Eyona Ezopolitiko Ukuba iiProgressives azivuki kwindlela embi ngayo u-Obama, uMbutho wabo uya kusilela

Ukuba iiProgressives azivuki kwindlela embi ngayo u-Obama, uMbutho wabo uya kusilela

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ukuba uyinyani, u-Obama oqhubela phambili ayisiyondoda yakho.Ifoto nguBen Sklar / Getty Izithombe



Ngaba ungacela incwadi efanelekileyo ngokugqibeleleyo yokukhipha isisu u-Obama nge-neocon yobongameli kunokuba afumane i-400,000 yeedola ukunika intetho kwinkomfa yokhathalelo lwempilo ehlelwe yinkampani yaseWall Street?

Thixo wam ndiyayithiya yonke into malunga nelinye icandelo lale nto. Makhe ndichwetheze oko kwakhona kumacandelo, ukuze sonke sizive singenako:
Amakhulu amane amawaka eerandi. Kumongameli wangaphambili wase-United States. Ukwenza intetho. Kwinkomfa yokhathalelo lwempilo . Ilungelelanisiwe ngumzi mveliso waseWall Street .

Kutheni iifemu zaseWall Street ziququzelela iinkomfa zokhathalelo lwempilo yomama, umntu unokubuza ngokufanelekileyo? Kwaye kutheni beqesha umntu osandula ukugqiba i Imfazwe yeminyaka esibhozo kumgaqo-nkqubo oqhubekayo wezempilo kunye Ukuthandana kwabantu abathandanayo nabaphuli mthetho baseWall Street ? Le yeyona mibuzo isengqiqweni inokubuzwa nangubani na okrelekrele kunye novakalelo lwengqondo ngokwaneleyo ukuba ajonge ngqo kule nto, kwaye impendulo, ewe, yiMelika. Yile nto iyiyo ngoku iMelika. Indoda eyaqhubeka nokwandisa yonke imigaqo-nkqubo kaBush engendawo, yadala imeko engaphumeleli eLibya, yandisa ngokucacileyo inkqubo yokuxhela abantu e-US eyayibiza uChomsky lelona phulo labanqolobi eligqithisileyo kumaxesha anamhlanje kumanqanaba angazange abonwe ngaphambili, ukuququzelela ukwandiswa kwe-Orwellian Imeko yase-US yokujonga ngelixa kutshutshiswa abantu abamhlophe kunabo bonke abaphathi bangaphambili abadityanisiweyo, kwaye basebenzise umtsalane kunye nemfesane kuluntu ukuphepha utshintsho lomgaqo-nkqubo wezendalo esiya kuyidinga ukuthintela intlekele yemozulu kunye nokuthintela intshukumo eqhubekayo ukuya kubuthongo bokufa kangangeminyaka esibhozo ngoku ihlawulwa phantse Isiqingatha sesigidi seedola ngeyure ukuqhubeka nokuqinisa amaphupha amabi oxhonyiweyo azinikele ngobomi bakhe. IYunivesithi yaseMelika iqokelele idatha ebonisa ukuba usapho olusele lusisityebi kakhulu ku-Obama inokuphelela ekubeni ixabise i-242 yezigidi zeedola kwiminyaka yabo ye-White House, kwaye ukuba u-Barry uqhubeka ehenyuza ngolu hlobo, unokugqitha nakoko.

Nabani na owaziyo ngomsebenzi wam uyazi ukuba ndibambe uthando oluncinci kuHillary Clinton kunaleyo ndiyenzayo kwiingcongconi ezosuleleke sisifo seengcongconi, kodwa ndisakucaphukisa indlela abantu abachaseneyo nabachaseneyo nokusekwa kwabo aboyikeka ngayo ngelixesha ukugcina inqanaba lovelwano ku-Obama. Kukho ukuqonda ngokubanzi ukuba u-Obama wayekude ngokugqibeleleyo kwaye wenza izinto ezingcolileyo, kodwa kunqabile ukuba ubone i-vitriol efanayo kunye nokumdelela njengoko usenza kuClinton ngasekhohlo, into engekho ngqiqweni kuba sisilo sinye. Oku kufuna ukutshintsha ngaphambi kokuba kubekho nayiphi na intshukumo eya phambili ngaphambili. Ngaphandle kokuba sifumane ikristale icace gca ukuba ezi Neocons zedemokhrasi ayamkelekanga, baya kuhlala befumana impembelelo kwezopolitiko phakathi kwethu.

