwe saseMelika sinquma ukuthi kufanele sibe nohulumeni onamandla ahlangene uma lesi sizwe singasinda. Amazwe ahlukene, njenge "amazwe" alolu suku, ayeseqala ukungahambisani okwesabisa ukuthi angene empini evulekile. Abasunguli besistimu ye-1783 American baxhuma ePhiladelphia ukuze bafike nomunye uhlelo lukahulumeni.

Basheshe baphetha ngokuthi okuwukuphela kwethemba labo lokuxazulula izinkinga zikazwelonke ukudala uhulumeni kazwelonke ozophatha “izwe” ngokomthetho. Babhala uMthethosisekelo ukuze banikeze uhulumeni omusha kazwelonke igunya elisemthethweni lokuhlangabezana nezinkinga zesizwe sonke. Imigqa yayo yokuqala ikusho konke: “Thina, abantu, ukuze sakhe iNyunyana ephelele…”

Namuhla isimo sinjalo, ngaphandle kwamanje izinkinga ziyi-global. Njengesizwe esincane saseMelika se-1787, thina, njengezakhamuzi zomhlaba, sibhekene nezinkinga ezihilela sonke kodwa asikho uhulumeni weqiniso ozobhekana nabo. Okudingekayo manje ukudala umbuso wezwe wangempela ukuhlangabezana nezinkinga zangempela zomhlaba.

Njengoba ubona, umlayezo ophansi wezansi wukuthi empeleni azikho "amazwe." Uma ubheka iphlanethi yethu kude, azikho imigqa encane elinezintambo ebusweni "nezwe" ngakolunye uhlangothi nangaphandle " izwe "ngakolunye uhlangothi. Kukhona iplanethi yethu encane kuphela ebukhulu besikhala. Asihlali "emazweni"; Kunalokho, lo mbono uhlala kithi njengesiko esiphelelwe yisikhathi.

Phakathi nesikhathi lapho wonke la "mazwe" adalwa khona, othile weza ngegama lokuthanda izwe ekuchazeni ubuqotho esizweni sakho ngaphezu kokuthembeka embusweni wakho. Isekelwe egameni lesiLatini elithi "izwe," futhi maduzane layisa izinhliziyo nezingqondo zezizakhamuzi ezintsha zikazwelonke. Exhaswe ngamafulegi nezingoma zomzwelo, ama-patriots agxilile noma yikuphi ukuhlupheka, kufaka phakathi ukufa, "ezweni" labo.

Ngazibuza ukuthi bekuyoba yini igama lokuthembeka emhlabeni. Ngingawutholi kwisichazamazwi, ngithatha isiqu sesiGreki segama elithi "umhlaba", nciphisa, futhi sakha igama elithi era-cism (AIR'-uh-cism). Umqondo wokuthembeka kweplanethi uqala ukukhula emhlabeni jikelele, futhi izigidi zabantu zikhuthazelela zonke izinhlobo zobunzima, kuhlanganise nokufa, ngenhlalakahle yesizwe sethu sangempela, uMhlaba.

Umbuzo oyinhloko uwukuthi: Iyiphi indima thina, njengabantu ngabanye, edlala? Ingabe siyingxenye yenkinga noma ingxenye yesisombululo? Sinesikhathi esifushane sokunquma ukuthi sizohamba yini esikhathini esizayo sokuthula okungenakufaniswa nokuchuma noma ukuqedwa.  

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