Ka pi leh na pi in a cih zel mah bang un – khua a zin leh khuavak kik ding a nai hi – cih pen mikangte in zong na za uh a, ‘it’s always darkest before the dawn’ na ci uh hi. Tua mah bangin Greatest Generation pen Lost Generation leh Great Depression zawh, Silent Generation ma a om ahi hi. A kizom dan uh Lost Generation – Great Depression – Greatest Generation – Silent Generation cihna hi. Bang hanga Greatest Generation kici hiam cih leh, Tom Brokaw in 1998 kuma agelh a laibu sungah, “Amaute in min deih man leh pahtawi ding ut manin semlo uh a, sep dingin hoih ahih manin sem uh hi. America gam superpower a suaksak amaute hi,” ci hi.
August 2010 a Newsweek World Best Countries cihna sungah USA a khatna ngah nawnlo in No. 11 na ah kiasuk hi. Newsweek in a genna ah, “USA pen tuma kum 10 huna superpower i theih USA pen hi nawnlo hi. Niamkiatna nam khat bek hilo, nam tampi ah niamkiat khinzo hi,” ci hi. Lasimna lam ah college kahsuak tawm deuhdeuh a, leitungah a 12na ah kiasukta hi. Sumbawlna, sum muhna, vanlei tamna, vanbawl khiat tamna, cihte ah tuma kum 10 huna USA pen hi nawnlo hi. Research leh Development diakdiak ah nak kiat mahmah in Patents thak neih ah China in khumta a, engineer a zo zong China ah tamzaw hiaihiai hi. Hih banga a paitoh zel leh tuzawh a sawtlo in vanbawlna phualpi (industry) te in USA pan China ah a vanbawlna uh suan khin ding uh hi, kici hi. Tua manin 2000’s pen Washington Post bangin ‘Lost Decade’ ci liang hi. USA hizaha a kiatna hang pen President George Bush in Afghanistan leh Iraq vai ah hong kipei khialh man hipian ci nuam uh a, Great Depression zawh cianga USA gam a buai mahmah hun laitak uh hi kici hi.
Greatest Generation te pen Great Depression sunga khangno te hi uh hi.
Great Depression hun sungin leitungah sumbawl khempeuh niamkiat a, lungkiat penpen hun hi ciin USA ah kiciamteh hi. USA ah tua bang lungkiatna leh lamet bei kiuhkeuhna lian ahih manin leitung bup lawh khin in leitungbup zong sumbawlna, vanlei vanzuakna ah kia in van in bangmah manlo a, lokhote in a lo vua piangte zuak theilo in vanbawlna (industry) te in zong a vanbawl uh a lei ding omlo hi. Hih hun pen 1929 pan 1940 kikal hun sung hi.
Greatest Generation te pen Great Depression hun sunga khangno te hi uh a, 1901 pan 1924 kikal khawnga piangte hi ciin kiciamteh hi. Haksat penpen hun in khangno himawk uh ahih manin a hanciam mahmah uh kul a, a nuntakna ding uh a sep uh kul hi, kici hi. Haksat penpen huna khangno ahih manun nasep ding omlo, khasum ngahna ding omlo ahih manin lungkia in om ngiungeu uh hih tuak hi. Mi tampi in thaman ngahlo a nasep kipan in lampi sial, meileng lampi bawl, huan leh lo kho cih bangin nahoih sem uh hi. Tua bang laitak in WWII hong pianga, tampi galkap lut in khasum sanna hong nei uh a, hahkatna leh kuhkalna a lungsim vuah hong lian semsem hi. Gal bei ciang hong ciahkik uh a, lampi hong behlap in, gamsung hong puah uh a, tuni a America a kici lim leh mel hong bawlkhia uh hi.
