Ingabe kufanele siqhubeke sisebenzisa isikhathi sasehlobo?
Nakuba kunzima ngemizimba yethu ukuzivumelanisa nakho futhi ngokuvamile kungabi lula, isikhathi sasehlobo kufanele sigcinwe e-USA njengoba konga amandla, imali, nokuphila. Nakuba ngezinye izikhathi ukuguqulwa kwezikhathi zasehlobo kuphazamisa, kuyasiza ekunciphiseni ukusetshenziswa kwamandla okulahlwa abantu baseMelika phakathi nezinyanga zasehlobo. Umthombo A wembula ukuthi, kusukela e-USA ngo-1918, isikhathi sokushintsha kwezikhathi sasisetshenziselwa ukunciphisa ukusetshenziswa kwamandla phakathi neMpi Yezwe I. Nakuba sapheliswa ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, uMongameli Roosevelt waphinde wasikisela ukushintsha kwezikhathi phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Nakuba kwakungelula, abantu baseMelika baqaphela izinzuzo: ukonga imali kagesi. Ukuhlolwa okuqhubekayo kwemiphumela yesikhathi sasemini kubantu baseMelika kwaqhubeka phakathi nekhulu lama-20 futhi kwabhalwa emthethweni ngo-2005. Naphezu kokungabaza kwabantu baseMelika mayelana nemiphumela engemihle yokulondoloza isikhathi sasebusuku, izinzuzo zokonga amandla nemali zazuzisa uhulumeni waseMelika, umnotho, nezakhamuzi, zonke ezisazuza nanamuhla. Ikhono lokonga amandla angadingekile manje lisiza umnotho waseMelika esikhathini eside. E-Source B, uLongley ucaphuna ucwaningo lwango-1970 olwenziwa uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase-U.S., olwaveza ukuthi nakuba kusetshenziswa isikhathi sasemini, ukusetshenziswa kukagesi eMelika kuncishiswa cishe ngamaphesenti ayishumi. Ukunciphisa amaphesenti angu - 1 okusetshenziswa kukagesi eMelika kungasindisa imali yabaseMelika. Futhi eMthonjeni B kunesiphakamiso sesimiso soMthetho Wenqubomgomo Yamandla ka-2005, esasiyokwandisa isikhathi sasemini ngenyanga eyengeziwe futhi sasizovumela ukubhola uwoyela e-Alaska, zombili ezaziyoqinisa umnotho waseMelika. Ukwandiswa kwesikhathi sasehlobo bekungonga imali eningi kunalokho obekungakusebenzisa. Naphezu kwezinzuzo zezomnotho zokushintsha kwezikhathi, abaningi abakuthandi ukushintsha kwezikhathi ngoba kuthinta isimiso somzimba nemikhuba yabo yansuku zonke. Umthombo E uthi lapho iwashi lishintshelwa phambili noma emuva, iwashi langaphakathi lomzimba alikwazi ukuzivumelanisa ngokushesha, okuholela ekungaphumuzeni, ukuphazamiseka kokulala, nezikhathi zokulala ezimfushane. Kuye kwatholakala futhi ukuthi ukushintsha kwewashi kuhlobene nokwanda kokuhlaselwa yisifo senhliziyo, ukuzibulala nezingozi. Nakuba kungase kuthathe isikhathi eside ukuba iwashi langaphakathi lomzimba livumelane nesikhathi sasehlobo, lokhu akulinciphisi inzuzo yezomnotho etholwa i-United States iyonke. Umthombo E ucaphuna ucwaningo olwenziwa kubantu abangu-55 000 ababelandelwe amashejuli abo okulala ngemva kokushintsha kwesikhathi, ethi abantu babevame ukulala ngesikhathi esivamile kunangesikhathi sasemini, bengacabangi ngezinto eziguquguqukayo ezihlobene nobudala, izenzakalo noma imisebenzi yangempelasonto, noma ngisho nempendulo engokwemvelo yomzimba yokuvuka ngesikhathi esithile. Lolu cwaningo alukhombisi nemiphumela eyingozi uma umuntu elala ngesikhathi esivamile kunesikhathi sasemini. Nakuba uMthombo E wathi isikhathi sokushintsha kokukhanya sasinemiphumela eyingozi kubantu kunokuhlala ngesikhathi esivamile, isikhathi sokushintsha kokukhanya empeleni singazuzisa ukuphepha kwabantu. Emthonjeni C, ucwaningo olucashunwe olwenziwa uMnyango Wezokuthutha wase - U.S. lwathola ukuthi ngesikhathi sokushintsha kwehora, ubugebengu bancipha kakhulu ngamaphesenti ayishumi kuya kwayishumi nantathu. Ngokuguqula amawashi nokushintsha inani lokukhanya kwelanga emini, ngokuvamile abantu babengathambekele kangako ekubeni bahileleke kunoma yibuphi ubugebengu basemgwaqweni obenzeka. UMnyango Wezokuthutha waphinde wathola ukuthi isikhathi sokushintsha kwezikhathi sasisize ekwandiseni ukuphepha emgwaqweni, njengoba amawashi ayeshintshwe ukuze ahambisane nezikhathi zokukhanya kwemini, okwabangela izingozi ezimbalwa. Ngokuvamile ukusetshenziswa kwesikhathi sasemini kwaholela emisebenzini yansuku zonke ephephile, kuyilapho kusongela imali namandla. Sekuyisikhathi eside kunempikiswano mayelana nesikhathi sasehlobo: ingabe kufanele sizihluphe ukuze nje songe amandla? Naphezu kokungathandeki kwabantu abaningi ngezikhathi ezishintshayo, isikhathi sasemini ngokuvamile siyazuzisa eMelika, njengoba sisindisa amandla, sinciphisa izindleko zamandla nezindleko zamaMelika, futhi senza kube nendawo ephephile abantu abangahlala kuyo. Isikhathi sasehlobo kufanele siqhubeke njengoba ekugcineni sizuzisa umphakathi waseMelika uwonke.