A zamanin baya, lokacin da na kasance al'adar gidajen yanar gizo na anti-yaki (sun kasance sun kasance), babu abin da zai iya tayar da hankali fiye da tunatar da su cewa shekaru hudu bayan mamayewar Amurka a Iraki wasu 40% na yawan jama'ar Amurka har yanzu sun yi imani Saddam ya mallaki manyan makamai na WMDs.
"Oh! gwajin rayuwa a cikin al'ummar da ba ta da hankali," za su sake yin kuka a cikin zaren sharhi. Kuma akwai shakku kan su wanene wadannan ’yan ra’ayin: masu ra’ayin rikau, mai yiwuwa daga tsakiyar kasar, wadanda da a ce suna da kwakwalwa, sun yanke shawarar daina amfani da ita kuma gaba daya sun rabu da neman gaskiya.
To, wani abu mai ban dariya ya faru a cikin shekaru 15-20 da suka shiga tsakani. Masu sassaucin ra'ayi ne masu wayo, a lokaci guda duka masu rashin hankali da kuma masu girman kai, wadanda suka yi watsi da al'adar yin rijistar hakikanin al'adu.
Na kasance ina karantawa Boston Globe kusan shekaru 50. Kuma yayin da shi bai taba samun tartsatsi cache na New York Times, ya daɗe yana da ƙarfi sosai, kuma galibi yana da cancantar wuri a cikin rukunin jaridun Amurka na watan Agusta har yanzu.
Ee, babban sashin wasanni yana da wani abu da ya yi da wannan. Amma ba haka kawai ba. Rahotonsa ya kasance mai ƙarfi sosai kuma shafin edita, yayin da yake mai sassaucin ra'ayi, ba safai ba ne mai ban sha'awa ko tawali'u, yana neman gabaɗaya don haɓaka hazakar jama'a na masu karatu.
Wancan ya kasance kafin Covid da Woke "canza komai" ™ a takarda.
Kalmar da ta fi zuwa a hankali kai tsaye lokacin karanta ta a yau ba ta da ban mamaki, an fahimce ta a cikin ma'anar ƙamus na zama "marasa kyau ko rashin ɗabi'a cikin siffa, kamanni, ko ɗabi'a; mummuna ko rashin hankali; m."
Kuna gani, a cikin Globe kwanakin nan:
- Covid har yanzu da wayo yana jira a waje da dukkan ƙofofinmu don samun damar sadar da mu duka (ciki har da yara ƙanana waɗanda gabaɗaya masu ilimi. Globe masu karatu, ba shakka, suna son ƙarin kuma mafi kyau fiye da kowa) a cikin girma na gaba.
- Kididdigar shari'ar Covid alamu ne da ba za a iya kuskure ba na gaba ɗaya lafiya da jin daɗin al'umma. Lallai, su ne ainihin ma'anar da ya kamata a yi magana a kai a cikin fage mai fa'ida da sarkakiya na lafiyar jama'a.
- Masks suna da, Dokta Katherine Gergen-Barret, Mataimakiyar Shugabar Sabunta Kula da Farko da Canji a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Boston ta yi iƙirari a cikin babu ambato Globe op-ed a cikin Mayu na 2021, "ya ceci dubban daruruwan rayuka."
- Alurar riga kafi na Covid suna ba da rigakafi da ke hana yaduwar ƙwayar cuta a cikin hanyoyinta, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa ya zama wajibi na ɗabi'a da aikin zamantakewa ga kowa da kowa ya sami jab. Don haka ba lallai ba ne a ce, Bill Gates maganganun gaskiya na baya-bayan nan game da rashin hankali Fasfo na rigakafi a cikin mahallin rigakafin da ba ya hana watsawa bai taɓa shiga cikin takarda ba.
- Mutanen da ba sa so su sami jab tare da kariya ta ƙarfe, sune, kamar yadda ɗan jaridar wasanni Dan Shaughnessy ba ya daina tunatar da mu lokacin da yake magana game da 'yan wasan da ke kan Red Sox, masu son kai-mafi yawan fararen fata na Kirista - waɗanda ba su damu da abokan wasansu ko magoya baya ba kuma waɗanda yakamata a magance su sosai.
