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perm_post"> Mennonites, kwa wanarchists pretty radical, na watu wanaofanya kazi na Common Ground, ambayo ilianzishwa kwa namna fulani na Black Panthers na wafuasi vijana nyeupe na kuwa mradi ambao ulifanya mambo mengi tofauti, na sio yote yaliyofanya kazi kikamilifu, lakini baadhi yake yalikuwa ya kushangaza. Na ikawa kweli sehemu ya mazungumzo.</p><p> Lakini walianzisha kliniki ya kwanza nzuri sana kwa watu waliohitaji huduma ya dharura, ambao walihitaji dawa zao za ugonjwa wa kisukari, au risasi yao ya pepopunda, au jeraha lao lililotiwa dawa. Na hiyo iligawanyika katika kliniki ya Common Ground, ambayo bado inaendelea kuwa na nguvu zaidi ya miaka 10 baadaye. Na hiyo ndiyo aina ya matokeo yasiyo ya moja kwa moja ambayo ninapata ya kuvutia sana kufuatilia, ni kwamba hapa kuna kitu ambacho kilitoka kwa Katrina ambacho bado kinasaidia watu kila siku.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Sawa. Kwa hiyo, tulizungumza muda mfupi uliopita kuhusu upendo, na wazo lako kwamba upendo una mambo mengine mengi ya kufanya duniani, kando na silo hizi za kupenda familia zetu, na kuwapenda watoto wetu. Kwa hivyo nikikuuliza ni hadithi gani au watu gani wanaokuja akilini ukifikiria kuhusu neno "mapenzi" kama jambo la vitendo, lenye misuli, la umma huko New Orleans miaka kumi baada ya Kimbunga Katrina, ni nini kinachokuja akilini kwako?</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Katika mambo mengi, ni mahali pa ajabu sana - watu wana miunganisho ya kina huko New Orleans. Ningejaribu kueleza kwamba watu wa New Orleans na Katrina walipoteza vitu ambavyo wengi wetu hatukuwa navyo kwa vizazi. Watu wengi waliishi katika kitongoji ambapo walijua mamia ya watu. Walijua kila mtu aliyeishi karibu nao.</p><p> Wanaweza kuwa na familia iliyopanuliwa. Wanaweza kuwa kama Fats Domino ambaye alizaliwa katika nyumba katika Wadi ya Tisa ya Chini, alijifungua na nyanya yake. Watu wanaishi katika nyumba za babu zao. Wana mizizi hii ya kina na matawi mapana. Na wanashiriki sherehe za umma. Wanazungumza na wageni. Na wao - ni mahali pa kina Dionysian, na gwaride la mstari wa pili wote... ...Jumapili za kitu 40 kwa mwaka, si kanivali pekee, si Mardi Gras pekee. Na ni mahali pa kiroho sana. Kwa hivyo vitu hivi vyote ni sehemu ya mahali na kwa hivyo tayari ni matajiri. Lakini watu wengi baada ya Katrina kuhisi, Sawa, lazima tushirikiane ili kuweka mahali hapa hai. Na kuna ongezeko la kweli la ushiriki wa raia na idadi ya taasisi zinazozunguka haki na polisi zilirekebishwa.</p><p> Kwa kweli polisi walichukuliwa na serikali ya shirikisho kwa sababu ilikuwa idara ya polisi fisadi na isiyo na uwezo zaidi nchini Merika. Walipata meya mwenye heshima kwa mabadiliko, baada ya ufisadi mwingi, haswa kutoka kwa Ray Nagin, ambaye alifungwa jela kwa hilo - meya wakati na baada ya Katrina. Na watu walianza kuota sana, Sawa, hapa tuko kwenye ukanda wa pwani unaomomonyoka kwa kasi zaidi duniani, katika jiji ambalo kwa kiasi fulani liko chini ya usawa wa bahari, katika enzi ya mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa, dhoruba zinazoongezeka, na maji yanayoongezeka. Jinsi gani sisi kukabiliana?</p><p> Na watu wana mazungumzo haya ya kusisimua sana kuhusu kufikiria upya jiji, na jinsi maji yanavyofanya kazi katika jiji, kujenga mifumo ya kuishi. Na tena, hii ni kama majanga yote - dhoruba ilikuwa ya kutisha, iliua watu wapatao 1,800, iliwahamisha watu wengi weusi ambao hawakuweza kurudi tena. Na kuathiri mwendelezo na afya ya akili ya jamii. Lakini iliunda ushiriki huu na upangaji huu wa ubunifu wa siku zijazo. Na New Orleans inaweza kuwa imeendelea kupungua kwake bila Katrina.