IDEMOCRACY YAYESELWE-URHULUMENTE

UHarold W. Percival

INXENYE I

UMDLALI NABANTU

Zonke iintlobo zoorhulumente babantu zizamile kulo mhlaba, ngaphandle-kwedemokhrasi yokwenene.

Abantu bayazivumela ukuba balawulwe ngumlawuli okanye ngabalawuli abanjengoosienkosi, iingxwelerha, iiputocrat, kude kube kuthathwa ukuba kufanelekile "ukuvumela abantu balawule," besazi kwakudala ukuba into ebizwa ngabantu ayinakulawula okanye ayiyi kulawula. Emva koko banedemokhrasi, ngegama kuphela.

Umahluko phakathi kwezinye iindlela zikarhulumente kunye nentando yesininzi yokwenyani yeyokuba abalawuli kwezinye iirhulumente balawula abantu kwaye bona ngokwabo balawulwa kukuzithanda nangaphandle kwengcinezelo; lo gama, ukuba nentando yesininzi yokwenyani, abavoti abanyule abameli phakathi kwabo ukuze bazilawule kufuneka bazilawule ngokwamandla amandla okuqonda nesizathu ngaphakathi. Kuya kuthi ke ngabavoti kuphela abaya kwazi ukuba bakhethe kwaye bakhethe abameli abanolwazi lwezobulungisa, ukulawula kuluntu lonke. Ke ethubeni impucuko iyenziwa ukuvumela abantu balawule. Kodwa uninzi lwabantu, nangona belangazelela “amalungelo” abo, bahlala benqaba ukuqaphela okanye ukuvumela amalungelo abanye, kwaye bayalile ukuthatha uxanduva oluzakubanika amalungelo. Abantu bafuna amalungelo kunye nezibonelelo ngaphandle koxanduva. Umdla wabo ubangela ukuba bangabi namalungelo abanye kwaye babanike izisulu ezilula zokukhohlisa. Ngexesha lokuzama inkululeko yedemokhrasi kunye nabantu abathanda ngamandla benze inkohliso ebantwini ngokubathembisa ngento abangakwaziyo ukubanika okanye abangayi kuyenza. Kuya kuvela idemogogue. Ukubona ithuba lakhe ngexesha lengxakeko umntu oza kuba nguzwilakhe ukutsala abantu abangena mthetho kwaye angakhethi buso phakathi kwabantu. Yintsimi echumileyo apho umntu ophazamisayo ahlwayela imbewu yakhe yokungoneliseki, ubukrakra kunye nentiyo. Banika ingqalelo kwaye baqhwabel 'izandla intetho enyulu. Uyazisebenzela enomsindo. Unikina intloko kunye nenqindi kwaye enze umoya ungcangcazele kunye nemfesane yakhe kwabo bahluphekayo abanyamezelekiyo. Uyazicacisa aze azichaze iinkanuko zabo. Uvutha ngumsindo noburhalarhume obungendawo ngenxa yempatho-mbi ebabulala ngayo abaqeshi babo kunye neenkosi zabo ezilukhuni. Upeyinta imifanekiso efanekisa amagama kwaye achaze into aza kuyenzela yona xa ebahlangula kwimbandezelo nakubukhoboka abakuyo.

Ukuba uza kubaxelela into azimisele ukuyenza de bambeke, unokuthi: “Bahlobo bam! Abamelwane! kunye naBantu baMi boMhlaba! Ngenxa yakho nangenxa yelizwe lethu elithandekayo, ndiyazibophelela ukukunika into oyifunayo. (Ndiza kukuxuba kunye nawe ndonwabise izilwanyana zasekhaya kwaye ndincancise iintsana zakho.) Ndingumhlobo wakho! Kwaye ndiza kwenza yonke into ukukunceda kwaye ube yintsikelelo kuwe; kwaye konke ekufuneka ukwenzile ukufumana ezi zibonelelo kukunyula mna ke ndinike igunya namandla okukufumana. ”

Kodwa ukuba ebeya kuxela into azimisele ukuyenza, ebeya kuthi: “Kodwa xa ndinegunya namandla kuwe, uya kuba ngumthetho wakho. Ndiza kukunyanzela ukuba wenze kwaye ndikunyanzele ukuba ube yinto endiyakuthi uyenze kwaye ube yiyo. ”

Ewe abantu abayiqondi into yokuba umntu ozuzayo kunye nomhlanguli ozimeleyo ucinga ntoni; bamamela kuphela akuthethayo. Ngaba akakhange azithembise ukuba uza kubakhulula aze abenzele into ekufuneka beyenzile! Bayamnyula. Kwaye ke iya njalo-kwisigculelo sentando yesininzi, idemokhrasi yokuzikhohlisa.

Umkhuseli wabo kunye nomhlanguli wabo waba nguzwilakhe. Uyabacekisa kwaye ubanciphise ukuba babe ngabanikrokrela kobunewunewu bakhe, kungenjalo ubabamba okanye ubabulale. Kuphakama omnye u-dictator. Ugqwetha woyisa okanye uphumelele u-dictator, kude kube ku-dictators kunye nabantu babuyela kwintlalontle okanye kuthintelo.

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