- Florida da Sweden sun yi kasa a gwiwa sosai a rage ragewar Covid. Wannan, ko da yake kwararar 'yan New England da ke kan hanyarsu ta hanyar hanya ta 95 zuwa sabbin gidaje a cikin Jihar Sunshine suna girma a kowace rana.
- Manufofin Covid na jihar ba su da alaƙa da wannan canji na kwatsam kuma mai tarihi a cikin yawan alƙaluman jihar.
- Babu wata alama da ke nuna cewa alluran sun cutar da kowa ko kuma sun kashe wani a New England.
Zan iya ci gaba.
An tashe ni a kan almara na Boston a matsayin Athens na Amurka, kuma na yi imani da gaske ne. Kuma watakila ya kasance.
Lallai, ga waɗancan-kuma Boston tana da wataƙila fiye da waɗannan mutane fiye da kowane wuri a Amurka-wanda ke ɗaukar alaƙa kai tsaye tsakanin adadin digiri na kowane mutum a cikin yawan jama'a da samar da hikima da nagarta ta al'umma gabaɗaya, wannan al'adar kula da kai har yanzu tana da ma'ana mai ma'ana.
Amma, kamar yadda muryar Christopher Lasch ta bayan mutuwa an yi gargadin a cikin 1996, tattaunawar da ta kasance mai inganci, mutunta juna da kuma kyakkyawar tattaunawa tsakanin azuzuwan da aka amince da ita da sauran al'ummar Amurka, da aka kirkira a cikin shekaru talatin na farko bayan yakin duniya na biyu, ba a kaddara ta dawwama har abada.
Hakika, ya ba mu labarin yadda masu hannu da shuni da masu hannu da shuni suka riga sun riga sun riga sun fara mantawa da sauran al’umma, tare da yin amfani da dimbin dukiyar al’adu da kudi da suke da ita wajen yin wasa da tsarin don amfanin kansu da ‘ya’yansu.
Abin da bai hango ba, ko kadan kamar yadda na tuna, shi ne haduwarsu ta hauka.
Lokacin da mutanen da ba su da ilimi suke da wahalar yin rijistar gaskiyar rayuwa, muna tura su don maganin tabin hankali. Sa’ad da waɗanda suka cancanta suka yi haka, sai a ba su ginshiƙi ko nuni a wata kafar watsa labarai ta gado daga inda suke ba wa waɗanda ba a wanke ba su yi wankin don rashin sanin ƙaya na sabbin tufafin sarki.
Komawa cikin tunanin abubuwan da muke da'awa a cikin biranen "al'ada" kamar Boston, tare da takaddun "ci gaba" kamar Globe ba mai dorewa ba ne. Ko da yake mafi yawansu ba su da ni'ima da sanin haka, ƙwarin gwiwar da suke yi na tilasta wa sauran jama'a ruɗinsu yana yi musu fashi, da cibiyoyin da suke aiki a cikin su, na jarin zamantakewar da aka samu na al'ummomi da yawa na mafi yawan ayyuka na gaske.
Ba dade ko ba jima, a ƙarshe za su fuskanci taron jama'a. Kuma idan sun yi haka, ina tsammanin matakin farko na su zai kasance yana tunawa da abin da Nicolae da Elena Ceausescu suka nuna (daga minti 2:30) a wannan rana mai muni a cikin Disamba 1989 sa’ad da mutanen da suke rashin lafiya da ake ɗauke da su kamar shanu, suka yanke shawarar daina yin kamar sun gaskata da furucin da aka rubuta sosai.
Abin da zai faru daga wannan ranar da babu makawa gaba, hasashe ne na kowa.
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Thomas Harrington, Babban Masanin Kimiyya na Brownstone da Brownstone Fellow, Farfesa Emeritus na Nazarin Hispanic a Kwalejin Trinity a Hartford, CT, inda ya koyar da shekaru 24. Bincikensa yana kan ƙungiyoyin Iberian na asalin ƙasa da al'adun Catalan na zamani. Ana buga kasidunsa a Words in The Pursuit of Light.
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