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Sawa. Na ni aina ya incubator sasa, sivyo? Aina ya...</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Ndio. Ndiyo. Na vijana wengi, waaminifu hawa wachanga waliohamia huko, walipenda mahali hapo na kukaa. Na ni ngumu. Baadhi yao ni watoto wa kizungu ambao wanakuza vitongoji vya kawaida vya watu weusi. Lakini pia ni - wengine - wote si wazungu, na ni watu wanaoleta shauku ya kupanga miji, bustani za jamii - kwa kufikiria juu ya mifumo hii ya kijamii na ikolojia. Na mahali hapa kuna nguvu nyingi hivi sasa kwa njia mpya, na imehifadhi mengi, ikiwa sio yote, ya nishati iliyokuwa nayo hapo awali.</p><p> [ <em>Muziki: “Fire Once Again” na Washboard Chaz Blues Trio</em> ]</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Mimi ni Krista Tippett na hii ni <em>On Being</em> . Leo na mwandishi, mwanahistoria na mwanaharakati Rebecca Solnit.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Inaonekana kwangu kwamba hadithi ya New Orleans baada ya Kimbunga Katrina inakuwa mfano uliokithiri wa ukweli mkubwa unaouona. Na kwa hivyo hapa kuna kitu ulichoandika ambapo kimesemwa kwa uzuri sana, na kwa kweli, kila mmoja wetu kibinafsi ikiwa tungeacha kuitenganisha, ana hadithi ya matukio milioni au vitendo au watu ambao bila sisi hatungekuwa. Na uliandika, "Ifuatilie vya kutosha, na wakati huu katika maisha yako inakuwa spishi adimu, tokeo la mageuzi ya ajabu. Kipepeo ambaye anapaswa kuwa tayari ametoweka na kunusurika kwa kutoeleweka tunaita bahati mbaya."</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Ndio. Na pia ni juu ya kutotabirika kwa maisha yetu. Na msingi huo wa matumaini ninaozungumzia kwamba hatujui ni nguvu gani ziko kazini, nini - nani na nini kitatokea. Ni jambo gani ambalo huenda hata hatujaliona, au ambalo huenda tumelipunguza, litakuwa nguvu kubwa sana katika maisha yetu. Watu katika utamaduni huu wanapenda uhakika sana. Na wanaonekana kupenda uhakika zaidi kuliko matumaini. Na - ndiyo maana mara nyingi wanashikilia masimulizi haya machungu, ya kukata tamaa ambayo ni kwamba wanajua hasa kitakachotokea, kwamba bomba la mchanga wa lami litapita, na hakuna njia ambayo kundi hili lote la wanaharakati katika maeneo kama Nebraska litasimamisha bomba hili la nguvu sana la mafuta na kuinua sekta ya mafuta.</p><p> Na hakika hiyo inaonekana ya kusikitisha kwangu, kuwa - na bila shaka, tulisimamisha bomba la mchanga wa lami, kwa sababu kwa miaka sita, watu, hata wakati ilifikiriwa kuwa ni sababu iliyopotea na ya ujinga na isiyowezekana, waliendelea kusukuma. Kwa hivyo ndio, kwa hivyo kufuatilia vitu hivyo - ninataka watu wasimulie hadithi ngumu zaidi na kutambua wachezaji hawa ambao hawaonekani. Kwamba wakati mwingine tunashinda, na kwamba kuna fursa hizi, lakini ufunguzi ni ufunguzi tu. Lazima upitie na kufanya kitu kitokee. Na sio kila wakati unashinda, lakini ukijaribu, hautapoteza kila wakati.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Ndio, haushindi kila wakati, lakini nadhani, ninarudi kwenye wazo lako kwamba historia ni kama, na kwa kweli maisha yetu, ni kama hali ya hewa, sio kama cheki. Kwa hivyo, hoja yako, ambayo kwa kweli ni - ningesema ni aina ya utata ambao nadhani theolojia inaweka vizuri zaidi - kwamba unapitia fursa na labda haushindi vita hivyo, au huoni matokeo ambayo ungetarajia, labda utapoteza moja kwa moja, lakini njia - njia ngumu unayotaka kusimulia hadithi za ukweli na za maisha yetu ni kwamba kila wakati tunaweza kudhibiti, na hatuwezi kuona matokeo yoyote' kuhesabu, lakini ni muhimu. Wanahesabu.