NguDavid Swanson, March 27, 2018
Ngaphandle kokuthi Ukuphulukisa i-Exceptionalism: Yini engalungile ngendlela esicabanga ngayo nge-United States? Yini esingayenza ngakho? (April, 2018).
Zama lokhu kuhlolwa: Cabanga ukuthi abantu abavela emkhathini beza ngempela emhlabeni futhi baye, njengoba ngicabanga ukuthi mancane kakhulu amathuba okuba, bathuthukise ikhono lokuhambela emhlabeni ngesikhathi esifanayo besakudala kangangokuthi bahlasela ngobudlova izindawo abazivakashelayo. Ngokuphambene nezilwane zasemkhathini, ungakwazi yini ukuzibonakalisa njengomuntu wasemhlabeni ngendlela engase unciphise imizwa yakho yokuzazi? “Izilwane zasemhlabeni - F— Yebo!” “SinguNombolo 1!” “Izilwane Ezinkulu Kunazo Zonke Emhlabeni!” Futhi ungakwazi yini ukubamba lowo mcabango, lapho bengekho abafokazi basemkhathini, futhi uzikhiphe kunoma yimuphi umbono wokumelana nanoma yiliphi elinye iqembu noma iqembu langaphandle, kuyilapho usabambe lowo mcabango wasemhlabeni? Ngaphandle kwalokho, ungaphonsa ukuguquka kwesimo sezulu kanye nokuwohloka kwemvelo endimeni yesilo esibi saseHollywood esingaziwa isintu okufanele sihlangane ngaso?
Noma zama lokhu: Ake ucabange ukuthi izinhlobo ezihlukahlukene zabantu zasinda kuze kube namuhla, ukuze thina Sapien sihlanganyele umhlaba namaNeanderthal, ama-Erectus, amaFloresiensis amancane, njll.[i] Ungakwazi yini ukwakha ubuwena engqondweni yakho njengeSapiens? Futhi-ke, ungawubamba yini lowomcabango ngenkathi ucabanga ezinye izinhlobo zezilwane zingasekho noma ucabanga ukufunda ukuhlonipha kanye nomusa kwezinye izinhlobo zabantu njengoba kufanele mhlawumbe sizame ukuba kwezinye izinhlobo zezinto eziphilayo ezingabantu nezingezona. -abantu basemhlabeni njengamanje?
Mhlawumbe ithuluzi elinamandla kakhulu lokushintsha imikhuba yokucabanga ngamaqembu abantu ukuguqula indima. Ake sicabange ukuthi nganoma yiziphi izizathu, kusukela eminyakeni engamashumi ayisikhombisa edlule iNorth Korea yadweba umugqa e-United States, kusukela olwandle kuya olwandle olukhanyayo, futhi yahlukanisa, futhi yafundisa futhi yaqeqesha futhi yahlomisa umashiqela ononya eNingizimu ye-United States, futhi yabhubhisa i-80. amaphesenti amadolobha aseNyakatho ye-United States, futhi abulala izigidi zabantu baseNyakatho Melika. Ngemuva kwalokho iNorth Korea yenqaba ukuvumela noma yikuphi ukuhlangana kabusha kwe-US noma ukuphela okusemthethweni kwempi, yagcina ukulawulwa kwezempi ngesikhathi sempi yamasosha aseNingizimu Melika, yakha izizinda ezinkulu zamasosha aseNyakatho Korea eNingizimu ne-United States, yabeka imicibisholo eningizimu nje yendawo ehlaselwe impi yase-US eyayidabula phakathi. maphakathi nezwe, futhi yafaka unswinyo lwezomnotho olunonya eNyakatho ye-United States amashumi eminyaka. Njengesakhamuzi saseNyakatho ne-United States, ungacabangani lapho umongameli waseNyakatho Korea esabisa izwe lakho “ngomlilo nolaka”?[Ii] Uhulumeni wakho ungaba nenqwaba yobugebengu bamanje kanye nomlando kanye nokushiyeka kwekhredithi yakhe, kodwa ungacabangani ngezinsongo ezivela ezweni ezibulale ugogo nomkhulu wakho futhi zikuvimbele kude nabazala bakho? Noma ungasaba kakhulu ukucabanga ngendlela ehluzekile?
Lokhu kuhlolwa kungenzeka ngezinhlobonhlobo ezingamakhulu, futhi ngincoma ukuthi uzame ngokuphindaphindiwe engqondweni yakho nasemaqenjini, ukuze ubuhlakani babantu buzondle emcabangweni wabanye. Cabanga ukuthi uvela e-Marshall Islands ufuna ukubuyiselwa kokuhlolwa kwe-nuclear kanye/noma ulwandle olukhuphukayo.[Iii] Cabanga ukuthi ungowaseNiger futhi awujabulisi ukuthi abantu baseMelika baqala ukuzwa ngezwe lakini lapho uhulumeni wabo enza sengathi i-Iraq ithenge i-uranium ezweni lakini, nokuthi abantu baseMelika bafunda kuphela ngezenzo zamasosha abo ezweni lakini lapho umongameli wase-US edelela izwe. umama wesosha lase-US elishonile.[Iv] Cabanga ukuthi ningabangane bami baseVicenza, e-Italy, abathole ukwesekwa kweningi lendawo nezwe lonke ekuvimbeni ukwakhiwa okuhlongozwayo kwesizinda Sezempi Yase-US kodwa abakwazanga ukukumisa - noma abantu abafanayo e-Okinawa noma e-Jeju Island noma kwenye indawo emhlabeni jikelele.
