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Chapter 237: Slums


There is no shortage of hiding places in Los Angeles, as many outsiders see a bustling and wealthy city with slums.

The life of the residents in the slum of nnnn is really not as good as that of some poor counties in China.

Experts from the NNNN World Bank have concluded that the fastest growth in the income of the US empire in recent decades is still the 1 percent of the population who already has money, while the income of the poorest 5 percent has not changed at all.

The median income of the rich has increased dramatically in recent decades, but the serious imbalance has become more and more obvious, 8 percent of the world's people get 50 percent of the world's income, obviously, the vast majority of people are outside the 8 percent, of course, the elite of the world, financial and corporate executives in rich countries, and a large number of emerging middle classes in China, India, Brazil and other countries.

NNNN people living in some parts of Africa and Latin America, as well as in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, have not seen much change in their incomes over the decades.

These people in the slums of developed countries have not changed at all, because in many ways, the American empire often leads the world, so that other countries follow in his footsteps, if other countries follow the example of the American empire, then the future situation is not optimistic.

The widening income and wealth disparities in the US empire are representative of the situation in the Western world, a trend that began to become more prevalent in the late eighties, with the top few percent of the advanced economies earning more, while the bottom 20 percent of the population is further behind the slums of the developed countries. nnnn Xu Yun drove to find the slum neighborhoods of the American Empire, these places are actually easy to find, and after the car drove out at a very fast speed for ten minutes, he saw a sign in a block.

The nnnn sign reads: Do you dare to seize the opportunity, follow your dreams, take risks, fall in love, believe in yourself, ask questions, let go, make mistakes, start over, tell the truth, be responsible, find happiness, and live in the moment nnnn This is obviously something that only the slums of Los Angeles will have, and the rich neighborhood does not need this kind of toxic "chicken soup for the soul" at all.

The US empire has seen the most extreme income and opportunity disparities among the world's advanced economies, with fatal macroeconomic consequences. nnnn unceremoniously said that in the past forty years, the gross domestic product of the American empire has more than quadrupled, and in the past two decades, it has almost doubled, however, it is now known that the benefits are attributed to the highest income groups, and this interest is increasingly concentrated among the richest people among the highest income groupsThe poor were poor forty years ago, and they are still poor NnnnThe income inequality of the American empire has been gradually increasing, accompanied by tax cuts for the rich, and deregulation of financial institutions.

It is no coincidence that this inequality has increased as spending on infrastructure, education, health care, and social safety nets has been cut.

Rising inequality erodes the political system and democratic governance of the U.S. empire, which in turn exacerbates inequality.

The slums of LANN Los Angeles are full of people looking for food in garbage heaps, homeless people lying in a ray of sunshine, poor people pushing all their belongings with small carts, and slogans of "God loves you" everywhere, because this seems to be their only spiritual food. nnnn Xu Yun drove the car into a slum neighborhood, and the legend on the car sat up in some horror: "Why do we come to this kind of place, this is a slum, it is very dangerous and very unsafe here" nnnn" Because it is not safe, it is easier for the police to miss this place.

Xu Yun said lightly, of course he knew how unsafe this kind of place was. nnnn "You don't know anything about the ghetto of the American Empire" The legend glared: "There are only all kinds of drug dealers, pimps, women who sell meat, only filth and chaos here, only murder and robbery" nnnn This is a black ghetto in west Los Angeles, also known as a gangster district by the locals, but it is actually not far from the lively city center.

Just when the legend was worried about this, several black figures appeared in front of the car, and walked directly towards the car, without the slightest intention of dodging. nnnn Lin Ge said lightly: "Five black people."

"nnnn" such a blatant roadblock robbery, it's really fatal" Xu Yun also shook his head helplessly, such a big car dares to stop, it is conceivable that if it is a car, these people may dare to pounce directly. nnnnWhen Xu Yun stopped, several black people who stopped the car began to bang frantically on the car body, and these people forced Xu Yun and their car to stop, and they didn't have any intention of restraining at all, it seemed that they didn't plan to leave here without getting some benefits from them.

The NNNN legend shrank in fright, Xu Yun knew that coming to such a neighborhood would make the legend feel a lot of fear, and now he wouldn't agree even if he was bombarded to get out of the car. nnnn Xu Yun and Lin Ge stood up and opened the car door, and Xu Yun smelled a sour smell in the air. nnnn Because the streets of this place are almost all rubbish on both sides, the pavement is covered with some condensation, and even swarms of cockroaches that have been crushed to death, which are directly exposed to the air. nnnn Xu Yun suddenly remembered that when he was on a mission in Detroit, it was also such a sour smell on the street, and then a truck suddenly drove over at the intersection and stopped next to a group of black people.

The blacks around nnnn all leaned over to look, and the people in the truck threw a lot of clothes out of the truck, all old, and they all smelled of foul odor. nnnn Xu Yun knew that the clothes were all processed from hospitals or crematoriums.

But the people who get the clothes will still be very happy, they don't even wash and put them on their bodies right away, nnnn These people have no shelter at all, no job, so these people will not dislike anything, as long as it is something that comes to them, they will not hesitate to accept it. nnnn They have no ideals, no ambitions, no goals for everything, only one thought is to live.

After all, there are many black groups in the American empire, but how many people can become sports superstars have been playing basketball since childhood, but American professional basketball needs not only physical fitness and ball sense, but also basketball IQ. nnnn said unceremoniously that there are many people in the American empire who play basketball, and it is not impossible for people to do it single-handedly than American professional basketball superstars, but they can't mix it up if they don't have enough IQ, after all, basketball is not a one-person bullfight, it is a team sport of five people.

NNNN is the same in other sports, football, baseball, ice hockey, NNNN In short, although there are a wide range of sports, there are still very few people who want to excel.

In addition to playing sports, NNN's other way out is movies and music, black people are also very talented in music, their musicality is very strong, even people without any musical foundation can make records with their talented musicality. nnnn's croaking rap songs have made many black singers, and Kanye, who has become so popular, is this kind of genius, he can make the so-called rap routine change and competitiveness, but this kind of person is also very rare. nnnn So most of the black people are still living in poverty, and the five guys standing in front of Xu Yun and them at this moment are how bad their lives are, maybe Xu Yun and Lin Ge can't imagine. nnnn: "Hey, buddy, what do you want to do.

Xu Yun stepped on the pedal of the huge pickup truck and raised his eyebrows at the five people in front of him.

Seeing that they were Chinese, the five black men unceremoniously took out the switchblade hidden on their bodies: "Don't talk nonsense, take out all the cash on your bodies immediately" nnnn "What age is this, who still uses cash."

Lin Ge sneered in the back: "We have all played mobile phone payment these days, do you have WeChat, send you a red envelope, Alipay is also OK, transfer it to you."

We don't have cash. nnnn The other party didn't understand what Lin Ge said at all, thinking that he was laughing at them, and immediately turned his face: "Believe it or not, I'll kill you now" isjgniitfreeti0: