A farkon 2020, lokacin da masu sassaucin ra'ayi na Amurka kuka a tare cewa garantin gyare-gyare na farko na haƙƙin haƙƙin taro kyauta shine takardar sayan magani don kashe kansa na ƙasa - kuma ba wata muhimmiyar ƙungiyar kare hakkin jama'a ta Amurka sun yi zanga-zanga - da na san inda muka dosa.
Duk da haka, kusan shekaru 3 bayan haka, na yi mamakin yadda sauri al'ummar da ta taɓa yin alfahari da haɗin kai ga "'yanci" ta shiga cikin abubuwan da suka sa a gaba na kama-karya. Tunani 'yan sanda a kan kafofin watsa labarun, da zarar fantasy dystopian, yanzu an ɗauke shi da gaske.
Haka ne babban tsarin sa ido na lantarki wanda aka yi wa Amurkawa (da sauran sauran duniya) a matsayin ma'auni na "lafiya", amma wanda a zahiri ya ba Big Brother hanya mai dacewa don sa ido kan wuraren da mutane suke da kuma wanda tuni aka juya baya ga masu adawa da siyasa a Isra'ila, Indiya da sauran wurare. Ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya - sau ɗaya jaruman farfagandar tsoro wanda aka daidaita keɓe masu yawan jama'a ba bisa ƙa'ida ba a 2020 - yanzu sun kasance tilasta musu barin aikinsu a lambobi masu ban tsoro don ƙin yin allurar da magungunan gwaji waɗanda nuna kare ba kowa.
Kafofin yada labarai, nesa da tayar da tambayoyi game da wannan duka, suna ta murna da juggernaut. Michael Smerconish na CNN yana da ya furta tare da sanyaya kai tsaye cewa gwajin maganin COVID shine ainihin darasi a ciki Gleichschaltung: "Hakika wannan shi ne abin da mutane a kasar nan za su sarrafa halayen da ke da alaka da kwayar cutar - wadanda ba a yi musu alluran rigakafi ko wadanda aka yi musu allurar ba…. [A] kyale wadanda ba a yi musu allurar rigakafin cutar ba, wannan rashin adalci ne kuma mara lafiya."
Bayan haka, kamar yadda Dan majalisa Jamie Raskin ya saka (a cikin tattaunawa da tsohuwar shugabar mai guba Deborah Birx), abu mafi mahimmanci ga Jiha shine tabbatar da "haɗin kai tsakanin jama'a" - koda kuwa yana ɗaukar wasu. karya a hukumance don jawo hankalin jama'a zuwa cikin kulle-kulle. Hitler ba zai iya sanya shi mafi kyau ba.
Zan iya cika wannan shafi cikin sauri da kasida na maganganun karya game da COVID-19 da aka yi wa jama'a a cikin shekaru uku da suka gabata. Amma chicanery na masu yada jita-jita-da kulle-kulle bai iyakance ga ɓatanci na kimiyya ba.
Ban rage mahimmancin nuna cewa an ciyar da mu ci gaba da cin abinci na karya game da COVID-19 tun farkon 2020 (aikin da yawancin masu ba da gudummawar Brownstone suka yi nasara). Amma abin da ke cikin haɗari a nan ba muhawara ba ne kawai game da manufofin likita. Abin da ke faruwa bai ƙunshi komai ba face gyare-gyaren tsarin siyasarmu, babban hari kan tsarin tsarin mulki na 'yancin ɗan adam da kuma tunanin da ke ƙarƙashin wannan tsarin.
Ƙari ga wannan abin kunya na cibiyoyi masu sassaucin ra'ayi na Amurka kamar yadda iskar 'yan sanda ta kasance ta mamaye mu duka, kuma za ku fahimci dalilin da yasa kira na zuwa shekara mai zuwa shine: yaushe zan ji karin muryoyin da aka ɗaga cikin juriya?
Ko, a sanya shi a sarari: me kuke jira, Amurka?
Ina muryoyinku lokacin da aka dakatar da dimokradiyyar wakilci kama-karya masu kama-karya daga cikin kashi hudu cikin biyar na gwamnonin Amurka a cikin 2020 - tsari wanda, a cewar Anthony Fauci, za a iya sake sanyawa a kowane lokaci?
