Isiqhingi sase-US

NguDavid Swanson, Julayi 19,2020, XNUMX

Ukuphawula e-Peacestock 2020

Ake ucabange ubhajwe edwaleni elingenalutho phakathi nolwandle, akukho lutho olubonakalayo ngaphandle kolwandle olungapheli. Futhi unobhasikidi wama-apula, akukho okunye. Ubhasikidi omkhulu, ama-apula ayinkulungwane. Kunezinto ezihlukahlukene ongazenza.

Ungakwazi ukuzivumela ama-apula ambalwa ngosuku bese uzama ukuwenza ahlale. Ungasebenzela ukwakha isiqeshana senhlabathi lapho imbewu yama-apula ingatshalwa khona. Ungasebenzela ukubhula umlilo ukuze uthole ama-apula aphekiwe ozowashintsha. Ungacabanga eminye imibono; ubungaba nesikhathi esiningi.

Kuthiwani uma ubungathatha amahhabhula angu-600 kwangu-1,000 XNUMX uwajikijele kanzima ngangokunokwenzeka emanzini, ngalinye ngalinye, ngethemba lokuthi uzoshaya ushaka, noma wethuse bonke oshaka bomhlaba ukuze bangasondeli. isiqhingi sakho? Futhi kuthiwani uma izwi ngemuva kwekhanda lakho likuhlebela: “IHu. Hheyi, mngani, ulahlekelwa umqondo. Awubesabi oshaka. Kungenzeka ukuthi uhehe isilo esithile kunokuthola umlayezo kuzo zonke izilo emhlabeni. Futhi uzobulawa indlala maduze nje ngaleli zinga.”

Futhi kuthiwani uma ubungase uphendule ngalelo zwi elincane elisekhanda lakho: “Thula wena imbuka elithanda ukuhlalisana elingenangqondo likaPutin! Ngixhasa wonke uMnyango Wezokuvikela kulesi siqhingi, futhi angiqiniseki ukuthi ama-apula angu-600 anele!”

Hhayi-ke, ngokusobala, ubungahlanya futhi uzicekele phansi futhi ungase ulambe ngokushesha kunokuba kamuva. Abantu abaningi abahlanyi kangako. Njengoba uNietzsche aphawula, ukusangana akuvamile kubantu, kodwa emiphakathini kuyinto evamile.

Lokho kuhlanganisa nomphakathi wase-US, lapho uKhongolose wase-US uthatha cishe u-60% walokho okufanele isebenze ngakho bese uyilahla entweni ekhohlisayo kangangokuthi akekho umbhali wezinganekwane ongakudlulisa kumhleli. Yakha izikhali okuthi, uma zisetshenziswa, zingacekela phansi sonke isintu, bese izakha eziningi zazo, ngokuphindaphindiwe, njengokungathi isintu siyobe siseduze ukuze sizisebenzise ngemva kokubhujiswa.

Yakha izikhali ezincane ezicekela phansi izingcezu zomhlaba kuphela ngesikhathi, kodwa izidayisela inqwaba yamanye amazwe emhlabeni wonke, ukuze kuthi lapho isebenzisa izikhali zayo, ijwayele ukuzisebenzisa ngokumelene nezikhali eyazakha futhi yazithengisa.

Ize ibanikeze, kwabanye bohulumeni abanonya kakhulu abaseduze. Inikeza ukuqeqeshwa kanye nemali nje emibusweni eminingi ecindezela kakhulu ekhona, futhi inikeza izikhali eziningi emaphoyiseni asekhaya endawo futhi ibaqeqeshela ukuphatha abantu bayo njengesitha sempi.

Yakha izindiza zamarobhothi ezingaqhumisa abantu, izisebenzisele ukudala isiphithiphithi esichitha igazi kanye nentukuthelo ebabayo, bese iqinisekisa ukuthi wonke umuntu unazo.

Lo msangano wempi usekelwe kulokho okuthiwa ukuzivikela ezitheni ezingekho ngokoqobo njengalabo shaka bakuleso siqhingi. Kepha kule nqubo, uhulumeni wase-US udala i-blowback emincane kanye neminye imijaho yezikhali ebucayi, okubandakanya ukwanda kwezikhali zenuzi.

Le misebenzi ithinta kakhulu iplanethi nesimo sezulu sayo, umoya, namanzi. Bathethelela imfihlo futhi bacekele phansi uhulumeni osobala, benze noma yini efana nokuzibusa ingenzeki. Zibhebhezela futhi zibhebhezelwa yikho konke ukuthambekela okubi kakhulu kubantu: inzondo, ubandlululo, ubudlova, impindiselo. Futhi zishiya okuncane endleleni yezinsiza zayo yonke into edingekayo ukuze umuntu aphile: ukuguqulelwa emikhubeni eqhubekayo, ukuthuthukiswa kwezinhlelo zokubusa ezihloniphekile.

Futhi uma ubuza, kungani singenawo amandla ahlanzekile noma ukunakekelwa kwezempilo, bayamemeza kuwe, njalo: KANJANI UZOKHOKHA KANJANI?!

Ngokuqhubekayo, abanye abantu sebeqala ukunikeza impendulo efanele: Ngizosusa ama-apula ambalwa ebuthweni lezempi!

