NguCharles Eisenstein

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Omnye umntu wandithumelela ividiyo nge-19 kaJanuwari [2021] apho umamkeli, ecaphula umthombo ongachazwanga kwiqela le-White Hat Power, wathi izicwangciso zokugqibela ziseza kuzisa ubunzulu bobugebenga kwimeko yokuwa ngalo lonke ixesha. Ukumiselwa kukaJoe Biden akuyi kwenzeka. Ubuxoki nolwaphulo-mthetho lweqela eliphakamileyo likaSathana lokurhweba ngabantu buya kubhencwa. Ubulungisa buya kwesamela, iRiphablikhi iya kubuyiselwa. Mhlawumbi, wathi, i-Deep State iya kwenza umzamo wokugqibela wokuhlala egunyeni ngokwenza umiselo olungeyonyani, usebenzisa iziphumo ezinzulu zevidiyo ukwenza ukuba kubonakale ngathi iJaji eyiNtloko uJohn Roberts ngenene iba nguJoe ofungayo eBiden. Musani ukuqhathwa, watsho. Themba isicwangciso. UDonald Trump uya kuqhubeka enguMongameli wokwenyani, nokuba yonke imidiya eqhelekileyo ithi ngenye indlela.

Idemokhrasi igqityiwe

Akufanelanga ukuba lixesha lokugxeka ividiyo ngokwayo njengoko ingumzekelo ongathandekiyo wohlobo lwayo. Andikucebisi ukuba uzenzele - ngevidiyo. Into ekufuneka ithathelwe ingqalelo kwaye iyothusa yile: Ukuqhekeka koluntu lolwazi lube ziinyani ezingahlanganiyo ngoku kuqhubele phambili kangangokuba inani elikhulu labantu ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje bakholelwa ukuba uDonald Trump nguMongameli ngasese, ngelixa uJoe Biden engumongameli. IHollywood izenza iWhite House-iStudio ehlala abantu. Olu luguqulelo olumanzi lwenkolelo exhaphake kakhulu (amashumi ezigidi zabantu) yokuba unyulo lubiwe.

Kwidemokhrasi esebenzayo, la macala mabini angaxoxa ukuba ngaba unyulo lubiwe ngobungqina obuvela kwimithombo yolwazi eyamkelekileyo. Namhlanje awukho umthombo onjalo. Uninzi lwamajelo eendaba aqhawuke lwaba ziinkqubo ezahlukeneyo zokuphilisana kwezityalo nezilwanyana eziphilayo, ngalinye liyinxalenye yeqela lezopolitiko, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ingxoxo ingabinakwenzeka. Ekuphela kwento eseleyo kukuba, njengoko usenokuba unamava, kukukhwaza. Ngaphandle kwengxoxo, kufuneka ubhenele kwezinye iindlela zokuphumelela kwezopolitiko: ugonyamelo endaweni yokucenga.

Esi sesinye sezizathu zokuba ndicinga ukuba idemokhrasi igqityiwe. (Ingaba sakha saba nazo, okanye zingakanani na, ngomnye umbuzo.)

Uloyiso ngoku lubaluleke ngaphezu kwedemokhrasi

Masithi bendifuna ukukholisa umfundi we-pro-Trump ukuba izityholo zobuqhophololo babavoti azinasihlahla. Ndingacaphula iingxelo kunye nokuhlolwa kwenyani kwi-CNN okanye iNew York Times okanye iWikipedia, kodwa akukho nanye enokuthenjwa kulo mntu unezizathu zokucinga ukuba ezi mpapasho zinomkhethe ngokuchasene noTrump. Ditto ukuba ungumxhasi weBiden kwaye ndizama ukukukholisa ngobuqhophololo obukhulu babavoti. Ubungqina boku bunokufumaneka kuphela kwiimpapasho ezichanekileyo, oya kuzigxotha ngokukhawuleza njengokungathembekiyo.