Ina muryoyin ku lokacin da jihar bayan jihar ta yi watsi da Dokar Haƙƙin haƙƙin haƙƙin haƙƙin haƙƙin wasu sigar Dokar Ƙwararrun Lafiya ta gaggawa - lissafin da, lokacin da aka fara gabatar da shi a 2001, ya kasance. sharply soki Ƙungiyar 'Yancin Jama'a ta Amurka, tare da ƙungiyoyi masu ra'ayin mazan jiya kamar Gidauniyar Free Congress Foundation da Majalisar Musanya 'Yan Majalisun Amurka, a matsayin "jimawa zuwa wani lokaci kafin tsarin shari'a ya amince da ainihin kariyar gaskiya?"
Ina muryoyinku lokacin da Shugaban Amurka ya bijirewa dokar Nuremberg ta umarni Ma'aikatan gwamnatin tarayya miliyan 3.5 da za su mika wuya ga allurar magungunan da ba a gwada su ba, yayin da gwamnatinsa ta yi iyakacin kokarinta don tabbatar da cewa karancin bayanan da aka samu game da amincin magungunan zai kasance. boye daga jama'a muddin zai yiwu? Ina muryoyinku lokacin da waɗanda suka ƙi amincewa da wannan rungumar wani laifin yaƙin Nazi da aka sake dawowa suke tsarkake daga gwamnatin mu?
Ina muryoyinku lokacin da Jiha rufe makarantun yaranku, tilas muzzles uwa 'yan shekaru biyu, da kuma tsoratar da matasa har ya kai kwata kwata tunanin kashe kansa? Lokacin da yawa kamar yadda 23 miliyan yara tsarin makarantun Amurka ne suka sanya su a ƙarƙashin sa ido na kwamfuta wanda ke kula da kowane maɓalli da kuma bin diddigin lambobin sadarwar su ta intanet, 1984-shine yanayin wanene rufe makarantu da COVID ke yi a matsayin hujja?
Idan kun tambaye ni, kalmar da ta gabata a cikin jumlar da ta gabata ita ce "pretext:" COVID-19, kodayake a cikin sharuddan likita. bai taɓa kusan haɗari ba kamar yadda aka gaya mana, ya kasance mai matukar tasiri a matsayin ramuwar gayya ga 'yancin jama'a. A wani lokaci, an tsara manufofin kiwon lafiyar gwamnati don cimma burin likita. A yau, ana tura “manufofin” na likitanci a madadin manufar da ke da nufin wargaza dimokuradiyyar Amurka.
Don haka don Allah a tuna: wannan ba game da lafiyar ku ba ne. Yana da game da ƙasarku, wadda babban burinta ke fuskantar farmakin da ba a taɓa yin irinsa ba. Idan ba ku ƙi ba yanzu, kuna iya rasa haƙƙin ku na ƙi gaba ɗaya.
Kuma kada ku yi tunanin 'yan jarida masu sassaucin ra'ayi, ko 'yan kare hakkin jama'a "masu kare hakkin jama'a," ko manyan malamai, ko 'yan siyasa masu "ci gaba" masu girman kai za su yi magana a kan ku idan ba ku yi magana da kanku ba.
Bayan 'yan shekarun da suka gabata, Jim Acosta na CNN ya yi sunansa yana fitowa a matsayin gwarzon 'yancin 'yan jarida (wanda ake zaton yana fuskantar barazanar mutuwa saboda Donald Trump ya fadi wasu abubuwa marasa dadi game da 'yan jaridun Amurka). Duk da haka ta lokacin bazara na 2021 Acosta ya kasance fitar da Trump, da'awar cewa Gwamnan Florida Ron DeSantis ya haifar da bambance-bambancen COVID-19 Delta tare da yin tir da mutanen da suka yi ƙarfin hali suyi tunanin suna da haƙƙin numfashi a cikin jama'a.
Shin 'yan'uwan Acosta masu sassaucin ra'ayi sun yi adawa da munafuncinsa? Sabanin haka: bayanin martabarsa na jama'a shine hagiography na kama-da-wane, ko da yake kai hari kan 'yancin fadin albarkacin baki na gidajen jaridu kamar Fox News don watsa sharhin da bai yarda da shi ba. Aminta da irin waɗannan mutane tare da kare Dokar Haƙƙin kamar barin walat ɗin ku tare da Bernie Madoff.
