NguDavid Swanson, World BEYOND War, May 22, 2020
UJohn Perkins, umbhali we Ukuvuma kwe-Economic Hit Man futhi lokhu I-TED Talk, inencwadi entsha ebizwa Ukuthinta i-Jaguar. Ungakwazi i-oda ngaphambili lapha futhi uthole i-online workshop nezinye izinto zebhonasi engingaziboni kodwa ngincomela ngesisekelo sokuthi sengifunde leyo ncwadi. UPerkins futhi wenza i-online workshop ngoJulayi ongabhalisela yona lapha. Ingxoxo ayinikezwe ngencwadi yakhe entsha lapha. Futhi kungekudala ngizobe ngixoxa naye I-Radio Nation Nation.
UPerkins ubengagcini nje ngokuvuma futhi edalula isenzo sakhe nabanye ekubekeni inqubomgomo ebhubhisayo ezizweni emhlabeni wonke ngenzuzo yezinhlangano zaseMelika. Ubuye wasebenza iminyaka eminingi ukwenza impindiselo, ukulungisa umonakalo. Encwadini yakhe entsha, uchaza ukuthi ama-shamen aseNingizimu Melika amsize kanjani ukuba aguqule impilo yakhe, ukuthi abomdabu base-Ecuador bamsize kanjani nabanye baqonda isidingo sokuphila ngendlela esimeme, nokuthi izinhlangano uPerkins abe yingxenye yazo zisize kanjani abantu abaningi mayelana nokusebenza ngoshintsho esiludingayo sonke.
Ngaphambi kokuba abe ngumuntu othukile kwezomnotho, efaka amazwe ezikweletini bese ebaphoqa ukuthi bavulele abantu babo izizumbulu zemali inzuzo e-US, uPerkins ubambe iqhaza kwi-Peace Corps e-Ecuador. Wathola, njengoba engena kulowomsebenzi, ukuthi yini inhloso yangempela yomsebenzi wakhe lapho. Egameni le-Cold War, i-USAID ibisebenza ukufudusa abantu abampofu base-Andes bangene ehlathini lapho bebengeke bakwazi khona ukuthonya ipolitiki.
Indlela okwenziwe ngayo lokhu kucishe kuzwakale njengesiqu seDokotela Strangelovian. Abantu abampofu bathunyelwa ezindaweni ezinamahlathi amakhulu okwabikwa ukuthi bakhona, kodwa bebengekho, okungekho muntu kuzo. Batshelwa ukuba basuse nenhlabathi yepulazi abatshelwe ukuthi izoba yiyo, kepha ayizange ivundile. Umphumela kungaba ukwehla kwentando yeningi nokuqina kwezepolitiki zase-Ecuadorian, usizi lwabantu "olufudukile", kanye nenhlekelele ngokuphelele kubantu bomdabu ababehlala ehlathini. Njengabavimbi abaningi abagcina bebonakala esidlangalaleni, uPerkins, kuleli banga lokuqala lomsebenzi wakhe, wabhalisa izikhalazo zakhe “ngeziteshi ezifanele.” Njengoba kwenzeka kaningi ngaleyo ndlela, umphumela kwaba ukuthi abakwa-Peace Corps bathuthele ePerkins bayokwakha iphrojekthi ehlukile kwenye indawo.
Lapho uPerkins echaza umsebenzi wakhe wakamuva njengomuntu ohlangabezana nezomnotho, ulandisa esongele abaholi bomhlaba ngethemba lezisulu ezahlukahlukene zokubulawa kwabantu abaseMelika: Mossadegh, Allende, Arbenz, Lumumba, Diem. Ubuye afake necala lokuthi ukufa kuka-1981 kukaJaime Roldós wase-Ecuador no-Omar Torrijos wasePanama kungenzeka kubulawe abuyiselwe e-US. Ngingeze lezo ezimbili kuzo uhlu olusebenzayo Bengilokhu ngigcina. Kepha iphuzu elibalulekile lapha, ngicabanga, ukuthi mangaki ama-coups angenzekanga ngoba usongo belwanele. Ngingabaza ukuthi noma ngubani unohlu olubanzi lwalezo.
UPerkins ulandisa ngoguquko oluhamba kancane kancane kusuka ekushintsheni komuntu kuya komunye umuntu, neminyaka ayezama ngayo ukuba sobabili. Ubuye alandise ngobunzima ayenabo ekutholeni ukwethenjwa ngabantu ayehlose ukuwasiza nokusebenza nabo. Indoda yaseMayan eGuatemala ithi kuye: “Ungacela usizo lwami! Uhulumeni wakho, i-CIA yakho, nebutho lakho bakwesekile ukuhlaselwa kwemiphakathi yethu impilo yami yonke. Uqeqeshe amasosha aseGuatemalan ukushushisa nokusibulala. Unqobele uMongameli Arbenz, usopolitiki oyedwa owasivikela. NjengamaSpanish angaphambi kwakho, ufune ukuphanga abantu bami isithunzi sabo, ukuziqhenya kwabo kanye namazwe abo. ”
Iningi lale ncwadi entsha ligxile kwisidingo sokushintsha imiqondo, kanye nemiphumela enamandla (kufaka phakathi impilo yomzimba) engashintsha ngokuguqula umbono wakho, ngokuguqula ukubandlulula kwakho. Lokhu akuveli njengokungaqondakali noma okungenangqondo lapha. Lokhu akuyona iSayensi yobuKristu ekutshela ukuthi umane ucabange ukuthi awunawo umlenze ophukile. Iphuzu liwukuthi, ngokwesibonelo, ngokubona izindlela zendabuko zokuphila njengento evamile emlandweni wesintu nasemlandweni wangaphambilini futhi njengezinzile, kunokuba umane ungowokuqala, ubuyela emuva, noma ungazi, ungahambisa imicabango yakho ngamandla ngakho konke okuzungezile, izinto eziza kuqala kuwe, okuthandayo nokuthandayo.
Lokhu kakhulu kakhulu mina nozakwethu esicabanga ngakho World BEYOND War. Ukuqonda ukuthi akukho okunye esingakwenza ngaphandle kokukhipha impi ngaphambi kokusibhubhisa sonke kususa ukugxila komuntu kude nesifiso sokukhipha amaShayina kabusha. Ukuqonda ubuwula bempi kususa izinto eziza kuqala kude nokukhazimulisa ezedlule nokuvimbela ezizayo. Futhi ukusebenzisa u- “thina” ukusho ubuntu, hhayi uhulumeni wase-US noma omunye uhulumeni wezwe, kunikeza umuntu ukuqonda okuhlukile ngokuphelele kwalokho okwenziwe, lokho esinamandla okwenza, nokuthi yini edingekayo.