Makhe ndisindise umfundi onomsindo ixesha elithile kwaye ndikuqulunqe ukugxeka kwakho okubuhlungu koku kungasentla. "Charles, useka i-equation yobuxoki eyothusayo engazi nto ngezibakala ezithile ezingenakuphikiswa. inyani enye! inyaniso ezimbini! inyaniso yesithathu! Nazi iilinki. Ulenza kakubi uluntu ngokucinga nokuba elinye icala lifanelekile ukuba liviwe. ”

Ukuba necala elinye liyayikholelwa loo nto, asisekho kulawulo lwentando yesininzi. Andizami ukuphatha amacala omabini ngokulinganayo. Inqaku lam lelokuba akukho ntetho zikhoyo okanye zinokuqhubeka. Asisekho kulawulo lwentando yesininzi. Idemokhrasi ixhomekeke kwinqanaba elithile lokuthembana eluntwini, ekuzimiseleni ukwenza isigqibo ngolwabiwo lwamandla ngonyulo olunoxolo, olunobulungisa, olukhatshwa ngamaphephandaba anenjongo. Ifuna ukukulungela ukubandakanyeka kwiincoko okanye ubuncinane iingxoxo. Ifuna isininzi esikhulu ukubamba into - idemokhrasi ngokwayo - ibaluleke ngakumbi kunoloyiso. Kungenjalo mhlawumbi sikwimo yemfazwe yamakhaya okanye, ukuba elinye icala lilawula, likwimo yolawulo-melo nemvukelo.

Ngoko ekhohlo uba sekunene

Kweli nqanaba kucacile ukuba leliphi icala elinesandla esiphezulu. Kukho uhlobo lobulungisa bombongo ukuba iphiko lasekunene - eligqibelele itekhnoloji yolwazi lwesiphithiphithi kunye nemfazwe ebalisayo kwindawo yokuqala - ngoku lixhoba labo. Iipundits zeConservative kunye namaqonga akhutshwa ngokukhawuleza kumajelo asekuhlaleni, iivenkile zeapp kunye ne-intanethi ngokupheleleyo. Ukutsho konke oko kwimekobume yanamhlanje kuphakamisa ukukrokra ukuba ndingumntu ogcina indalo ngokwam. Ndichasene nje. Kodwa njengegcuntswana leentatheli ezisekhohlo ezinjengoMat Taibbi kunye noGlenn Greenwald, ndothuswa kukucinywa, ukuvalwa umlomo kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo, ukuvalelwa kunye nokunyanzeliswa kwelungelo (kubandakanya abavoti bakaTrump abazizigidi ezingama-75) - yintoni enokuchazwa njengokuphuma konke. ulwazi lwemfazwe. Kulwazi olupheleleyo lwemfazwe (njengokungquzulana komkhosi), ukwenza abachasi bakho babonakale bebi kangangoko kunokwenzeka liqhinga elibalulekileyo. Singaba nayo njani idemokhrasi xa siphenjelelwa ukuba sithiyane ngamajelo eendaba, esithembele kuwo ukuba asixelele into eyinyani, yintoni "iindaba" kunye nokuba yintoni ihlabathi?

Namhlanje kubonakala ngathi ekhohlo libetha ekunene kumdlalo walo: umdlalo wokujongwa, ubuzwilakhe kunye nokucinezelwa kwempikiswano. Kodwa ngaphambi kokuba ubhiyozele ukukhutshwa kwelungelo kwimidiya yoluntu kunye nentetho kawonkewonke, nceda uqonde umphumo ongenakuphepheka: ekhohlo iba lungile. Oku bekuqhubeka ixesha elide, njengoko kungqinwa bubukho obuninzi bee-neocons, abangaphakathi eWall Street, kunye namagosa eenkampani kulawulo lweBiden. Imfazwe yolwazi lwamaqela yaqala njengengxabano yasekhohlo, kunye neFox kwelinye icala kunye ne-CNN kunye ne-MSNBC kwelinye, ijika ngokukhawuleza ibe ngumzabalazo phakathi kokusekwa kunye nabaceli-mngeni bayo.

Ukunyanzeliswa kokuNgasemthethweni

Xa iBig Tech, iBig Pharma, kunye neWall Street zikwiphepha elinye nomkhosi, iiarhente zobuntlola, kunye nesininzi samagosa karhulumente, akuyi kuba kudala ngaphambi kokuba abo baphazamisa i-ajenda yabo bahlolwe.

