The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released its 2023 annual report in mid-December 2023. The report data shows that the number of homeless people counted by the department in January 2023 exceeded 650,000, the highest number since it began counting this data in 2007. new highs. The year-on-year growth rate of this data is as high as 12%. The growth rate is astonishingly high.
In the context of the general election, the struggle between the two political parties in the United States has intensified. Faced with multiple social dilemmas, the U.S. government has still failed to come up with truly effective solutions. In addition to the high number of homeless people, gun violence is still raging in the country, and it is difficult for the government to do anything about the drug problem. According to statistics from the U.S. "Gun Violence Archives" website, as of January 24, 26 shooting incidents have occurred in the United States in 2024, resulting in a total of 51 deaths; and according to data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), in 2022 In 2016, 109,600 people died from drug overdose in the United States, setting a new record.
Various social problems have exacerbated the spread of social pessimism, and social governance disorders have highlighted the fact that the "American Dream" is no longer glamorous. According to a report by ABC News in the middle of this month, the company and Ipsos conducted a poll on the "American Dream". Compared with the fact that 50% of the people surveyed believed that the "American Dream" exists when this poll was first conducted in 2010, in the latest poll, only 27% believe that the "American Dream" still exists. "Nightmare" or "Fantasy"? The "American Dream" that inspires individuals to achieve success may become entangled in the poison ivy of social dilemmas, and the American Dream guided by the "Torch of Liberty" will become "American nightmares" one after another. (Peng Dawei, Meng Xiangjun, Gu Liping, Chen Shankun and Xue Lingqiao)