Isikhathi sokuxhuma amaDots

Ngu-Ed O'Rourke

I-liner-liner evamile iwukuthi, "Uma bonke abezokwezimali bebekwe ekupheleni, ngeke bafinyelele esiphethweni." Nokho, inkinga yami nabakwethu bezomnotho akuzona isimo sabo sokungavumelani ngaso sonke isikhathi, kodwa kunalokho isivumelwano sabo esivumelana ngokusekela izinqubomgomo eziyisisekelo ezisibulala.

UHerman E. Daly

Izinkinga zezwe azikwazi ukuxazululwa yizinkolelo noma ama-cynics ama-horizons ayo anqunywe yizinto zangempela ezibonakalayo. Sidinga amadoda angaphupha ngezinto ezingakaze zibe khona.

John F. Kennedy

Ngiyazonda impi njengoba nje isosha eliye lahlala liyakwazi, kuphela njengalowo oye wabona ubuthakathaka balo, ubuwula balo, ubuwula balo.

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Izwe lihluke kakhulu manje. Ngoba umuntu ubamba izandla zakhe ezifayo amandla okuqeda zonke izinhlobo zobumpofu bomuntu, nazo zonke izinhlobo zokuphila komuntu.

John F. Kennedy

Singaba nentando yeningi kulelizwe noma singathola ingcebo enkulu igxilwe ezandleni zabambalwa, kepha asikwazi ukuba nakho kokubili.

Inkantolo Ephakeme Yase-United States uLouis Brandeis

Uma impucuko ngokwayo ingasinda, kumele iphefumulelwe yinto ekahle yokulahla ukuthengwa kwempahla engapheli futhi yenza ubuhle ekudingeni ukuba siphile ngaphakathi kwezinto zethu zemvelo.

UWilliam Ophuls, Ukuphindiselela kukaPlato,

Ebhekene nokukhetha phakathi kokushintsha umqondo nokufakazela ukuthi asikho isidingo sokwenza kanjalo, cishe wonke umuntu uba matasa ngobufakazi.

UJohn Kenneth Galbraith

Ukubambelela ngokubambisana emibonweni e-United States kungezinye zezimangaliso zomhlaba waseNtshonalanga. Alikho izwe Lokuqala Lomhlaba elake lakwazi ukuqeda ngokuphelele lokho kwabezindaba konke ukunganaki - ingasaphathwa eyokuphikisana.

Gore Vidal

Ungalokothi uqiniseke ukuthi iqembu elincane labantu abacabanga, abazinikeleyo bangashintsha umhlaba. Ngempela, yinto kuphela ewake yaba nayo.

UMargaret Mead

Isikhathi sokuxhuma amachashazi

Abaholi bethu basihluleke kabi. Ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke kuqeda impilo emhlabeni. Kunezikhali zenuzi ezingaba ngu-17,000 2050. Impi yenuzi phakathi kweNdiya nePakistan yanele ukufaka ubusika benyukliya. Abantu abayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezintathu baphila ngobumpofu. Ngo-XNUMX, ifomu lokuphila eliphambili olwandle kuzoba yi-jellyfish. Esikhundleni sokubhekana nezinsongo zokuphila emhlabeni, iWall Street kanye nabaholi bomhlaba baphendulela izinsizakusebenza zempi engapheli yobuphekula. Lesi isheke elingenalutho.

UDonald Rumsfeld unikeze umbono wokuthi i-al-Qaeda inenqaba encane e-Afghanistan noma ePakistan emfanekisweni wakhe ofana nePentagon encane. Ama-GI awatholanga lutho ngaphandle kwemihume enothuli. Lesi sithombe esivezwe ngabaphathi bakaBush bekuwumsebenzi ohleleke kakhulu ngemali. Eqinisweni, ingubo ye-al-Qaeda ifana nama-anarchists enza ukubulawa kwabantu ngasekupheleni kwe-19thfuthi 20th amakhulu eminyaka. Ama-anarchist ayengenayo indlunkulu emaphakathi, engenalo iphephandaba noma isakhiwo somyalo.

Ngemuva kokuphela kweSoviet Union, iPentagon yaba senkingeni yangempela. Kwakungekho sitha esithembekile sokulwa futhi kwakuzodingeka kube nesabelo sokuthula. Isakhiwo sezimboni samasosha kuzodingeka sithole imisebenzi emisha noma siphele. Invent bakwenza. USaddam Hussein owayekade enguzakwethu manje waba nguHitler omusha. Ngenkathi eqoqa amasosha ukuba ayohlasela iKuwait, inxusa laseMelika, u-April Glasspie, wamtshela ukuthi i-US ayinandaba nezingxabano zemingcele eMiddle East. Ngolimi lwezokuxhumana, lokhu kwaziwa ngokuthi ilambu eliluhlaza, okungukuthi, ukuvunywa okungekho emthethweni.

Lapho ama-ejensi ayishumi nambili e-intelligence angaphandle axwayisa uMengameli uGeorge W Bush mayelana nokuhlaselwa okudlulele kwe-US, wakhipha imiyalo ejwayelekile futhi waya eholidini.

ICongress, imithombo yezindaba ejwayelekile, iWall Street, osomabhizinisi kanye nezinhlangano ezingekho ngaphansi kukahulumeni ngabantu abafunde emanyuvesi aphambili emhlabeni noma abantu ababika kubo. Abanaso isibindi noma umbono wokubona isithombe esikhulu. Ngisho nabantu abasesiteshini Sezulu bayenqaba ukuthi, “ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke.”