Greatest Generation te tuah thute thuneulo hi. Pelh theih lah hilo hi. A mai vuah hehpihna cih peuhmah omlo hi. Lungkiatna lian pen thuak uh hi. Gal deihhuailo pen Nazi galkapte leh Russia Communist galkapte tawh kimaituah uh hi. Ahi zongin a thupina uh a bei ngeilohna ding lampi khat hong kihong a, makaite in mipite kiangah America adinga luang kham ciat dingin kisuanna themcik zong neilo in sawl uh hi. Tua hangsanna in America mipi khempeuh pangkhawm a gam khantohna ding sawlkik kullo in semsak hi. Tua hangin a hamsa penpen dinga mihing in a ngaihsut leitung khempeuh ah a makaipi gam hong suak uh a, a gim a tawl uh phawk kha nawnlo uh hi. A hanciamkhop na uh hanga a tangtut uh global leadership hangin angtangzaw uh hi, kici hi. Tua hangin leitung mite kiangah, “ka nung uh hong zui un,” ciin amau amai ah pai lenlen lelta uh hi. Tuni dong leitungbup in i zui hi.
A baih mahmah tawh a ngah uh hileh hizah in America thupilo ding hi kici hi. Greatest Generation te haksatna thuakte hanga a lungsim uh a khauh mahmah bangin a sepkhiat uh zong lian mahmah a, a gah zong khum mahmah hi kici hi. A sacrifice uh a tam hang a muhkik uh zong tawmsan lo hi. Greatest Generation sung pan mi minthang tampi om a, tuate lak ah pawlkhat hihte hi.
1. President John F. Kennedy,
2. President Ronald Reagan,
3. President George H.W. Bush,
4. Evangelist Rev. Dr. Billy Graham,
5. Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, etc.
Greatest Generation te in WWII galdo, galzo, a ciah uh ciang a gam uh puah a superpower a suaksak khit uh ciang amau zoma Silent Generation te in lunglut lah neilo, lunggel lah neilo, hanciamna lah nei tuanlo, khuadakkhiat lah sawmlo, phunlo paulo a a om milmel khit uh ciang amau maia aw tawp tawh a kiko makaite gam itna leh sepna te, thuhoih leh na hoih kihilhnate hong kiam in damdam in a kumkum in a gam hong kia a, mawtaw hoih leh numei hoih a buaipih hunte uh a beizawh sawtpek ciang tu in sangkah ut taktakna kiam, mi dang dem ngapna lungsim neu, a nuam a baih bek tawh semlo a inn neih sawm, gimlo a hauhsawm hong tamta…. tuate hangin kum 2010 taktak ciang USA zong gam hoih kidemna ah a 1na hilo in a 11na hong kia suk dengdang hi. A phawklo a om hang a theite, a gimte bel heh mahmah uh hih tuak hi.
Ei zong i hici thei diam?
“Banghang a 11na ngah mawk i hiam?” cih thulu tawh Washington Post ah laigelh den thusiam Robert Samuelson in lai siamtakin na at hi. Ama genna ah : USA in sanginn ading sum tampi bei a ahi zongin sangnaupangte siamna dingin sum tampi beilo hi. Sangsia hoihloh man hi kei, principal hoihloh man hi kei, sangnaupangte in sangkah lawpna nei nawlo uh hi (shrunken motivation) ci hi. Laisim uk ngutngutna, tui duh an duha a duhna bei a ci nuam hi. Lawpna i cih pen a om kei leh sangnaupangte in a laisim uh thupi bawllo ding uh hi. Lawpna i cih pen sangpi tun utna pan hong pai thei hi. College hoih ah sangkah nopna pan hong pai thei. Nu leh pa in milian suakdinga hong lametna pan zong kingah thei hi. Ahi zongin tuate America naupangte lungsim ah bei hiaihiai hi, ci hi. America sanginn te ah kidemna leh siamzaw hih ding kitaitehnate kiam a, gimpi a laisim ding cihte sangin siangtho taka kizem a tulai nuntakzia tawh casual taka om hiathiat utna (hips) lian hi ci hi. Tua hangin sangkahlo a lamkal ah vaitham tam in inn leh sanginn kikal ah hun a tamzaw a beisakte ki thuhilhna khauh omlo hi ci hi.
