Jamhuriyar Amurka wata babbar mota ce da ta shiga cikin rami. Wani shiri ne da aka yi masa kutse. Abu ne da yawa—mai ban tsoro da ban mamaki, nagarta da mugunta, cike da alƙawari da la’ana—yayin da take gab da cika shekara 250 da haihuwa. Ina magana game da ita kamar abu ɗaya ne, amma da gaske abubuwa dubu ne.
Ita ce jami’in ICE mai rufe fuska wanda ya harbe Renee Good yayin da take tsayawa ga baƙi, amma kuma ita ce Good da kanta da baƙi, da titunan Minneapolis tare da tarihin ’yan asalin Dakota da Ojibwe—da yanzu da kuma gaba. Kafin 1865, Amurka ta kasance masu bayi, amma kuma ta kasance bayi da masu kawar da bauta.
Amurka ita ce KKK da ACLU da NAACP, ’yan ta’addar masu hana zubar da ciki da masu gadin Planned Parenthood. Ita ce Chevron da Exxon da ɗaya daga cikin ƙungiyoyin muhalli na farko a duniya, Sierra Club, wadda aka kafa a San Francisco a 1892, da dubban ƙungiyoyin muhalli, adalcin muhalli, da yanayi da ke aiki a yau. Ita ce sabani nata, rikice-rikicenta.
Ita ce mutane miliyan 340, ciki har da kusan fursunoni miliyan 2—yawan jama’a da ya fi jihohin Amurka 12 girma. Wannan koyaushe yana sa ni tunanin kurkuku a matsayin wani nau’in jiha ta 51, wadda ba ta da wakilci.
Kasa ce da bindigogi suka fi mutane yawa, kuma kasa ce da ta ba mu mafi kyawun muryar juriyar rashin tashin hankali, Martin Luther King Jr., wanda aka harbe shi a barandar otal a Memphis. Suna cewa King ya taka wannan barandar don gaishe da mawaƙin jazz Ben Branch, wanda sigar waƙar Precious Lord da King ke so. Ita ce kasar da ta kawo wa duniya jazz da wando mai shuɗi da bam ɗin atom da kuma maganin hana haihuwa. Ita ce mafi kyawun mutanenta da samfuranta da mafi muni.
A tushenta, Amurka koyaushe gwaji ne, gardama, da tambaya mai amsoshi marasa adadi. Wannan yana nufin ba ta taɓa zama abu ɗaya ba kuma ba za ta taɓa zama ba—ko da tana da gwamnatin tarayya ɗaya wadda a halin yanzu take wurin aikata laifuka mai cike da bala’i. Yana da sha’awa a mayar da Fadar White House ta yanzu alama ga dukan kasar.
A yanzu, kashi ɗaya bisa uku na gidan jama’a da aka gina a karkashin Roosevelt ya lalace kuma an kwashe shi, ya bar rauni a bayyane wanda za ka iya gani a hotunan sama. Lambun rose da Jacqueline Kennedy ta shuka an rufe shi da shimfida. Kwanan nan an rufe lawn da wani filin wasa mai ban sha’awa irin na Thunderdome inda tashin hankalin namiji zai iya yaƙi da kansa.
Amma shi ba kasar ba ne. Jamhuriyar Amurka ita ce ’yan ƙasa miliyan 77 da suka zabe shi, miliyan 75 da suka zabi Harris, da kusan miliyan 90 da ba su zabe ba. Har ila yau, ita ce dukan yara, waɗanda ba ’yan ƙasa ba, fursunoni, da tsoffin fursunoni waɗanda ba sa cikin wannan yawan masu jefa ƙuri’a.
Ita ce ƙasar kanta—daga dazuzzukan maple da birch na arewa maso gabas zuwa glaciers na Alaska zuwa dazuzzukan ruwan sama na Hawaii, tare da filayen ciyawa, fadama, da hamada a tsakani. Wannan ƙasar ta wanzu a siffofi daban-daban ba kawai na miliyoyin shekaru ba amma na biliyoyin shekaru kafin 1776, kuma za ta kasance a nan da daɗewa bayan Amurka ta ƙare—domin dole ne ta ƙare wata rana, haka ma ’yan Adam.
Amurka ita ce kunkuruwan hamada waɗanda suka yi ta yawo a cikin nau’in hamadar Mojave a yankin da yake yanzu California, Nevada, da Arizona na shekaru miliyan 60, da mutanen da suka yi yaƙi don ƙirƙirar ƙasashe masu kariya inda za su iya rayuwa na ɗan lokaci.
Amma tambaya a yanzu ita ce Amurka a shekara 250 da abubuwan da za ta iya kasancewa a nan gaba. Abu ɗaya game da makomar wannan kasa mai bambancin ra’ayi tabbatacce ne: a cikin shekaru ashirin, za ta zama kasa mafi yawan fararen fata, kuma babu abin da Stephen Miller da sauran masu kishin fararen fata za su iya yi game da shi.
A farkon wannan shekara, na sha’awar matasa masu jaruntaka, masu manufa, masu sadaukarwa waɗanda suka shiga cikin haske ɗaya bayan ɗaya. Mun koyi game da Renee Good, mai shekara 37, wadda aka harbe a ranar 7 ga Janairu, da Alex Pretti, shi ma mai shekara 37, wanda aka harbe a ranar 24 ga Janairu, ta hanyar mutuwarsu. Shirinsu na fuskantar mutuwa don abin da—da wanda—suka yi imani da shi yana da matuƙar muhimmanci.
Amma a ranar Sabuwar Shekara ta 2026, yayin da suke raye, wani matashi ya hau mulki: Zohran Mamdani, mai shekara 34. Ya doke rashin sa’a, halin da ake ciki, da duk kuɗin da ke bayan Andrew Cuomo (wanda ake zargi da cin zarafin jima’i) don zama magajin birni mafi girma a kasar—kuma magajin birni Musulmi na farko. Ya yi magana ga dukan al’ummomin da aka ware da tsiraru waɗanda suka sa birnin New York ya zama abin da yake.
A ranar 8 ga Fabrairu, duk da fushin ’yan dama, Bad Bunny, mai shekara 32, ya hau filin Super Bowl. Nuninsa na rabin lokaci biki ne—a cikin harshen Sifen—na Puerto Rico da yake so da al’adun kiɗa da ke haɗuwa a cikin waƙoƙinsa. Babban wasan ya kasance mai ban mamaki saboda yawan masu yin wasan da kuma nacewarsa kan nau’in Amurka nasa: mai karimci, mai farin ciki, mai harsuna da yawa, inda kowa zai iya rawa da kowa.
Daga baya a wannan watan, ’yar Oakland Alysa Liu—’yar wani ɗan gudun hijira daga China—ta ci lambar zinare a wasan tseren kankara a gasar Olympics. Wasanta, mai cike da ’yanci da farin ciki, ya yi inuwa a kan kusan dukan sauran masu tseren kankara kafin nasararta a ranar 19 ga Fabrairu. Ta bar wasan, ta ƙi zama wata budurwa da ake sarrafa da kulawa, sannan ta dawo bisa sharuɗɗanta. Bayan wani wasa mai ban mamaki, ta yi tseren kankara daga filin tana dariya cikin farin ciki kuma ta yi ihu, “Wannan shi ne abin da nake magana akai.”
Waɗannan ba ’yan Amurka na yau da kullun ba ne, amma kamar mutane miliyan 8 da suka fito don zanga-zangar No Kings a ranar 28 ga Maris, ’yan Amurka ne. No Kings ba ta taɓa yin irin ta ba a cikin girmanta da kuma yadda zanga-zangar ta faru a kowane gundumar majalisa a kasar. Na ce Amurka tambaya ce ta har abada; waɗannan rayuka da wasanni sun kasance nuna amsoshin da wasunmu suka bayar da wasunmu suka yi murna.