Abolitionists, izimvo zabampofu kanye nezomvelo zinezizathu ezifanayo kodwa bambalwa bayiqaphela lokhu.

Impi nokulungiselelwa kwempi kubhubhisa imvelo futhi kuhluphe izwe lapho ubutha benzeka khona nalabo abasekhaya. Uma ungabaza lokhu, buza noma isiphi isakhamuzi sase-Iraq. Osonkontileka bezokuvikela bathola izinkontileka ezinenzuzo ngenkathi imindeni yamasosha ithola izitembu zokudla.

Uhlelo lwe-Global Marshall (http://www.globalmarshallplan.org/en) ingaqeda ubuphofu emhlabeni wonke. Uhlelo lokulwa nobuphofu luzonciphisa ukwesekwa kwamaphekula. Isethulo sendoda yotshani ukuthi amaphekula enza ngenxa yokushisekela inkolo ngokweqile noma "bayayizonda inkululeko yethu." Eqinisweni, baphendula ngokungalingani kwengcebo, ukungabi nabulungiswa kanye nokusekelwa kwe-US kwemibuso yobushiqela kanye nesihluku sakwa-Israyeli. Uhlelo lokulwa nobuphofu luzonciphisa ukufuduka ngokungemthetho okuya e-US nase-European Union. Ubani ongafuna ukuthatha lolu hambo oluyingozi uma benomsebenzi omuhle ekhaya? Ngibikezela ukufuduka okuphindayo ngoba abanye bazojabula kakhulu ezweni labo.

Izinguquko ezinesizotha ngeke ziyisindise iplanethi. Yiba nesibindi sokucela iNyanga:

1) Nciphisa isabelomali sezempi sase-US nge-90%,

2) Susa izikhali zenuzi zomhlaba.

3) Shaya umthetho wentela eyi-100% kuyo yonke imali engenayo ngaphezulu kwe- $ 10,000,000 ngonyaka.

I-4) Yenza noma ikuphi ukwephucwa noma ikuphi ukukhokhiswa kwentela,

5) Faka uhlelo lokuqeda ubuphofu emhlabeni wonke.

6) Beka intela yokunethezeka noma yezemvelo kumaminerali asanda kumbiwa namanzi asemabhodleleni,

7) Susa yonke imixhaso ngezinsalela ze-fossil kanye ne-nuclear,

Isabelo sokuthula, izenzo ezibalwe lapha nezinye izinguquko eziningi zizosindisa iplanethi. Isabelo esinjalo singakhokhela amaphrojekthi wokutshala izihlahla nabaqaphi bepaki ehlathini lemvula lase-Amazon nasezindaweni eziyizinkulungwane eziningana ezidinga ukuvikelwa.

Ngesikhathi seMpi Yezwe Yokuqala neyesibili, izizwe zahlela ezabasebenzi nezinto ezibonakalayo futhi zahlonza izinhloso zezimboni zikazwelonke zokukhiqiza abathwali bezindiza, amathangi, izindiza zokulwa nazo zonke izikhali ezidingekayo ukunqoba impi. Esimeni esibucayi esikwesinye isikhungo esinjalo siyadingeka. Ibhizinisi elisha lizofana neTexas Railroad Commission kanye ne-Organisation for Petroleum Exporting Nations (OPEC). Kuzoba nesilinganiso lapho amazwe angathola khona uphethiloli omningi nezinye izinto ngentengo emisiwe. Ukuqinisekisa ukuthi izwe ngalinye lizothola inani elifanele kuzonciphisa amathuba empi. Vele, bekungaba nokunxenxa okunzima nokuzibandakanya kwezepolitiki. Ukuhlelelwa okunjalo kwe-Europe ekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-1900 bekuzobe kuhamba ibanga elide ekunqandeni iMpi Yezwe Yokuqala.

Lesi yisikhathi sokuzama. Ngikhumbula intwasahlobo ka-1942 lapho i-Axis Powers yayihamba yonke indawo futhi ama-Allies ehlehla. Kepha iBig Three, (i-United States, iGreat Britain kanye neSoviet Union) kanye nabanye ababambisene nabo babambelela ukuguqula isimo.

Manje izinkampani zamazwe omhlaba seziphethe iCongress kanye nabezindaba. Basitshela ukuthi ukufudumala kwembulunga yonke akuyona inkinga. Abakhulumi beqiniso bayesaba ijele. Njengoba imithombo yezindaba yezinkampani iphrojektha kuphela okufunwa ngabezizwe eziningi, abaphikisi bazizwa bebodwa.

Xhuma amachashazi. Yenza umsindo. Thola ukunakwa. Uzodonsa isixuku. UWinston Churchill wabikezela ukuthi ekunqobeni i-Axis Powers umhlaba uzohamba ezindaweni eziphakeme ezikhanyiswe yilanga. Manje sekusezimalini zokuqeda impi, abezemvelo kanye nabameli bamalungelo abantu ukuhola indlela. Ngomsebenzi wethu, umhlaba uzohamba impela ezindaweni eziphakeme ezikhanyiswe yilanga.

U-Ed O'Rourke ungumxhumanisi ohlonishwayo osemhlalaphansi ohlala e-Medellin, eColombia. Lesi sihloko siyinto encwadini ayibhalayo, Ukuthula Komhlaba - Umgwaqo Wezimoto: Ungaya Khona Kulapha

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