Futhi ungacabangi nje ukuthi ungababanye abantu. Funda bese uxoxa kabusha izindaba ngayo yonke imininingwane ehlanekezelwe. Akuyona i-Okinawa. I-Alabama. I-Japan igcwalisa i-Alabama ngezisekelo zamasosha ase-Japan. Amadolobha kanye nezifundazwe kuyaphikiswa, kepha osopolitiki abashisekayo eWashington, DC, basaqhubeka. Ukuphahlazeka kwendiza yezempi kwenzeka e-Alabama. Ukusabalala kobufebe nezidakamizwa kwenzeka e-Alabama. Amantombazane endawo adlwenguliwe abulawa ase-Alabaman. Amasosha aseJapane athi kuzuzisa wena ukuthi ucabanga kanjalo noma cha, futhi awakhathali ngempela ukuthi ucabangani. Uyawuthola umqondo. Lokhu kungenziwa ngokusatshalaliswa kwengcebo, okunomthelela kwezemvelo, ngezempi, nganoma iyiphi inkinga ngaphansi kwelanga. Ingozi yokwenza lula kakhulu kufanele imelane. Umqondo awukona ukuziqinisekisa ngobuwula ukuthi bonke abantu baseMelika babi ngo-100% kuyilapho wonke amaJapane ewuhlobo oluthile lwezingelosi. Umqondo uwukubuyisela emuva amanye amaqiniso abalulekile futhi ubone ukuthi kukhona okwenzekayo ezimweni zakho zengqondo. Uma kungenjalo, mhlawumbe izimo zakho zengqondo bezilungile futhi zinenhlonipho kwasekuqaleni.
Omunye oqokelwe ithuluzi elinamandla kakhulu lokushintsha imikhuba yokucabanga ngamaqembu abantu yilokho okuhambisana negama eliyinqaba elithi “ukwenza umuntu.” Lena inqubo lapho kuthiwa uthatha khona umuntu noma iqembu labantu, futhi ngokufunda amagama abo nesimo sobuso kanye nemibono emincane, “ubenza ubuntu” kubo, futhi ufinyelela esiphethweni sokuthi laba bantu . . . yilinde . . . yilinde . . . abantu. Manje, ngisekela lokhu ngamaphesenti angu-100 kunoma yiliphi izinga elidingekayo futhi elisebenzayo. Ngicabanga ukuthi abantu baseMelika (futhi mhlawumbe abantu abaningi) kufanele bafunde izincwadi eziningi zakwamanye amazwe, bafunde izilimi eziningi zakwamanye amazwe, babukele amafilimu amaningi angaphandle, futhi bahambe kakhulu ngezindlela ezibabandakanya ngempela emasikweni angaphandle. Ngicabanga ukuthi abafundi kufanele kudingeke ukuthi bachithe unyaka beshintshana ngabafundi emindenini yangaphandle nasezikoleni. Ngicabanga ukuthi uvivinyo olubalulekile lwemfundo yezingane e-United States kufanele kube: Yini lezi zingane eziye zayifunda ngaso sonke isintu, kuhlanganise nama-96% angaphandle kwe-United States?
Nginethemba lokuthi ngesinye isikhathi singakwazi ukweqa i-humanization futhi sifinyelele ngokugcwele ekuqondeni ukuthi, empeleni, abantu bangabantu bonke, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi kukhona esikwaziyo ngabo noma cha! Kungase kusize ukwenza sengathi wonke amafilimu aseHollywood enziwe futhi adlala ama-Syria (noma yisiphi esinye isizwe). Ukube bekunjalo, ukube wonke umlingisi oyintandokazi yawo wonke amafilimu nezinhlelo ze-TV bekungowaseSyria, ingabe ukhona emhlabeni ongangabaza ukuthi amaSyria ayengabantu? Futhi lokho kungaba namuphi umphumela ekuboneni kwethu isimo sikahulumeni wase-Israel esibikiwe, esibonakala sisekelwa inqubomgomo kahulumeni wase-US, ukuthi umphumela omuhle kakhulu eSyria owokuba kungabikho muntu onqobayo kodwa impi iqhubeke unomphela?[V]
Incwadi ezayo kaDavid Swanson okucashunwe kuyo ibizwa ngokuthi Ukuphulukisa i-Exceptionalism: Yini engalungile ngendlela esicabanga ngayo nge-United States? Yini esingayenza ngakho? (April, 2018).
[i] Lezi zimo ziphakanyiswe kimi yile ncwadi: Yuval Noah Harari, I-Sapiens: Umlando omfushane we-Humankind Paperback (I-Harper Perennial, 2018).
[Ii] https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/world/asia/north-korea-un-sanctions-nuclear-missile-united-nations.html (January 16, 2018).
[Iii] Marlise Simons, “Iziqhingi ZaseMarshall Azikwazi Ukumangalela Amandla Enuzi Emhlabeni, Imithetho Yenkantolo Ye-UN,” New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/06/world/asia/marshall-islands-un-court-nuclear-disarmament.html (Okthoba 5, 2016).
[Iv] UDavid Caplan, uKatherine Faulders, "UTrump uyaphika ukutshela umfelokazi wesosha eliwile, 'Wayekwazi ukuthi ubhaliseleni'," Izindaba ze-ABC, http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-denies-telling-widow-fallen-soldier-knew-signed/story?id=50549664 (Okthoba 18, 2017).
[V] U-Jodi Rudoren, "I-Israel Isekela Isiteleka Esilinganiselwe ngokumelene neSiriya," New York Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/world/middleeast/israel-backs-limited-strike-against-syria.html?pagewanted=all (September 5, 2013).
