Iya kuba yintoni inkulungwane yama-21? Ukuba undibuze kwiminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo, yithi ngoSeptemba 10, 2001, ndiza kuba nempendulo ecacileyo: khuthaza inkululeko. Emva kokuwa koDonga lwaseBerlin, ukuphela kocalucalulo, kunye nohlaziyo lukaDeng Xiaoping eTshayina, isethi yeenqobo ezisemgangathweni ibonakala ihamba-idemokhrasi, i-capitalism, egalitarianism, inkululeko yomntu.
Kwandula ke kumashumi eminyaka alandelayo, ukusasazeka kwedemokhrasi kwathintelwa kwaza kwarhoxiswa. Oozwilakhe baseTshayina, kuMbindi nakwiMpuma Yurophu nakweminye imimandla banegunya. Singene kugqatso oluqhelekileyo ngoku phakathi kwenkululeko yedemokhrasi kunye nolawulo-melo.
Kodwa kule minyaka imbalwa idlulileyo kukho into enika umdla eyenzekileyo: oogunyaziwe bamfumene uThixo. Basebenzisa imiqondiso yonqulo njengemiqondiso yokuzazisa ubuzwe kunye namakhulo. Badibanisa inkitha emva kwabo ngokuqalisa iimfazwe zenkcubeko ezingenasiphelo. Bayichaza ngokutsha ingxoxo-mpikiswano yehlabathi: ayiseyompikiswano phakathi kwedemokhrasi nozwilakhe; iphakathi kokuwohloka kokuziphatha kwabantu abakumgangatho ophezulu baseNtshona kunye nezithethe zemveli kunye nobumoya obuphezulu babantu abalungileyo abaqhelekileyo kwiidolophu zabo zokuzalwa.
Ngexesha apho umtsalane wonqulo lokwenene ubonakala uncipha, inkulungwane yama-21 ijika ibe lixesha lejihadi eligubungela ihlabathi lonke.
U-Xi Jinping ngomnye wabadali bolu hlobo lobuzwilakhe. UMao Zedong wadelela iChina ngaphambi kwenguquko. Kodwa urhulumente we-Xi Jinping akayekanga ukuzama ukwamkela amasiko amadala kunye nezithethe zemveli. Umphengululi waseTshayina uMax Oidtmann wathi ngelixa kusekwa “iinqobo ezisisiseko zobusoshiyali”, inciphisa amaqumrhu enkolo azimeleyo, isivumo sokholo esidibanisa ubuConfucius, ubuTao, ubuMarx, kunye neengcinga zikaMao Zedong.
Kwiveki ephelileyo, urhulumente waseTshayina uyalele ukuba kugxothwe abantu abadumileyo “abasisi”. Ezi ziinkwenkwezi ezintle zamadoda ezinobuntu obuthambileyo kwaye zityholwa ngokwenza ubudoda baseTshayina. Le yenye yeenzame zokubonisa indlela ulawulo olukhusela ngayo iTshayina kwiimfazwe zenkcubeko zokonakala kokuziphatha kwaseNtshona.
Ulawulo oluphezulu lwesimilo soluntu lunempembelelo. pNamhlanje, izithethe ziya zithandwa ngakumbi phakathi kwamaTshayina aqhelekileyo kunye neengqondi nabezopolitiko, uXuetong Yan weYunivesithi yaseTsinghua wabhala ngo-2018. ubufazi, amalungelo e-LGBTQ, njl.
UVladimir Putin kunye nabanye oozwilakhe bengingqi badlala imidlalo efanayo. U-Putin uye wadibanisa ixesha elide kunye neefilosofi zonqulo ezifana no-Ivan Ilin no-Nikolai Berdyaev. Kwinqaku leBerkeley Centre kwiYunivesithi yaseGeorgetown, uDmitry Uzlaner wabika ukuba ulawulo luzibumba njenge-plast bastion yemilinganiselo yamaKristu ukuthintela ihlabathi ukuba liwele kwinkululeko. Ukubhideka kokuziphatha.
Kwabakho neemfazwe zenkcubeko apho. Urhulumente wayibekela imiqathango i-Intanethi, wazama ukunqanda ukuqhomfa, wadambisa umlo ochasene nobundlobongela basekhaya, wasebenzisa imithetho yokunyelisa, kwaye wakuvala ukubonelelwa kolwazi oluxhasa “ubudlelwane bezesondo obungaqhelekanga” kubantwana.
Kwanabangoozwilakhe eUnited States naseNtshona Yurophu baqalisa ukuba nenxaxheba. Umphengululi wemicimbi yezizwe ngezizwe uTobias Cremer ubonise ukuba uninzi lwabo bazibiza ngokuba ngabalandeli bezizwe ngezizwe bobuKristu kwiintshukumo ezichanekileyo kumacala omabini eAtlantiki eneneni abakholwa kangako.
Baqhutywa yi-nativism kunye ne-anti-immigration attitudes, baze babambe isimboli sobuKristu ukuze bahlule "bona" ku "thina". Ngokomzekelo, eJamani, amaqela azinikeleyo azingomb’ isifuba ngokuba ngamaKristu akaqhubi kakuhle kubavoti abaneenkolelo zonqulo zokwenene.
Kwelinye inqaku elikwiziko laseBerkeley, uKramer wabhala ukuba abantu baseMelika abanenzondelelo yempambano babamba iminqamlezo yobuKristu kwiindibano, basebenzisa imifanekiso ye-crusader kwiimemes zabo, kwaye banokude bafune ubudlelwane namaqela angamaKristu alondolozayo. Kodwa ezi Ukukhankanywa akukho malunga nenkolelo ephilayo, enamandla, yehlabathi jikelele, kunye neyohlukeneyo eyahlukahlukeneyo kuYesu Krestu eyenziwa luninzi lweecawe zaseMelika namhlanje. Ngokwahlukileyo koko, ubuKristu bezobupolitika ubukhulu becala buye baba luhlobo oluthile lweempawu ezimhlophe. I-Secularized'Christianity': uphawu lwenkcubeko kunye nophawu olumhlophe olunokutshintshwa kunye neeViking veneers, iflegi yeConfederate, okanye imiqondiso yobuhedeni.
Aba basemagunyeni banxibe isambatho senkolo ngokwemvelo baya kuvuselela ukuchasana kwenkolo phakathi kwabo ngoku banxulumanisa inkolo ne-authoitarianism, i-nativism, kunye ne-holiganism ngokubanzi. Kumashumi ambalwa eminyaka adluleyo, inqanaba elingazange libonwe ngaphambili lokungakhathali kwehlabathi eYurophu naseUnited States alikhange linciphise iimfazwe ezimanyumnyezi zenkcubeko nezokomoya.
Iinkokeli zonqulo zobuxoki zongeza ubungozi bokuziphatha. Benza ngathi umntu ngamnye, amalungelo oluntu, ukungafani, ukulingana ngokwesini, amalungelo e-LGBTQ kunye nenkululeko yonqulo yindlela yamva nje ye-imperialism yokuziphatha yaseNtshona kunye ne-harbinger yesiphithiphithi sentlalo kunye nokuziphatha.
Abo bethu bakwicala lenkululeko yaseNtshona abanakukhetha ngaphandle kokulwa nayo ngokomoya nangokwenkcubeko, ebonisa ukuba ubuninzi bobuninzi buchasene nokuziphatha, indlela etyebileyo ngokomoya, esebenzayo kunye nesebenzayo yokuphucula isidima kunye nokusebenza komntu. . Uluntu olumanyeneyo.
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Ixesha lokuposa: Sep-16-2021
