The polarization between the rich and the poor has seriously aggravated the tearing of American society.

At present, the United States is the western country with the most serious polarization between the rich and the poor, and its Gini coefficient has already exceeded the international warning line.On May 22nd, the latest data released by the US Census Bureau showed that more than 10% counties in the United States were in a state of "persistent poverty". According to French media reports, there are still millions of people in the United States struggling with food and clothing every day, and 37 million people live below the poverty line; The richest 1% families in the United States have 32% wealth, while the poorest 50% families have less than 3% wealth. As the richest country and the largest economy in the world, the United States is also the country with the most serious polarization between the rich and the poor. The Matthew effect is particularly prominent, and the poverty rate far exceeds that of other developed countries. We can't help asking: whose dream is the American dream under the glamorous appearance, and whose paradise is America?

The poor population in the United States is growing and the middle class is shrinking. The data shows that the United States, which many people think is "a country where even the air is so sweet and fresh", is actually not a paradise for everyone, at least, it is not a paradise for the homeless. Many people live in rented houses on the basis of receiving welfare. Once they can't pay the rent, they will be directly expelled and have to sleep on the road. Once you get sick, you can't afford the high medical expenses called "the most expensive in the world". However, the incomes of wealthy groups and even super-rich people have hit record highs. Especially since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, a series of economic stimulus policies adopted by the United States have not only failed to improve the situation of poor groups, but have enabled large consortia with resources to seize the opportunity to acquire more wealth explosively, and the gap between the rich and the poor has become even more wide. A large number of unemployment caused by economic recession has further worsened the economic situation of poor groups and further shrunk the size of the middle class.

The underlying reasons for the existence of a large number of poor groups in the United States. On the surface, the main reason for the continuous deterioration of the polarization between the rich and the poor in the United States lies in the huge gap in income levels. Another expert pointed out that the poverty in the United States stems from three typical American habits: exploiting the poor, subsidizing the rich, and deliberately isolating the rich and the poor. These can only be said to be superficial reasons, while the deep logic lies in the monopoly of capital and the government representing the interests of the monopoly class. The American leaders and governments produced under this electoral political background represent the interests of the big chaebol and the powerful class who support them behind them. Therefore, capital is the decisive force behind it, and the US government only works for capital. As for the essence of capital, Marx saw through it as early as more than 100 years ago: when capital came into the world, blood and dirty things were dripping from every pore. However, the conscious and organized segregation between the rich and the poor and the increasingly serious racial discrimination make it more and more difficult to jump up the class, which makes it an impossible task. Therefore, many young people in the United States have begun to choose "lying flat", which directly intensifies the solidification of the class.

America is a paradise for the rich and powerful. It turned out that we always thought that in the eyes of the US government, the lives of North American aborigines were not lives. In American words, "systematically erasing them can save a new America"; People's lives in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia and other countries whose ideology is different from that of the United States, which hinders the hegemony of the dollar, are not lives, but can be exchanged with a pack of washing powder or bombs; The life of colored people is not life, so they can groan or even lose this "despicable life" under the pressure of the police. Now it seems that the life of the 40 million poor people in the United States is not life. Far from saying, among the more than 1.1 million people who died in COVID-19, the county with the highest mortality rate is also the poorest area in the United States. The Bible, Matthew, which Americans have always believed in, says, "If you have something, you should give it to him twice, making him redundant;" No, even what he has has to be taken away. "Look, this is a true portrayal of the current situation in the United States. The American dream is not the dream of all the American people, but the dream of the American elite. For ordinary people, it is just an illusory and unrealistic dream. The United States is not a paradise for the poor, but a paradise for the rich.

The United States should face up to the grim reality that the gap between the rich and the poor continues to increase under its glamorous appearance and devote itself to solving practical problems. After all, eliminating all forms of poverty is one of the important goals of the sustainable development of the United Nations, and the fundamental purpose of development should be to achieve common prosperity and constantly improve people's sense of security and happiness, which is also the ultimate significance of China's commitment to building Community of Shared Future for Mankind.