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Mwanamume ninayehusika naye anapenda kusema, na ninapata - ni kutoka kwa Foucault, na ninaelewa vibaya, kwamba "Tunajua tunachofanya, tunajua kwa nini tunafanya, lakini hatujui tunachofanya." Na ninapenda maana kwamba, hatujui matokeo. Tunaweza kujifunza na kukisia, na mambo mengi muhimu si ya moja kwa moja na yasiyo ya mstari, na ni kama vile vikagua vinaonekana kuwa vya kisasa sana na changamano kwa sitiari. Nilitumia mchezo wa kupigia debe, ambapo watu wako - ama tulipiga pini zote chini na mpira huu wa kupigia, au tulikuwa na mpira wa gutter na hakuna kilichotokea. Na ni - rafiki yangu mzuri wa mazingira, Chip Ward, anapenda kuzungumza juu ya "udhalimu wa mtu anayeweza kuhesabiwa." Na nimekuwa nikitumia msemo wake huo kwa takriban miaka 15 na ni aina ya ubabe. Na nadhani - na inapata fumbo ambapo lazima uangalie kile kisichoweza kukadiriwa. Martin Luther King aliuawa mwaka wa 1968. Kitabu cha katuni kuhusu jinsi uasi wa raia unavyofanyika kilisambazwa wakati wa Vuguvugu la Haki za Kiraia, kinatafsiriwa kwa Kiarabu, na kusambazwa nchini Misri, na kuwa mojawapo ya nguvu zisizoweza kupimika zinazosaidia kulisha Arab Spring, ambayo ina umri wa miaka mitano hivi sasa. Na nyingi ya hiyo haionekani kuwa nzuri, lakini walipindua rundo la tawala. Na Mapinduzi ya Ufaransa hayakuonekana mazuri sana miaka mitano nje.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Oh, najua.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Nilikuwa nikisema juzi. Na...</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Ni muhimu sana kwamba ueleze hilo, kwamba sisi - na pia mapinduzi yetu. Namaanisha mambo haya ni ovyo, na yanachukua vizazi. Na tunasahau hilo. Na tayari tunaiita kama hasara na ni upuuzi kweli. Ni upuuzi.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Ndio, na nadhani kuna mambo mazuri ya kufanywa kwamba, kwa mfano, kumpindua dikteta ni nzuri, lakini unahitaji taasisi za kidemokrasia. Nchini Misri, kwa mfano, jeshi lilikuwa nguvu ambayo haikuondoka na unahitaji sio tu kuwa na wakati huo wa kushangaza mitaani, na kupasuka huko, lakini unahitaji kuwa na ushirikiano unaoendelea na kubadilisha mfumo na kuifanya kuwajibika. Lakini kile kilichotokea kilikuwa muhimu, na nadhani kwa watu - watu wengi katika Mashariki ya Kati, kwa maana tu kwamba, sio lazima kwamba tunaishi katika ubabe. Hatuna nguvu. Na ninamfikiria Alexander Dubcek, shujaa wa Prague Spring ya 1968, ambayo ilifutwa, akicheza jukumu katika mapinduzi ya 1989 ...</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Ndiyo.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> ... hiyo iliikomboa nchi hiyo.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Hiyo ni kweli. Ndiyo.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Na ninataka mafumbo bora zaidi. Nataka hadithi bora. Nataka uwazi zaidi. Nataka maswali bora. Mambo haya yote yanahisi kama yanatupa zana ambazo zinalingana zaidi na uwezekano wa kushangaza na hali halisi ya kutisha ambayo tunakabili. Na, kile tunachopewa mara nyingi ni aina hizi za zana duni, zisizofaa - hazisaidii. Hawafungui mambo. Hazitoi mwanga. Hazituelekezi kwenye maeneo ya kuvutia. Hawatujulishi jinsi tunavyoweza kuwa na nguvu. Hazitusaidii kuuliza maswali ambayo ni muhimu sana. Na hiyo huanza na kukataa masimulizi tunayosimuliwa, na kusimulia hadithi zetu wenyewe, kuwa msimuliaji wa hadithi badala ya mtu ambaye ameambiwa la kufanya.