UGlenn Greenwald uyishwankathela kakuhle:

 Kukho amaxesha apho ucinezelo kunye novavanyo lujolise ngakumbi ngasekhohlo kunye namaxesha apho zithe ngqo ngasekunene, kodwa ayiloqhinga lasekhohlo okanye lasekunene. Liqhinga lodidi olulawulayo, kwaye lisetyenziswa kuye nabani na obonwa njengochasayo kwizinto ezinomdla kunye nezithethe zodidi olulawulayo, kungakhathaliseki ukuba bawela phi na kwingcinga yeengcamango.

Kwirekhodi, andikholelwa ukuba uDonald Trump usenguMongameli, kwaye andikholelwa ukuba bekukho ubuqhophololo obukhulu babavoti. Nangona kunjalo, ndikwacinga ukuba ukuba bekukho, besingenasiqinisekiso sokufumana oko kuba kwa ezo ndlela zisetyenziswayo ukucinezela ulwazi olungeyonyani olungeyonyani lwabavoti bezinokusetyenziswa ukucinezela olo lwazi ukuba beluyinyani. Ukuba amagunya karhulumente athe aqweqwedisa amaphephandaba kunye neendlela zethu zonxibelelwano (i-Intanethi), yintoni enokubanqanda ekupheliseni ukungavisisani?

Njengombhali othathe iimbono ezichasene nenkcubeko kwimiba emininzi kule minyaka ingamashumi amabini idlulileyo, ndijongene nengxaki. Ubungqina endinokubusebenzisa ukuxhasa izimvo zam buyanyamalala kumzimba wolwazi. Imithombo endinokuyisebenzisa ukubhukuqa amabali alawulayo ayikho mthethweni kuba ngawona abhukuqa amabali aphambili. Abagcini be-Intanethi banyanzelisa oku kungabikho mthethweni ngeendlela ezahlukeneyo: ukunyanzeliswa kwe-algorithmic, ukuzaliswa ngokuzenzekelayo kwamagama ophando, ukunyanzeliswa kweendlela eziphikisanayo, ukubeka iimbono eziphikisanayo ngokuthi "zibubuxoki", ukucinywa kwe-akhawunti, ukuvalelwa kweentatheli zabemi, njalo njalo.

Umlinganiswa wonqulo lwesiqhelo

Iqamza lolwazi eliphumayo lishiya umntu oqhelekileyo engenanyani njengomntu okholelwa ukuba uTrump usengumongameli. Ubume obufana nenkolo ye-QAnon kunye nelungelo elikude licacile. Into engacacanga kangako (ingakumbi kwabo bangaphakathi kuyo) kukukhula okufana nenkcubeko yesiqhelo. Yiyiphi enye indlela esinokulibiza ngokuba lihlelo xa lilawula ulwazi, lisohlwaya abantu abaphikisayo, lihlola amalungu alo yaye lilawula iintshukumo zabo zomzimba, liswele elubala kunye nokuphendula kubunkokeli, liyalela ukuba amalungu alo amele athini, acinge kwaye azive, ewakhuthaza ukuba agxeke kwaye ahlole omnye komnye, kunye nokugcina isimo sengqondo socalucalulo thina-nxamnye nabo? Ngokuqinisekileyo anditsho ukuba yonke into ethethwa ngamajelo eendaba, izifundiswa kunye nezifundiswa ayilunganga. Nangona kunjalo, xa izinto ezinomdla ezinamandla zilawula ulwazi, zinokufihla ubunyani kwaye zikhohlise uluntu ekukholelweni izinto ezingeyonyani.

Mhlawumbi yiloo nto eyenzekayo ngenkcubeko ngokubanzi. "Inkcubeko" isuka kwingcambu yolwimi efana ne "cult". Idala inyani ekwabelwana ngayo ngokujonga imeko, ukucwangcisa ingcinga kunye nokuqondisa ubuchule. Yintoni eyahlukileyo namhlanje kukuba amandla aqhelekileyo anqwenela ukugcina ubunyani obungasayi kufanelana nokuqonda koluntu olukhawulezayo oluphuma kwiXesha loKwahlula. Ukwanda kweenkonzo kunye neethiyori zeyelenqe kubonisa ukwanda kobudenge obungagungqiyo benyani esemthethweni kunye nobuxoki kunye nepropaganda eqhubekayo.