Ndiqale le ncoko ngokuthi u-Obama's $ 400,000 ye-oligarchic shill umsebenzi yayiyincwadi yeencwadi. Ndiyenzile loo nto kuba, kwintoni ngokulula eyona ibalulekileyo kunye neyoyikisayo ye-WikiLeaks ye-imeyile ka-2016 , Sifundile ukuba iWall Street ibiza izithonga kulawulo luka-Obama ngaphambi kokuba u-Obama abekho. Ngaphambi kokuba anyulwe, isigqeba esivela kwiCitigroup (umnini weCitibank) wanika u-Obama uluhlu lwezinto ezamkelekileyo zokuba ngubani oza kusebenza kwikhabhinethi yakhe. Uluhlu luphele ngokuhambelana nokukhethwa kwekhabinethi ka-Obama kanye xa bekhethwe phantse ku-'t '.

Ngaba uziva ngathi wenza ubuntatheli obuncinci? Nalu ikhonkco kuxwebhu olukhankanyiweyo lweWikiLeaks . Yiya kwii-Attachments uze ukhethe Umzekelo weKhabhinethi ukubona amalungu ekhabhinethi anikezelwe ku-Obama, kwaye uthelekise amagama apho olu luhlu lweWikipedia Ukuqeshwa kwikhabhinethi kwaye uqaphele isixa esikhulu sokuchaphazeleka kwabo babelweyo ngo-2009.

Ngaba uziva ngathi wenza ubuntatheli obuninzi ngakumbi? Zama kwaye ufumane naluphi na ugcino oluphambili lwale imeyile emva kokuba iphumile. Bhala malunga nokufumanisileyo kwenye indawo kwi-intanethi, kwaye uqhume, intatheli yophando ye-guerrilla iyazalwa.

I-imeyile yayingakhathalelwanga ngumntu wonke kodwa umphetho womphetho, kunye nesona sibonelelo sibalulekileyo sivela Russia Namhlanje Kwaye apha kwi Umjongi , ozibophelelo zabo kuTrump ngompapashi-ke lowo uJared Kushner zibhalwe kakuhle. Ilungelo lokulwa nokusekwa alizange likukhathalele oko kuba babejolise ekubetheni uClinton, kwaye anti-ukusekwa ngasekhohlo kwakungakhathali kuba… ngoba? Kuya kufuneka ukuba ibe sisikhalazo kwiphepha eliphambili iiveki, kodwa ubuncinci inkqubela phambili kufuneka ukuba iphakamise amanqatha amakhulu kuyo. Le yayiyikhabinethi egqiba ukuphendula kwabaphuli-mthetho ababangele ingxaki yezemali ka-2008 eyayisandula ukutshabalalisa isizwe, kwaye baphathwa ngentambo elula kunye nokwanga ubusuku obulungileyo ngaba bamiselweyo baseCitibank, abathi emva koko bancedisa ekuhlanganiseni. ukuxhaphaza kunye nokubulala imozulu TPP.

Ndiyasiqonda isizathu sokuba iinkululeko ezisekela ukukhusela le ndoda; umele yonke into bayimela . Ukuba yonke into oyimeleyo yintlalontle yobuhlanga kunye nezopolitiko ezingelutho kwaye uzimisele ukuncama ingqibelelo kunye nobulungisa bezoqoqosho nezentlalo kunye nobomi babanye abantwana babantwana kwiimfazwe zobumbano phesheya kolwandle ukuze uzive ngathi ukwelona qela lilungileyo, u-Obama umntu wakho. Kodwa ukuba uyinyani, inenkqubela phambili yokwenyani kwaye ayisiyiyo nje into yokumamela i-latte-sipping umphulaphuli onengqondo yokuzibona ulilungisa kunye nesitikha se-bumper esikhethileyo, awunamsebenzi ngokubhekisele ku-Obama nantoni na ngaphandle kokucekiseka.