</p><p> [ <em>Muziki: “Tumaini” na Miaou</em> ]</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Mimi ni mwenzetu sana kwa heshima yako kwa kitu kinachoitwa maisha ya umma. Na, ambayo nadhani tumelinganisha kwa kiasi kidogo na maisha ya kisiasa katika vizazi vya hivi karibuni, lakini aina ya kufungua lugha hiyo zaidi. Umesema maisha ya umma yanakukuza, yanakupa kusudi na muktadha. Ninataka kufikia wazo hili kwamba [ <em>anacheka</em> ] labda hii ni - mlinganisho huu unafaa zaidi nadhani. Namaanisha, tuko katikati ya mwaka huu wa uchaguzi wa urais, ambao ni wa kutatanisha, fujo. Lakini - na kuna hasira nyingi katika chumba. Na ninaenda wapi na hii? Wewe sitaki kufananisha na janga la asili, lakini ulisema [ <em>anacheka</em> ] nadhani niko akilini mwangu. [ <em>anacheka</em> ]</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> O, nenda, fanya hivyo. [ <em>anacheka</em> ]</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> ... lakini ulisema kama katikati ya janga la asili, kuna furaha hii inainuka. Kwa hivyo, kwa upande mmoja, tuna tamasha hili la, nadhani, wacha tu tuseme nadhani ninaweza kusema hili kwa usalama. Uchaguzi wa rais ni - ambayo sivyo yeyote kati yetu - jinsi yeyote kati yetu angetaka iwe, labda. Lakini niambie unapeleka wapi furaha katika maisha ya umma hivi sasa? Na hiyo inaweza kuwa haina uhusiano wowote na siasa.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Ndio, nakubali kabisa. Tunahitaji hisia pana ya maisha ya umma, kwamba ni hisia ya kuwa mali ya mahali ambapo ninamaanisha mahali halisi, miti, ndege, hali ya hewa. Ukanda wa pwani, au ...</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Watu.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> ... vilima au mashamba, pamoja na watu na taasisi. Na ni moja ya sababu ninaipenda New Orleans. Watu hujishughulisha sana kama kila siku. Na ambapo wakati mwingine ninaishi katika Eneo la Ghuba, ninahisi kama niko kwenye filamu ya zombie. Kila mtu anatembea huku na huko akitazama simu yake. Na hakuna mtu katika ulimwengu wa faragha simu yako inafungua. Na lakini inachekesha, namna unavyoielezea, kwa sababu nadhani kuna aina ya kujisahau na hali ya kuwa na kitu sawa ambacho huleta furaha hiyo inapokuja katika msiba. Na bila shaka uchaguzi wa rais ni kinyume kabisa. Ni ushabiki na aina hii ya kushikamana kwa kina kwa "Niko sahihi na umekosea." Na kugombana.</p><p> Bi. Tippet: Lakini, kwa hivyo weka kando, kwa sababu nadhani hiyo sio furaha sana kwako au kwangu. Lakini unapata wapi furaha katika maisha ya umma hivi sasa? Unataka kuangalia wapi kwa kuzingatia masimulizi makubwa zaidi ya sisi ni nani, na kile tunachoweza, na nini wakati huu - unazungumza mara nyingi - unasema, "Kila ninapotazama karibu nami, huwa nashangaa ni mambo gani ya zamani yanakaribia kuzaa matunda, ni taasisi gani zinazoonekana kuwa imara zinaweza kupasuka hivi karibuni, na ni mbegu gani ambazo tunaweza kupanda sasa, ambazo mavuno yake yatakuja wakati usiotabirika katika siku zijazo." Kwa hiyo unatazama wapi sasa hivi na fitina?</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Harakati ya hali ya hewa, ambayo ilikuwa aina hii ya kiinitete, jambo lisilofaa miaka kumi iliyopita na nilikuwa Paris kwa ajili ya mkutano wa hali ya hewa... ...na ni wa kimataifa, ni wenye nguvu, ni wa kuvutia, ni wa ubunifu. Na mambo ya ajabu yanatokea na mabadiliko ya kweli. Na miaka kumi iliyopita, hatukuwa na chaguzi za nishati. Kwa kweli hatukuwa na njia mbadala nzuri za mafuta ya visukuku jinsi tunavyofanya sasa, kwani Scotland iliweka uzio kuelekea uzalishaji wa nishati bila visukuku kwa asilimia 100. Mambo haya yote ya ajabu hutokea. Kwa hivyo tuko katika mapinduzi ya nishati ambayo ni mageuzi ya - mapinduzi ya fahamu kuhusu jinsi mambo yanavyofanya kazi, na jinsi yote yameunganishwa. Na hiyo ina aina ya uzuri wa ajabu, sio tu kwa baadhi ya watu ambao mimi ni marafiki nao ambao wanafanya mambo makuu - lakini aina ya uzuri wa ubunifu, wa shauku, wa upendo wa kweli kwa watu walio hatarini walio hatarini... ... kwa ulimwengu, ulimwengu wa asili. Kwa maana ya mifumo katika mpangilio - mpangilio wa asili wa mifumo ya hali ya hewa, viwango vya bahari, vitu kama msimu wa baridi. Na...