Ngamanye amazwi, impambano eyayingumongameli weTrump yayingekokutenxa kwindlela eya kwingqondo ethe chatha. Wayengengomntu ukhubekisayo ukusuka kwiinkolelo zamaxesha aphakathi kunye nebarbarism ukuya kuluntu olunengqondo, lwenzululwazi. Yafumana amandla awo kwisiphithiphithi esikhulayo senkcubeko, kanye njengokuba umlambo udala ubundlobongela obukhulayo obuchasene nobundlobongela njengoko usondela ekuweni kwawo phezu kweengxangxasi.

Ubungqina obunganyanisekanga obunye ubunyani

Kutshanje, njengombhali, ndiye ndaziva ngathi ndizama ukuthetha nomntu ophambeneyo ngale mpambano yakhe. Ukuba ukhe wazama ukuqiqa nomlandeli we-QAnon, uyazi ukuba ndithetha ngantoni xa ndizama ukuqiqa ngengqondo yoluntu. Kunokuba ndiziveze njengokuphela komntu obhadlileyo emhlabeni ophambeneyo (kwaye ngaloo ndlela ndibonisa impambano yam), ndifuna ukulungisa imvakalelo endiqinisekileyo ukuba abafundi abaninzi baya kubelana ngayo: yokuba umhlaba uphambene. Ukuba uluntu lwethu luye lwakhukuliseka kwizinto ezingeyonyani, lwaphulukana nalo kwinkohliso. Njengokuba sinethemba lokuba oku kuphambana kubangelwe kwicandelwana elincinane nelilusizi loluntu, yimeko eqhelekileyo.

Njengoluntu, siyacelwa ukuba samkele into engamkelekanga: iimfazwe, iintolongo, indlala ngabom eYemen, ukukhutshwa kwabantu kwiindawo abahlala kuzo, ukuhluthwa komhlaba, ukuxhatshazwa kwasekhaya, ubundlobongela obunobuhlanga, ukuxhatshazwa kwabantwana, ukuqhawuka, Imizi-mveliso yenyama ngenkani, ukutshatyalaliswa komhlaba, i-ecocide, ukunqunyulwa kwentloko, ukungcungcuthekiswa, ukudlwengulwa, ukungalingani okugqithisileyo, ukutshutshisa abahlebi ... Kwinqanaba elithile sonke siyazi ukuba kuyaphambana ukuqhubeka nobomi ngokungathi akukho nanye kwezi. iyenzeka. Ukuphila ngokungathi ubunyani asiyonyani – ngundoqo wempambano lowo.

Kwakhona kubekelwe bucala kwinyani esemthethweni uninzi lokuphilisa okumangalisayo kunye namandla okudala abantu kunye nabanye ngaphandle kwabantu. Okumangalisayo kukuba, xa ndikhankanya eminye imizekelo yobu buchwepheshe bungaqhelekanga, ngokomzekelo kwiinkalo zamayeza, ezolimo okanye amandla, ndizityhola ngokuba “andinanyani”. Ndiyazibuza ukuba umfundi, njengam, unamava ngokuthe ngqo kwizinto ezingeyonyani ngokusemthethweni?

Ndihendelwa ekubeni ndicebise ukuba ibutho labantu lanamhlanje lipheleliselwe kwinto engeyonene emxinwa, kodwa yingxaki leyo. Nayiphi na imizekelo endiyinikayo engaphaya kokwamkelekileyo kwezopolitiko, ezonyango, ezenzululwazi okanye ezengqondo (un)enyanisweni ngokuzenzekelayo iyayigxeka ingxoxo yam kwaye indenze umntu okrokrelwayo kuye nabani na ongavumelaniyo nam.

Ulawulo lolwazi ludala iithiyori zeyelenqe

Masenze umfuniselo omncinci. Heyi madoda, izixhobo zamandla zasimahla zisemthethweni, ndabona enye!