Ukuqiniseka, abanye abantu balandela leyo mpendulo eyiyo ngamazwana angasizi njengokuthi “Amasosha asazoba nokwanele ukusigcina siphephile,” noma “Singakwazi ukuqeda izikhali ezingasebenzi,” noma “Singakwazi ukuqeda esisodwa. kulezi zimpi futhi nilungiselele enye engcono.” Laba ngabantu abafuna kuphela ukujikijela ama-apula angu-400 koshaka abacatshangelwayo, futhi bawaphonse kahle, futhi baqinisekise ukuthi iqembu ngalinye labantu lithola ingxenye efanele yokujikijela.

Ngokumangalisayo, kunesinqumo manje eNdlu yabaMeli sokususa ama-apula angama-350 ezandleni zezihlanya - isiphakamiso esinengqondo kakhulu. Futhi kunezichibiyelo kumthethosivivinywa omkhulu wamasosha waminyaka yonke kuzo zombili izindlu, namavoti alindeleke maduze, ukuhambisa nje u-10% wemali yePentagon ezidingweni zabantu nezemvelo. Impela, uma singabona ukuthi izifundazwe nezindawo ezilahla i-10% yesabelomali sazo emaphoyiseni nasemajele kuyinhlekelele, singabona ukuthi uhulumeni wobumbano ulahla ingxenye yemali yawo empini nawo. Futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-6.4 azwakala njengemali eningi, kodwa ungakholelwa noma yiziphi zalezi zifundo ezikutshela ukuthi ingxenye ethile yemali yezempi (kanye nezinye izindleko eziwumphumela) iyintengo yeminyaka engu-20 yezimpi. Ukusetshenziswa kwezempi kwezempi kuyize kodwa izimpi namalungiselelo ezimpi ezengeziwe, futhi kungaphezu kwe- $ 1 trillion ngonyaka e-United States, ngaphezu kwe- $ 700 yezigidigidi zalokho ePentagon.

Uma ubungathatha i-10% kude nePentagon, ungayithathaphi ngempela? Hhayi-ke, ukuqeda nje impi yase-Afghanistan lowo owayengenele ukhetho uDonald Trump athembisa ukuyiqeda eminyakeni emine edlule londoloza iningi laleyo $74 billion. Noma ubungakwenza londoloza cishe ama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-69 ngokuqeda isikhwama semali esetshenziswayo esaziwa njenge-akhawunti ye-Overseas Contingency Operations (ngoba igama elithi "izimpi" alizange livivinye futhi emaqenjini agxile).

Kukhona $ 150 billion ngonyaka ezisekelweni zaphesheya kwezilwandle - kungani ungakunqamuli lokho phakathi? Kungani ungaqedi zonke izisekelo okungekho Ilungu leCongress elingakwazi ukuzisho, nje ukuqala?

Imali ibingaya kuphi? Kungaba nethonya elikhulu eMelika noma emhlabeni jikelele. Ngokusho kwe-Census Bureau yase-US, kusukela ngonyaka we-2016, kuzothatha ama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-69.4 ngonyaka ukuphakamisa yonke imindeni yase-US enezingane kuze kufike entanjeni yobuphofu. Ngokusho kweZizwe Ezihlangene, ama- $ 30 ezigidigidi ngonyaka angakwazi ekupheleni indlala emhlabeni, futhi cishe ama- $ 11 billion ayengaba Ukuhlinzeka umhlaba, kufaka phakathi ne-United States, namanzi okuphuza ahlanzekile.

Ingabe ukwazi lezo zibalo, noma zithe ukucana noma zixakile, kwenza ukungabaza embonweni wokuthi ukuchitha isigidi sezigidi ezingu-1 ezikhalini nasemasosheni kuyisinyathelo sezokuphepha? Cishe u-95% wokuhlasela kwamaphekula ngokuzibulala iqondiswe ngokumelene nokuqashwa kwamasosha angaphandle, kuyilapho u-0% eshukunyiswa yintukuthelo ngokuhlinzekwa kokudla noma kwamanzi ahlanzekile. Ngabe kukhona izinto izwe elingazenza ukuzivikela ezingabandakanyi izikhali?

Ake ngiphakamise ukuvakashela izindawo ezimbili. Enye i-RootsAction.org lapho mina no-Norman Solomon sisebenza khona, nalapho ungathumela khona i-imeyili kumaSenatha akho kanye Nommeli Wamaphutha ngokuchofoza okukodwa okulula.

Enye i-WorldBeyondWar.org lapho ungafunda khona icala lokuqeda sonke isikhungo sempi, umkhankaso obalulekile futhi owumgogodla wokulwa nokucwasa ngokwebala, lokho okwemvelo, lokho kwentando yeningi, kanye nayo yonke imikhankaso yokusebenzisa imali ewusizo kwezinsiza.

Ngiyakuzonda ukusho lokhu, ngingathanda ukuba nesizotha kakhudlwana, kodwa uma sibhekene nokusinda okuza kuqala: sekuyisikhathi sokuqala ukuphatha abaxhasi bempi njengokungabi nangqondo nokuziphatha okungabazekayo. Sekuyisikhathi sokudala kabusha amahloni ekwenzeni inzuzo ngempi. Sekuyisikhathi sokuhlukana nosonkontileka bezempi, siguqule izimboni zezempi, futhi siphelezele ngobumnene noma ubani ovotayo ngokumelene nokuncishiswa kwesabelomali samasosha ase-US ngamaphesenti angu-10 ngaphandle kwamahholo eCongress futhi singene esitokisini esiseduze.

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