</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> [ <em>anacheka</em> ] Ndio, mambo kama majira ya baridi. Ndio...</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Ndio. Ndiyo. Majira ya baridi kama ilivyokuwa - majira ya baridi na masika kama ilivyokuwa, ambapo uhamiaji wa ndege ulifanyika kwa uratibu na maua haya yakichanua, na wadudu hawa wakitotolewa, na kadhalika. Na kile tunachotambua tunaposhughulikia mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa ni ugumu huu usio na mwisho ambao una aina nzuri ya utaratibu kwake. Na inaanguka ... ... kwenye machafuko. Na kwa hivyo mimi - upendo, akili, shauku, ubunifu wa harakati hiyo, kuna moja - na kuna mambo mengine mengi ningeweza kusema, lakini sasa hivi hiyo inasisimua sana. Na ni kujadiliana. Inajadiliana. Na hili ndilo tumaini kwangu. Sio kusema "Loo, tunaweza kujifanya kuwa kila kitu kitakuwa sawa, na tutarekebisha yote, na itakuwa kana kwamba haijawahi kutokea." Ni kweli kusema, tofauti kati ya hali bora zaidi, na mbaya zaidi hali-scenario ni ambapo watu hawa katika Ufilipino kuishi. Ambapo watu hawa katika Aktiki wanaweza kuweka kitu cha njia yao ya maisha, na tutafanya kila tuwezalo kupigania kesi bora zaidi kuliko kesi mbaya zaidi. Bila udanganyifu, bila kufikiria kuwa tutafanya yote kuwa sawa, na kama haijatokea. Na hivyo kwamba nia ngumu pia ni nzuri sana, udhanifu huo wa kisayansi.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Tumaini hilo la akili ngumu.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Hasa.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Nadhani ungetoa neno hilo.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Na matumaini ni magumu. Ni vigumu kuwa na uhakika kuliko uhakika. Ni ngumu kuchukua nafasi kuliko kuwa salama. Na hivyo matumaini mara nyingi huonekana kama udhaifu, kwa sababu ni hatari, lakini inachukua nguvu kuingia katika mazingira magumu ya kuwa wazi kwa uwezekano. Na ninavutiwa na kile kinachowapa watu nguvu hiyo. Na, hadithi gani, maswali gani, kumbukumbu gani, mazungumzo gani, hisia gani za wao wenyewe na ulimwengu unaowazunguka.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Mm. Tumekimbia - vema, tumepita kama dakika moja. Nataka tu kukuuliza swali la mwisho.</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> Sawa.</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Ni swali kubwa. Lakini ni wapi ungeanza kufikiria juu ya hili, jinsi gani hisia yako ya maana ya kuwa binadamu inabadilika hivi sasa unapoandika na tunapozungumza? Je! ni mtaro gani unaochukua ambao labda haungetarajia miaka kumi iliyopita au ulipokuwa na miaka 15 na duni? [ <em>anacheka</em> ]</p><p> <b>MS. SOLNIT:</b> [ <em>anacheka</em> ] Ndio. Nilikuwa mtoto wa pekee, na kaka zangu walinitania ninapofanya mambo ya wasichana, kwa hiyo sikuwa mzuri sana katika mambo ya wasichana. Kwa hivyo sikuwa mzuri sana katika kuunganishwa na wasichana wengine.</p><p> Na mimi nilikuwa tu mtoto wa ajabu na pua yake katika kitabu. Na mambo. Nina watu wa ajabu sana karibu nami, miunganisho ya kina sana. Na hiyo inaridhisha sana. Na ni kila aina ya ajabu. Nadhani wengi wetu tunatamani ungeweza kutuma postikadi kwa ujana wako mbaya. Sikuzote nilifikiri kwamba kampeni ya "Inakuwa Bora" kwa watoto wakware, inapaswa kupanuliwa, kwa sababu inakuwa bora kwa wengi wetu.