Ke, ngokusekwe kuloo ngxelo, uyandithemba ngakumbi okanye ngaphantsi? Nabani na ocela umngeni kwinyani esemthethweni unayo le ngxaki. Jonga okwenzekayo kwiintatheli ezibonisa ukuba iMelika yenza zonke izinto ezityhola iRashiya kunye neChina (ukuphazamisa unyulo, ukutshabalalisa iigridi zamandla, ukwakha i-electronic backdoors [ukwenzela ukunqanda inkonzo eyimfihlo]). Awuyi kuba kwi-MSNBC okanye kwiNew York Times rhoqo. Ukwenziwa kwemvume echazwe nguHerman noChomsky kudlulela ngaphaya kokuvuma imfazwe.

Ngokulawula ulwazi, amaziko awongamileyo adala imvume kawonke-wonke engenzi nto kwi-perception-reality matrix egcina ukongamela kwabo. Okukhona bephumelela ngakumbi ekulawuleni inyaniso, kokukhona iba yinto engeyonene, de sifikelele kwinqanaba eligqithileyo apho wonke umntu esenza ngathi uyakholwa kodwa kungekho mntu ukholelwayo ngokwenene. Asikabikho, kodwa sisondela ngokukhawuleza kwelo nqanaba. Asikafiki kwinqanaba leSoviet Russia kade, xa phantse akukho mntu wathatha iPravda kunye ne-Izvestia ngexabiso lobuso. Ukunganyaniseki kobunyani obusemthethweni akukagqibi kangako, okanye ukuvalwa kweenyani ezingekho semthethweni. Sisekwinqanaba lokucinezelwa kokwahlukaniswa apho abaninzi banombono ongacacanga wokuhlala kwi-VR matrix, umboniso, ipantomime.

Into ecinezelweyo ithande ukuvela ngendlela egqithisileyo negqwethekileyo; umzekelo, iyelenqe leethiyori zokuba umhlaba uthe tyaba, umhlaba umgongxo, ukuba imikhosi yaseTshayina iyathontelana kumda wase-US, ukuba ihlabathi lilawulwa ngama-satanists atya iintsana, njalo njalo. Iinkolelo ezinjalo ziyimpawu zokubambisa abantu kwi-matrix yobuxoki kunye nokubakhohlisa ukuba bacinge ukuba yinyani.

Okukhona abasemagunyeni bengqongqo belawula ulwazi ukuze balondoloze ubunyani obusemthethweni, kokukhona kuyingozi ngakumbi kwaye kuxhaphake iithiyori zeyelenqe. Sele, i-canon "yemithombo yogunyaziso" iyancipha ukuya kuthi ga apho abagxeki bomgaqo-nkqubo wangaphandle wase-US, abaphembeleli boxolo base-Israel / basePalestine, abantu abathandabuzayo bokugonya, abaphandi bezempilo, kunye nabaphikisi abaqhelekileyo abafana nam basengozini yokugxothwa kwii-ghettos ze-intanethi njenge-throughbred. amathiyori iyelenqe. Enyanisweni, sityela kwitafile enye ukuya kumlinganiselo omkhulu. Xa ubuntatheli obuqhelekileyo busilela kumsebenzi wabo wokucela umngeni ngamandla, loluphi olunye ukhetho olukhoyo ngaphandle kokujika kwiintatheli zabemi, abaphandi abazimeleyo kunye nemithombo ye-anecdotal ukwenza intsingiselo yehlabathi?

Fumana indlela enamandla ngakumbi

Ndizibona ndibaxa, ndiyabaxa, ukuhleba isizathu seemvakalelo zam zamva nje zokungabi namsebenzi. Inyaniso enikelwa kuthi ukuba siyitye ayihambelani nangayiphi na indlela ngaphakathi okanye iphelele; izikhewu zabo kunye nokuphikisana kwabo kungasetyenziswa ukumema abantu ukuba babuze iingqondo zabo. Injongo yam ayikokukhalaza ngenxa yokungabi nakuzinceda kwam, kodwa kukuphonononga ukuba ingaba ikho na indlela enamandla ngakumbi yokuba ndiqhube incoko yasesidlangalaleni phambi kobugxwayiba endibuchazile.

