NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, Februwari 24, i-2021
I-NATO kanye nababhali abahlukahlukene abaqashwe amaphephandaba amakhulu ase-US futhi "cabanga" amathangi akholelwa ukuthi amazinga okuchithwa kwezempi kufanele akalwe ngokuqhathaniswa nomnotho wezezimali wezizwe. Uma unemali eningi, kufanele usebenzise imali eyengeziwe ezimpini namalungiselelo empi. Anginaso isiqiniseko sokuthi ingabe lokhu kusekelwe ekuvoteni kwemibono e-Afghanistan naseLibya ezwakalisa ukubonga ngempi njengomsebenzi womphakathi noma omunye umthombo wedatha ongacatshangwa kangako.
Umbono othola ukukhushulwa okuncane okuvela ezikhungweni ezixhaswa izinkampani zezikhali ukuthi amazinga okusebenzisa imali kwezempi kufanele aqhathaniswe ngokosayizi wawo wonke. Ngivumelana nalesi ngezinhloso eziningi. Kuyafaneleka ukwazi ukuthi yiziphi izizwe ezichitha kakhulu futhi okungenani jikelele. Kunendaba ukuthi i-US ikude kangakanani ekuholeni, futhi mhlawumbe kubaluleke kakhulu ukuthi i-NATO ibuse ngokuhlanganyela umhlaba wonke kunokuba amanye amalungu e-NATO ehluleka ukusebenzisa u-2% we-GDP yawo.
Kodwa indlela ejwayeleke kakhulu yokuqhathanisa nezinye izilinganiso ezingenakubalwa umuntu ngamunye, futhi lokhu kubonakala kubalulekile nakimi, uma kuziwa ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi.
Okokuqala, izexwayiso ezijwayelekile. Isamba semali esetshenziswa uhulumeni wase-US kwezempi unyaka nonyaka, ngokwezibalo eziningi ezizimele, cishe ama- $ 1.25 trillion, kodwa inani elinikezwe SIPRI ehlinzeka ngezinombolo kwamanye amazwe amaningi (ngaleyo ndlela ivumela ukuqhathanisa) cishe isigamu sethriliyoni ngaphansi kwalokho. Akekho onemininingwane ngeNorth Korea. Idatha ye-SIPRI esetshenziswe lapha, njengaku le mephu, oka-2019 ngamadola aseMelika ka-2018 (ngoba asetshenziswa ukuqhathanisa unyaka nonyaka), futhi osayizi bezibalo bathathwa lapha.
Manje, ukuqhathanisa komuntu ngamunye kusitshelani? Basitshela ukuthi yiliphi izwe elinendaba nokuthi yiliphi elinye izwe elichitha imali. I-India nePakistan zisebenzisa inani elilingana ncamashí nomuntu ngamunye. I-Czech Republic ne-Slovakia zisebenzisa inani elilinganayo ncamashi ngomuntu ngamunye. Baphinde basitshele ukuthi izizwe ezitshala imali kakhulu empini uma ziqhathaniswa nenani labantu abanazo zihluke kakhulu ohlwini lwabasebenzisa imali ezimpini ezihamba phambili - ngaphandle kokuthi i-United States isendaweni yokuqala kuzo zombili izinhlu (kodwa ukuhola kuncane kakhulu kumazinga omuntu ngamunye). Nalu uhlu lwezindleko zokulwa nezempi ngomuntu ngamunye ngesampula yohulumeni:
I-United States $2170
I-Israel i-$ 2158
ISaudi Arabia $1827
Oman $1493
I-Norway $1372
I-Australia i-$ 1064
I-Denmark $814
France $775
I-Finland $751
I-UK $747
eJalimane $615
eSweden $609
eSwitzerland $605
ICanada $ 595
I-New Zealand $589
I-Greece i-$ 535
Italy $473
I-Portugal $458
I-Russia $439
eBelgium $433
Spain $380
Japan $370
Poland $323
I-Bulgaria i-$ 315
eChile $283
I-Czech Republic $280
I-Slovenia $280
I-Romania i-$ 264
Croatia $260
Turkey $249
I-Algeria $231
I-Colombia $212
I-Hungary $204
I-China $189
I-Iraq $186
I-Brazil $132
Iran $114
I-Ukraine i-$ 110
IThailand $ 105
I-Morocco $104
Peru $82
I-North Macedonia $75
INingizimu Afrika $61
I-Bosnia-Herzegovina i-$57
I-India $ 52
Pakistan $52
Mexico $50
I-Bolivia $50
I-Indonesia $27
I-Moldova i-$ 17
I-Nepal $14
e-DRCongo $3
I-Iceland $0
I-Costa Rica $0