</p><p> Mama yangu kwa njia yake isiyo ya kutia moyo wakati niliposhinda tuzo kubwa alisema, "Hii ni mshangao mkubwa. Ulikuwa kitu kidogo sana." [ <em>anacheka</em> ] Lakini ni aina ya mshangao. Na ni sana - na ni kama kuwa na uwezo huu wa kushiriki na kwa kweli aina ya labda kuwa msaada kwa watu wengine, kufanya kazi ya maana sana. Yote ni aina hii tu ya mshangao.</p><p> [ <em>Muziki: “Narghile” na Randall</em> ]</p><p> <b>MS. TIPPETT:</b> Rebecca Solnit ni mhariri anayechangia katika <em>Jarida la Harper</em> na mwandishi wa kawaida wa machapisho ikiwa ni pamoja na <em>The Guardian</em> , na <em>The London Review of Books</em> . Yeye ndiye mwandishi wa vitabu 17 vikiwemo <em>Paradiso Iliyojengwa Katika Kuzimu: Jumuiya za Ajabu Zinazotokea Katika Maafa</em> na toleo jipya la <em>Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities</em> .</p><p> Tunayo furaha kutangaza kuzinduliwa kwa podikasti mbili mpya za fomu fupi hapa kutoka studio za <em>On Being</em> . Kipindi kijacho <em>cha Kuwa Mwenye Hekima</em> pamoja na mwalimu wa Kibudha Sylvia Boorstein kinakamilisha onyesho hili na Rebecca Solnit. Na msimu wa kwanza uliozinduliwa hivi punde wa <em>Kuunda</em> <em>Maisha Yetu Wenyewe</em> - SAFI kwa kifupi - unahusu kukimbia kama mazoezi ya kiroho. Pata <em>Kuwa</em> <em>Mwenye Hekima</em> na UPOLE popote unapopata podikasti zako.</p><p> [ <em>muziki: “Thule” na Albamu Leaf</em> ]</p><p> <em>On Being</em> ni Trent Gilliss, Chris Heagle, Lily Percy, Mariah Helgeson, Maia Tarrell, Annie Parsons, Marie Sambilay, Tess Montgomery, Aseel Zahran, Bethanie Kloecker, na Selena Carlson.</p><p> Washirika wetu wakuu wa ufadhili ni:</p><p> Wakfu wa Ford, wakifanya kazi na wenye maono juu ya mstari wa mbele wa mabadiliko ya kijamii duniani kote kwenye fordfoundation.org.</p><p> Taasisi ya Fetzer, inayosaidia kujenga msingi wa kiroho kwa ulimwengu wenye upendo. 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}</script> <h3 class="h5 pb-2 section-header mt-5"> <i class="bi bi-people text-success"></i> <span>1 PAST RESPONSES</span> <hr> </h3> <div id="cmtlist" class="mt-4"> <div class="comment-item" id="cmt_6029"> <div class="comment-container"> <div class="comment-avatar"> <img src="https://pod.servicespace.org/pics/mem/blank.jpg" alt="User avatar"> </div> <div class="comment-content-wrapper"> <div class="comment-meta"> <span class="comment-author">Joaquin</span> <span class="comment-date">Jun 26, 2016</span> <a href="https://www.dailygood.org/story/1322/-iframe-frameborder-no-height-450-scrolling-no-src-https-w-soundcloud-com-player-url-https-3a-api-soundcloud-com-tracks-266046487-and-auto-play-false-and-hide-related-false-and-show-comments-true-and-show-user-true-and-show-reposts-false-and-vi-on-being/?t=showComment&cid=6029" class="ms-auto link-icon text-muted"><i class='fa fa-link'></i></a> </div> <div class="comment-content"> <p>I do understand the central theme but I cant help but recognize the bit of socialism/communism that is lauded as having some postive results in the end. To say that although Russia did not benefit from their communist agenda, other parts of Europe have (from socialism), ignores the horrifc deaths and torture of millions of innocent people at the hands of Stalin. I am not convinced that the end result is positive, be it in Venezuela, Argentina, Cuba, Islamic countries and many others that push their communist, tolitarian way of life. Yes, disasters do bring us together in a positve way but socialism and communism is not a disaster in the same sense. 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