Ndibhala malunga ne-20 iminyaka malunga ne-mythology ecacileyo yempucuko, endiyibiza ngokuba yinkcazo yokwahlula, kunye nefuthe layo: inkqubo yokulawula, i-mindset yokunciphisa, imfazwe ngokuchasene nenye, i-polarization yoluntu.

Kuyabonakala ukuba izincoko zam kunye neencwadi azikhange zifezekise umnqweno wam we-naïve wokunqanda iimeko esijongene nazo namhlanje. Ndimele ndivume ukuba ndidiniwe. Ndidiniwe ukucacisa izinto ezifana neBrexit, unyulo lweTrump, i-QAnon kunye neCapitol Uprising njengeempawu zokugula okunzulu kunobuhlanga okanye inkolo okanye ubudenge okanye ubugeza.

Abafundi banokubhala ngakumbi ngezincoko zamva nje

Ndiyazi ukuba ndiza kusibhala njani esi sincoko: Ndiza kutyhila iingcinga ezifihlakeleyo ezabelana ngazo ngamacala ahlukeneyo kunye nemibuzo ebuzwa ngabambalwa. Ndiza kuchaza indlela izixhobo zoxolo nemfesane ezinokutyhila oonobangela bomcimbi. Ndiya kuzithintela izityholo zokulingana kobuxoki, zombini-icala kunye nokudlula ngokomoya ngokuchaza indlela uvelwano olusixhobisa ngayo ukuba sihambe ngaphaya kwemfazwe engapheliyo kwimpawu kwaye silwe nezizathu. Ndingachaza indlela imfazwe enxamnye nobubi ekhokelele ngayo kwimeko yangoku, indlela inkqubo yolawulo eyenza ngayo iindlela ezinoburhalarhume ngakumbi zento ezama ukuyiphelisa kuba ingakwazi ukubona uluhlu olupheleleyo lweemeko ezidalwa ziintshaba zayo. Ezi meko, ndingaxoxa, ziqulathe undoqo wazo ukuhluthwa okunzulu okuvela ekwahlukaneni kokuchaza iintsomi kunye neenkqubo. Okokugqibela, bendiya kuchaza indlela intsomi eyahlukileyo yendalo yonke, i-ecology, kunye nobunye enokuthi ikhuthaze ipolitiki entsha.

Kangangeminyaka emihlanu bendicenga uxolo nemfesane - hayi njengemiyalelo yokuziphatha kodwa njengeemfuno ezibonakalayo. Ndineendaba ezincinci malunga nemizabalazo yangaphakathi kwilizwe lam [i-USA] yamkela. Ndingathatha izixhobo ezisisiseko zengqikelelo yomsebenzi wam wangaphambili kwaye ndizisebenzise kwimeko yangoku, kodwa endaweni yoko ndinqumama ukuphefumla ukuze ndive ukuba yintoni enokulala phantsi kokudinwa kunye nemvakalelo yokungabi namsebenzi. umfundi[UR1] Abantu bangaphakathi abafuna ndijonge ngakumbi kwezopolitiko zangoku banokuphuma kwiincoko zamva nje zoxolo, iingqondo zemfazwe, ulwahlulo, uvelwano kunye nokungabinabuntu. Kukho konke ekwakhiweni kweBalisa loXolo, uKhetho: Intiyo, usizi, kunye neBali eNtsha, QAnon: Isibuko esiMnyama, Ukwenza iNdalo ibe Nkulu kwakhona, iTrap yePolarization, kunye nabanye.

Jikela kungquzulwano olunzulu nenyaniso

Ke, ndithatha ikhefu ekubhaleni iprozi ecacisayo, okanye ndithobe isantya. Lonto ayithethi ukuba ndiyancama kwaye ndirhoxa. Kodwa ngokuchaseneyo. Ngokumamela umzimba wam kunye neemvakalelo zawo, emva kokucamngca nzulu, iingcebiso kunye nomsebenzi wezonyango, ndilungiselela ukwenza into endingazange ndiyizame ngaphambili.