Ban yi imani Trump zai lalata Amurka ba, amma ya karya ta sosai. Abin da zai biyo baya dole ne ya haɗa da sakamako ga masu laifi da kuma aikin tsaftacewa mai girma. Ba za a koma yadda abubuwa suke ba, kuma dole ne mu ci gaba ta hanyar gyara abin da ya ba da damar wannan lalacewa ta faru.
A ƙarshe, na dawo ga Abraham Lincoln a filin yaƙi da wuraren binnewa na Gettysburg: “Ya kamata mu masu rai, maimakon haka, mu sadaukar da kanmu ga aikin da bai ƙare ba … cewa wannan al’umma, a ƙarƙashin Allah, za ta sami sabuwar haihuwar ’yanci—kuma cewa gwamnatin jama’a, ta jama’a, don jama’a, ba za ta halaka daga duniya ba.”
Wannan, a wata ma’ana, manufa ce da ba a taɓa cimma ba; a wata, alkiblar ɗabi’a ce wadda wannan kasa, a mafi kyawunta, ta nuna wa waɗannan shekaru 250.
Rebecca Solnit marubuciyar jaridar Guardian US ce. Sabon littafinta shine The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da makalar Rebecca Solnit Menene Jamhuriyar Amurka a yanzu wanda ke rufe mahimman ra’ayoyin makalar, mahallinta, da abubuwan da za a iya amfani da su a aikace
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1 Menene makalar Rebecca Solnit Menene Jamhuriyar Amurka a yanzu take kunsa
Tana kunsa da yadda Amurka ba abu ɗaya ba ne Solnit ta yi gardama cewa kasar fagen fama ce tsakanin ra’ayoyi biyu masu gaba da juna: tsarin mulki na sama-zuwa-kasa na fararen fata da kuma motsi na tushen al’umma na dimokuradiyya don adalci
2 Me ya sa ta rubuta wannan makala
Ta rubuta ta a 2017 bayan zaɓen Donald Trump Ta so ta ba da hanya mafi bege da daidaito don fahimtar kasar fiye da labarin masu nagarta vs mugayen mutane Ta yi gardama cewa juriya ga Trump tana da gaske kuma tana da ƙarfi kamar tashin Trump
3 Menene babban bambanci tsakanin daula da al’umma a cikin makalar
Daula Tsarin mulki na sama-zuwa-kasa na hukuma—kamfanoni, sojoji, shugaban kasa, da dokokin da ke kare masu arziki da masu iko
Al’umma Mutane, al’ummomi, da motsi daga ƙasa-zuwa-sama—masu zanga-zanga, masu aikin sa kai, masu shirya gida, da ayyukan alheri da haɗin kai na yau da kullun
4 Shin Solnit tana ganin Amurka ba ta da bege ko tana halaka
A’a, akasin haka Ta yi gardama cewa al’umma tana da ƙarfi da ƙirƙira fiye da daula Ta yi imani cewa ainihin labarin Amurka shine ci gaba da aikin juriya na mutane na yau da kullun na gina duniya mafi kyau, ba kawai gazawar shugabanninta ba
Tambayoyi na Matsakaici
5 Menene wasu misalan al’umma da ta bayar a cikin makalar
Ta nuna babban zanga-zangar Mata, masu kare ruwa na Standing Rock, Black Lives Matter, masu fafutukar yanayi, da aikin yau da kullun na cibiyoyin taimakon juna Waɗannan duka misalai ne na mutane da ke aiki a waje da hanyoyin gwamnati na hukuma
6 Ta yaya wannan makala ta bambanta da rubuce-rubucen juriya ko anti-Trump na yau da kullun
Yawancin rubuce-rubucen anti-Trump suna mai da hankali kan sukar shugaban kasa Solnit ta canza hankali daga sama zuwa ƙasa