Njengokuqhathanisa ukusetshenziswa kwemali okuphelele, umuntu kufanele ehle kakhulu ohlwini ukuze athole noma yiziphi izitha eziqokiwe zikahulumeni wase-US. Kodwa lapha iRussia igxumela phezulu kwalolo hlu, ichitha u-20% ogcwele walokho okwenziwa i-US ngomuntu ngamunye, kuyilapho ichitha ngaphansi kuka-9% kumadola esewonke. Ngokuphambene, i-China yehlela phansi ohlwini, ichitha ngaphansi kuka-9% ngomuntu ngamunye okwenziwa yi-United States, kuyilapho ichitha u-37% ngamadola aphelele. I-Iran, ngakolunye uhlangothi, isebenzisa u-5% ngomuntu ngamunye okwenziwa yi-US, uma kuqhathaniswa nangaphezudlwana kuka-1% ekusetshenzisweni kwemali sekukonke.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uhlu lwabalingani base-US namakhasimende ezikhali ahola izikhundla (phakathi kwalezo zizwe ezilandela ngemuva kwe-United States uqobo) ziyashintsha. Ngamagama ajwayelekile ajwayelekile, sizobe sibheka i-India, Saudi Arabia, France, Germany, UK, Italy, Brazil, Australia, kanye ne-Canada njengabasebenzisa imali kakhulu. Ngokwemibandela yomuntu ngamunye, sibheka i-Israel, i-Saudi Arabia, i-Oman, i-Norway, i-Australia, i-Denmark, i-France, i-Finland, ne-UK njengamazwe agcwele impi. Amasosha aphezulu ngamatemu aphelele agqagqene kakhulu nangaphezulu abathengisi bezikhali (i-United States, ilandelwa yi-France, i-Russia, i-UK, iJalimane, i-China, i-Italy) kanye namalungu angunaphakade aleyo nhlangano edalelwe ukuqeda impi, uMkhandlu Wezokuphepha we-UN (US, UK, France, China, Russia).
Abaholi abasebenzisa imali yezempi ngomuntu ngamunye baphakathi kwabalingani abaseduze base-US namakhasimende ezikhali. Kubandakanya umbuso wobandlululo ePalestine, ubushiqela bobukhosi obunonya eMpumalanga Ephakathi (ebambisene ne-United States ekubhubhiseni iYemen), kanye nentando yeningi yaseScandinavia abanye bethu e-United States abavame ukuyibona njengeqondisa kangcono izinsiza ezidingweni zabantu nezemvelo ( hhayi nje kangcono kune-United States kulokhu, kodwa kangcono kunamanye amazwe amaningi).
Kukhona ukuhlobana okuthile phakathi kwezindleko zezempi ngomuntu ngamunye kanye nokuntuleka kwenhlalakahle yomuntu, kodwa ezinye izici eziningi zibalulekile ngokusobala, Ababili kuphela abahamba phambili be-10 abachitha impi nge-capita ngayinye (i-US ne-UK) nabo abaphakathi kwe-10 ephezulu. amawebhusayithi yokufa kwe-COVID ngomuntu ngamunye. Izinsiza zezidingo zabantu nezemvelo zingatholakala ngokunciphisa ukungalingani kanye ne-oligarchy, kodwa futhi zingatholakala kalula ngokuhoxisa impi. Lokho abantu base-United States abangase bafune ukuzibuza kona ukuthi ngabe umuntu ngamunye - wonke abesilisa, abesifazane, ingane, nosana - bayazuza ngokusebenzisa imali engaphezu kuka-$2,000 minyaka yonke ezimpini zikahulumeni ongakwazi ukunikeza ngisho nabantu abakhethiwe ngokukhethekile ama-dollar angu-2,000 sisinde kubhubhane kanye nenhlekelele yezomnotho. Futhi ingabe leyo nzuzo okufanele isetshenziswe ekusetshenzisweni kwezempi izikhathi eziningi noma ngabe kuyini ukuthi amanye amazwe amaningi aphuma ekusetshenzisweni kwawo kwezempi?
Khumbula, ngokuphambene nenganekwane ethandwayo, i-United States isezingeni eliphansi kakhulu uma iqhathaniswa namanye amazwe acebile kuzo zonke izilinganiso zenkululeko, impilo, imfundo, ukuvimbela ubumpofu, ukusimama kwendawo ezungezile, ukuchuma, ukuhamba kwezomnotho, kanye nentando yeningi. Ukuthi i-United States iphezulu ezintweni ezimbili ezinkulu kuphela, amajele nezimpi, kufanele kusinike isikhashana.