Kwincwadi ethi, “Intsomi Yeyelenqe” ndiye ndahlolisisa ingcamango yokuba abalawuli “boLungelelwaniso Lwehlabathi Elitsha” abaloqela labenzi bobubi abangabantu, kodwa ziingcamango, iintsomi neenkqubo eziye zaphuhlisa ubomi babo. Ngaba zidalwa zitsala iintambo zabo sikholelwa ukuba babambe amandla. Emva kwentiyo kunye neyantlukwano, emva kobuzwilakhe benkampani kunye nemfazwe yolwazi, uhlolo kunye nelizwe elisisigxina lokhuseleko lwebhayoloji, izidalwa ezinamandla zasentsomini kunye ne-archetypal ziyadlala. Azinakujoliswa ngokoqobo, kodwa kuphela kwindawo yazo.

Ndijonge ukwenza oko ngebali, mhlawumbi likwimo yomdlalo wesikrini, kodwa ngokunokwenzeka kwenye indlela yentsomi. Eminye yemiboniso eyathi qatha engqondweni iyamangalisa. Umnqweno wam ngumsebenzi omhle kangangokuba abantu bazokhala xa uphelile kuba bengafuni ukuba uphele. Ayikokuphuncuka kubunyani, kodwa ukujikela kungquzulwano olunzulu nayo. Kuba oko kuyinyani kwaye kunokwenzeka kukhulu kakhulu kunehlelo lesiqhelo ebesifuna ukuba sikholwe.

Indlela yokuphuma kumdibaniso wenkcubeko

Ndivuma ngokukhululekileyo ukuba andinasizathu esincinci sokukholelwa ukuba ndiyakwazi ukubhala nantoni na enje. Andizange ndibe netalente eninzi yefiction. Ndiza kwenza konke okusemandleni am kwaye ndiyathemba ukuba lo mbono mhle kangaka ngengazange ndiboniswe ukuba bekungekho ndlela yokufika apho.

Kudala ndibhala ngamandla embali. Lixesha lokuba ndisebenzise obu buchule ngokupheleleyo kwinkonzo yentsomi entsha. Iprozi ebanzi idala ukuchasana, kodwa amabali achukumisa indawo enzulu emphefumlweni. Ziqukuqela njengamanzi ejikeleze ukhuselo lobukrelekrele, zithambisa umhlaba ukuze imibono eleleyo kunye neenjongo zimilisele iingcambu. Bendisezokutsho ukuba injongo yam kukuzisa izimvo ebendisebenza nazo zibe yintsomi, kodwa akunjalo. Inqaku lelokuba into endifuna ukuyichaza inkulu kuneprozi echazayo inokulingana. Intsomi inkulu kwaye iyinyani kunento engeyonyani, kwaye ingcaciso nganye yebali ingaphantsi kwebali ngokwalo.

Uhlobo lwebali elinokuthi lindikhuphe kwingxaki yam yobuqu linokuthi nalo libe semxholweni omkhulu wokungqubana kwenkcubeko. Yintoni enokuwuvala umsantsa ngexesha laxa ukungavisisani ngomthombo ofanelekileyo wezibakala kusenza ukuba ingxoxo ingenzeki? Mhlawumbi ngamabali nalapha: omabini amabali ayintsomi adlulisela iinyaniso ezingenakufikeleleka ngeminye imiqobo yolawulo lwenyaniso, kunye namabali obuqu asenza sibe ngabantu kwakhona.

Sebenzisa ulwazi oluqhelekileyo kwi-intanethi

Eyangaphambili ibandakanya uhlobo lwe-counter-dystopian fiction endifuna ukuyidala (kungekhona ukupeyinta umfanekiso we-utopia, kodwa ukubetha ithoni yokuphilisa ebonwa yintliziyo njengeyokwenene). Ukuba intsomi ye-dystopian isebenza "njengenkqubo yokuqikelela" elungiselela abaphulaphuli kwilizwe elibi, elikhohlakeleyo, okanye eliphanzisiweyo, sinokufezekisa ngokuchaseneyo, ukubiza kunye nokuqhelekileyo ukuphilisa, ukukhulula, ukutshintsha kwentliziyo kunye nokuxolelwa. Siwafuna ngamandla amabali apho isisombululo singesokuba abafana abalungileyo babethe ababi kumdlalo wabo (ubundlobongela). Imbali isifundisa ngokulandelayo: abafana abalungileyo baba ngabantu ababi abatsha, njengakwimfazwe yolwazi endiyixubushe ngasentla.