Ndiyathetha, ayilunganga, kodwa nam ndiyayifumana. Uvelwano esilingeka ukuba siluve malunga nokubulawa komntwana yinkampani yenye yeengxaki ezimbalwa esinokuthi sibekek 'ityala ikakhulu kwiRiphabhlikhi. Bachitha iminyaka esibhozo bemgxotha lo mfo, kodwa babengenakugxeka nayiphi na eyona migaqo-nkqubo yakhe imbi kuba yayiyimigaqo-nkqubo exhaswa yiRiphabhlikhi nayo, ukusuka ekufudumaleni ukuya ekuqiniseni uqoqosho lweWalmart. Ke kuye kwafuneka ukuba benze eyona nto ihlekisayo singekhe siyive, ongenakukwazi nje ukuma ujonge ukumamela ngaphandle kokukhwaza nokuphikisana. Abakwazanga ukuhlasela iinkqubo zakhe zokujonga i-Orwellian, ke bathi ungumSilamsi. Abazange bahlasele i-neoliberalism yakhe yokutya-abahlwempuzekileyo, ke bathi ungumKenya. Abakwazanga ukuhlasela ukuphalazwa kwegazi okungenakuxolelwa awayekubangela kwamanye amazwe, ke bathi ungusoshiyali (Ha! Uyamkhumbula lowo?). Ke ngokuhlasela la mabali aphiko lasekunene lokuziphatha, sihlala silimaza ngokuthe cala sithathe icala lakhe, elikhuthaza uvelwano.

Olovelwano yinto ekufuneka ihambile. Nabani na owakha wasinda kubudlelwane obuhlukumezayo uyazi ukuba uvelwano yinto yokuqala ekufuneka uyilahlile ukuze ukhululeke, kuba uvelwano yindlela umgunyisi ekungenisa ngayo. Xa ujongene norhulumente Ngo-2013 yazinika ilungelo elisemthethweni lokusebenzisa imithombo yeendaba ii-psy-ops kubemi bayo , Awunakho ukubanayo nayiphi na imicu ephosakeleyo yovelwano elele phaya phandle. Imfazwe esiyilwa ne-oligarchy yeyokuqala kwaye iphambili kwimfazwe yemithombo yeendaba, kwaye sinokuqiniseka ukuba naziphi na iimfesane eziqhubela phambili zigcinwa ekusekweni kwabacinezeli ziya kuxhatshazwa. Ngokuzivumela ukuba simbone ngokwenyani u-Obama ukuba ukhohlakele kwaye uvumela ihlazo eliza kuthi lihlambe kuthi, siyazicofa ngokuchasene novelwano kuye nakubo bonke abantu abanjengaye. Elo zothe liza kusebenza njengoluhlobo lwe-gag reflex yengqondo ethi isihlangule ekuginyeni nayiphi na inkunzi yenkomo yabo.

U-Obama akalilo ixhoba le-widdle elihlwempuzekileyo apha, uluntu lwaseMelika lulo. Khumbula ukuba nokuba kungunyaka emva kokuba umhlawuli werhafu ethathe umthwalo omkhulu kumngcakazo weebhanki ongaqhelekanga kwimali mboleko yangaphambi kwexesha, wayephuma apho ekhuthaza iindibano zabantu ngentetho yakhe yethemba notshintsho, kodwa kwangaxeshanye kanye ethembisa abantu baseMelika ukuba uzakuthatha umsebenzi eWall Street, ngasese wayevumela uCitigroup ukuba athabathe ikhabinethi yakhe.