America ah values breakdown lianpi om hi ci a, Great Generation te sep gah bek ah i ki nga laia amau sep maban i puah ding zahin i puah kei, i sem kei hi ci hi. Khang masate banga gim taka sep sawmna bei in, olno a hauhnopna lian hi. Huih ah leng khat peuh deihna lian a, a manpha a to ding ngaihsutna kiam hi. Tua manin a sawt kikhom ding ki hanciamlo a muhtawma lungnopna hong piapakte ah kibuaizaw ta hi, ci hi. America ah khat leh khat a hoihlama kidemna kiam a, gam leh nam adinga luangkhaam a sepnopna zong khangthak lak ah kiam hi. Tua banga kalsuan dingin zong makaite in mipi hilh ngam nawnlo hi. Na khempeuh a baih thei pen, a na lo thei pen, kidemna a tawm thei pen, van kisap a tawm thei pen kithupisak hi. Thupi i sakte thupilo deuhdeuh hi (values breakdown).
America ah mawhna kizonsak tam hiaihiai a, mawhpuakna la nuam tawm hiaihiai. A sem nuam tawm hiaihiai, a kawk nuam tam hiaihiai. Mi kua ka huh thei ding hiam cih sangin kua kiang pan ka ngah thei ding hiam cih lungsim lian semsem. Tax khang ding lau semsem, tax tawm leh zong pialo a pelh sawm tam semsem. Tate laisimna a theihpihlo nu leh pa tam semsem, laisim pih sang video games leh movie en khawm nu leh pa tam semsem.
Tua bang ahih sungin tu in India leh China in USA pha dekdek ta hi. Bang hang hiam cih leh amau Greatest Generation te thupisak leh hanciamna lungtang hong nei uh hi. They had values the American Greatest Generation had. Tua thu lianpipi te pen (values) – lungkim pahpahlo ding, mailama manpha ding a kip a kho te bek hanciam ding, kim leh pamte sang nasep hahkat zaw ding, tate tungah lametna lianpi nei dingin tua lametna a tangtunna dingin hanciampih ding. Tuhun pen mi khempeuh in na leh van i kisap khempeuh baihtak in kingah thei tek hi. A kingah pakpak theilo pen thupi i sak thu lianpipite (values) i gente hi. India leh China in tu laitak in America sangin hanciam nuamzaw a, hih bang ahih leh bel Greatest Generation te in superpower a suaksak uh America pen gamhoih kitel simin a 11na hiden mai ding hi.
Thukhupna:
“Rome pen nikhat thu a thupi hilo hi” (Rome was not built in a day) cih pen hong phawksak kasa hi. America zong tuni i et suk ziaizuai leh thupi mahmah isa hi. Tua a thupi nadingin Greatest Generation te in haksatna, gimna, sihna nangawn thuak ngamin, thuak in a sep uh ciang hizaha thupi leh leitunga gam khangto pen na suaksak uh hi. Nitum ngeilo gam te khengto in kilamto uh a, ahi zongin a kidop kei uh leh a niamkiat ding uh ahi theilo hi tuanlo hi. Financial market a sem lawmte khat in, “Kawlgam mite a khuak uh hoih mahmah in Mathematics siam mahmah uh, tampi zong ciamteh thei uh; tua manin ka company te un accountant dingin Kawlgam mi ahih nak leh ka la uh hi,” ci hi. Tua mah bangin IT adingin India mi ahih leh deih masa uh hi. Gam ading sem ding, gam ading kuan ding ci a kikoko, a semsem Greatest Generation te zawh a khangthak Silent Generation te in gam leh nam ading a khual nawn melloh mah bangin ei zong i om kha ding cih lauhhuai hi. Eima angsung tek bek sem a, eima mimal lungkimna ding ciang bek i buaipih leh i minam leh i gam in thuak dinga, a tawpna ah a thuak taktak ding eite mah ihi ding hi. ‘Success without a successor is no success’ akicih mah bangin “a ban zom ding omlo lawhcinna pen lawhcinna mawkna takpi” hi takpi ding hi.
Hau Za Cin
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