Ngolu hlobo lwamva lwengxelo, olo lwamava obuqu, sinokudibana kumgangatho ophakathi womntu ongenakuphikiswa okanye waliwe. Umntu unokuxoxa malunga nokutolikwa kwebali, kodwa hayi malunga nebali ngokwalo.Ngokuvuma ukukhangela amabali abo bangaphandle kwekona eqhelekileyo yenyaniso, sinokuvula amandla e-Intanethi ukubuyisela ulwazi oluqhelekileyo. Emva koko siya kuba nezithako zovuselelo lwedemokhrasi. Idemokhrasi ixhomekeke kwingqiqo ekwabelwana ngayo ethi “thina bantu”. Akukho "thina" xa sibonana ngeekhathuni zamaqela kwaye singabandakanyi ngokuthe ngqo. Njengoko sisiva amabali omnye komnye, siyazi ukuba kubomi bokwenene, okulungileyo nokubi akufane kube yinyaniso, yaye ukongamela akufane kube sisicombululo.

Masijike kwindlela engenabundlobongela yokujongana nehlabathi

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Andizange ndizive ndinochulumanco malunga neprojekthi yokuyila ukusukela oko ndabhala i-Ascent of Humanity kwi-2003-2006. Ndibuva ubomi bunyakazela, ubomi kunye nethemba. Ndiyakholelwa ukuba amaxesha amnyama aphezu kwethu eMelika kwaye mhlawumbi nakwezinye iindawo ezininzi. Kulo nyaka uphelileyo, ndiye ndaneengxaki zokuphelelwa lithemba xa kusenzeka izinto ebendizama ukuzinqanda iminyaka engamashumi amabini. Yonke imigudu yam yabonakala ililize. Kodwa ngoku njengoko ndisingise kwicala elitsha, ithemba liyaqhakaza kum lokuba nabanye baya kwenza okufanayo, ngokunjalo neqela labantu. Ngapha koko, ngaba imigudu yethu yomsindo yokudala ihlabathi elilunge ngakumbi nayo ayizange ingqineke ililize xa ujonga imeko yangoku yendalo, ezoqoqosho nezobupolitika? Xa sisonke, ingaba asiphelelwanga sonke ngumzabalazo?

Umxholo ophambili womsebenzi wam ube sisibheno kwimigaqo ye-causal ngaphandle kobundlobongela: i-morphogenesis, i-synchronicity, umsitho, umthandazo, ibali, imbewu. Okumangalisayo kukuba, uninzi lwezincoko zam zohlobo lobundlobongela ngokwazo: ziqokelela ubungqina, zisebenzisa ingqiqo, kwaye zibeke ityala. Asikuko ukuba ubugcisa bogonyamelo bubi ngokwemvelo; banqongophele kwaye abanelanga kwimingeni esijongene nayo. Ulawulo nolawulo luzise impucuko kwindawo ekuyo namhlanje, kokulungileyo okanye okubi. Nokuba sibambelela kangakanani na kuzo, azisombululi izifo ezizikhusela kwimizimba yethu, intlupheko, ukuwa kwendalo, intiyo yobuhlanga, okanye utyekelo lokungathembeki. Ezi aziyi kupheliswa. Ngokunjalo, ukubuyiselwa kwedemokhrasi akuyi kuza ngenxa yokuba umntu uphumelela ingxabano. Kwaye ke ndivakalisa ngovuyo ukuzimisela kwam ukuguqukela kwindlela engenabundlobongela yokujongana nehlabathi. Ngamana esi sigqibo siyinxalenye yenkalo ye-morphic apho uluntu luhlangene lwenza okufanayo.

Inguqulelo: Bobby Langer

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