Vumela nje ukuba itshone umzuzu. Wayephandle apho evuselela kwaye eqinisa kwakhona yonke intshukumo eqhubela phambili, eyalela iindibano ezinkulu zabantu ngamazwi akhe akhuthazayo kunye nezithembiso ezisuka entliziyweni, kodwa kwangaxeshanye, wayethumela i-imeyile eWall Street ukufumana uluhlu lwabo lokuqeshwa kwikhabhinethi yakhe. Khumbula, le imeyile yayingekho emva wayeyiphumelele. Wayekhe wazibandakanya nale ntengiselwano ngexa wayesakhankasela, esancanca yonke intwana yethemba elaseMelika ekubuyiseni ubugwenxa be-neoliberalism. Yena. Ngaba. Ukuxoka.

Oko akulufanelanga uvelwano. Wayeyazi into ayenzayo kwaye akazange anyanzelwe kuyo nayiphi na ingqungquthela yokuthintela. Iqonga lalisele limisiwe. Umntu wayenokwenza ngokulula ukuba imeko yakhe ayibulali nje kuphela ithemba lotshintsho, kodwa yena kuthetha ukuya - ukuba yonke le nto yayenziwe ngabom kwasekuqaleni kwaye yena kuthetha ukwenza umazibuthe kulo naliphi na ithemba elishiyekileyo kubemi abo batyumkileyo nabaphethwe gadalala, kwaye ulifunxe kwi-vortex ngonaphakade, ushiye wonke umntu edimazekile kwaye engenathemba. Kodwa inye into eqinisekile: ngekhe azimisele ukunika iMelika utshintsho awayeluthembisile. Ngonaphakade. I-imeyile yeCitigroup iyangqina ukuba ngaphandle kwamathandabuzo.

Kwaye ngoku uphandle efumana imali. Ke andimlilelanga u-Obama, nawe ke awufanelanga ukuba ulile.

Umhlobo wam onemvelaphi yoTywala engaziwayo xa ekhe wabelana nam ngombono wakhe wokuba uninzi lwe-12-stepp ngenene luphambi kweNyathelo loku-1 - uninzi lwabo alukhange lubambelele kwindlela abangenamandla ngayo nayiphi na indlela enentsingiselo. Ewe ndibona ukwala u-Obama njengeNyathelo 1 lokulwa inguquko eqhubekayo, kwaye ndicinga ukuba kunokwenzeka ukuba uninzi lwenkqubela phambili alukwenzile oko okwangoku. Abanye babafundi bam baya kuba sele beyisebenzile indlela yabo ezantsi kulo mngxunya womvundla kwaye balungisa izinto ekufuneka ziqwalaselwe ngelixa abanye abaninzi bezakufumana kunzima, kodwa ndicinga ukuba wonke umntu angazuza kwinto encinci eyathiywa ngu-Obama. Akufuneki sibuyele khona. Simele simkhanyele ngokungathandabuzekiyo nabani na oya kusibuyisela apho.

Asifumani ukumgcina. Asifuni ukugcina umongameli wokuqala omnyama. Asinakuvumela ukuba ibe yeyethu; Kufuneka siyikhabe, ngendlela efanayo ebesingayi kumala ngayo umongameli wokuqala wasetyhini ukuba uphumelele uHillary. Naliphi na ikratshi kuye, nakuphi na ukuthandabuza ngenxa yendawo yakhe embalini, kungumqobo ekugwebeni isimilo sakhe sokwenyani njengoko sinjalo, njengoko sinjalo. Ndiyathemba ngokunyanisekileyo ukuba ngenye imini kuya kubakho abongameli abangaphaya kwemiqobo yobuhlanga kunye nokuqhekeza ukufakwa kweglasi kwaye benze konke okusemandleni abo ukuqhubela phambili i-ajenda yomntu, kodwa uBarack Obama wayengenguye umongameli onjalo. Akangowethu. Ndimgxothe.

UCaitlin Johnstone yintatheli ezimeleyo exhaswa ngumfundi osuka eMelbourne, e-Australia. Imibhalo yakhe yezopolitiko inokufumaneka kwi-Medium nakuye Iphepha likaFacebook .

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