Haka kuma ba za ku iya neman rashin isasshen ilimi ba. Ko da kun yi watsi da tushen bayanan gaskiya game da manufofin COVID - kuma da dama ana samun su ta hanyar intanet - an sami lokutan almara lokacin da masu yada farfagandar suka fallasa a zahiri kansu, kamar lokacin da Gwamnan New York Kathy Hochul ya gaya wa masu sauraron megachurch Allah ya umurci Amurkawa da su dauki COVID-19 "alurar rigakafi," ko kuma lokacin da Kanar Birx wanda bai tuba ba. shigar da shi ga Majalisa cewa ta bata bayanan gaskiya lokacin da ta umarci jama'a da su mika kai ga magungunan gwaji iri daya.
Shin kuna buƙatar ƙarin wata shaida na sha'awar megalomaniac na ikon da ke jagorantar waɗannan masu adawa da dimokuradiyya, yayin da suke wargaza Kundin Tsarin Mulkin Amurka gabaɗaya?
Babu shakka ko ina ne ikon Jiha ke zubewa – idan ba mu yi wani abu don hana shi ba. Writing tun daga 1935, Albert Jay Nock ya annabta makomar haɓaka ikon hukuma:
Abin da za mu gani shi ne ci gaba da ci gaba a cikin ƙungiyoyin jama'a da ke gudana zuwa wani yanki na soja mai tsanani. Matsakaicin tsakiya; tsarin mulki na ci gaba da girma; Ikon Jiha da Imani kan ikon Jiha suna ƙaruwa;… Jiha tana karɓar kaso mafi girma na yawan kuɗin shiga na ƙasa…. Sannan a wani lokaci a cikin wannan ci gaba, karo na muradun ƙasa…zai haifar da ɓarnawar masana'antu da na kuɗi mai tsanani da tsarin zamantakewar asthenic ya ɗauka; kuma daga nan za a bar jihar zuwa "mutuwar injina"…
Yayin da muke shiga 2023, ba ma buƙatar yin karatu mai zurfi cikin ka'idar siyasa don fahimtar barazanar da muke fuskanta. Dole ne mu sake duba tarihin shekaru uku da suka gabata.
Cikakken kimanta wannan rikodin, da alama a gare ni, zai gaya mana cewa akwai yuwuwar muna kan hanyar wargajewar jamhuriyar Amurka. Wataƙila ya riga ya yi latti don tsayayya da mai mulki zeitgeist. Amma ina ba da shawarar cewa duk mu yi la'akari da kalmomi na Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn game da gazawar da jama'ar Soviet suka yi don yin tsayayya da zaluncin da ya haɗa da kama kansa a cikin 1940s: "Da a ce mun tsaya tare da barazanar gama gari, da za mu iya samun nasara a cikin sauƙi. To, me ya sa ba mu yi ba? Ba mu son 'yanci sosai."
A gare mu, waccan "barazana gama gari" ta fi rauni fiye da wanda Solzhenitsyn ya yi tunani. Ba mu buƙatar makamai don yaƙar ta; a gaskiya, makamai kawai za su shiga hanya. Abin da muke bukata shine muryoyin - da yawa daga cikinsu - suna tayar da zanga-zanga a duk lokacin da wani ma'aikacin gwamnati ko kuma mai horar da kungiyar Ivy League "kwararre" ko "dan jarida" maƙaryaci ko mai kunya a cikin tufafin tumaki yana ƙoƙari ya kwace mana wani ɗan adam daga darajar ɗan adam, ƙarin inch na 'yancinmu na jama'a.
Sa'an nan kuma muna bukatar mu yi kira ga duk abin da muke da daraja. Duk da yake akwai sauran lokaci.
Shin muna son 'yanci ya isa haka?
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Michael Lesher marubuci ne, mawaki kuma lauya wanda aikinsa na shari'a ya fi sadaukar da kai ga batutuwan da suka danganci cin zarafin gida da cin zarafin yara. Littafin Littattafai na Lincoln Square ya buga wani abin tunawa game da bincikensa na addinin Yahudanci na Orthodox a matsayin babban mutum - Juya Baya: Tafiya ta Bayahude "Sake Haihuwa" a watan Satumba 2020. Ya kuma buga op-ed guda a cikin wurare daban-daban kamar su Gaba, ZNet, New York Post da Off-Guardian.
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