Wave after wave, wave after wave!
In the blink of an eye, countries around the world have spent nearly 600 days and nights in this epidemic. But as German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said, the "moment of the great reshuffle" of the international landscape has just begun.
On August 11, 2 major events occurred in the West, heralding the imminent chaos!
The first thing, the American landlord shot the tenant for rent arrears, and Biden was going to be criticized.
On the 10th local time, in the center of Las Vegas, a 78-year-old landlord had an argument with three tenants, shooting and killing two female tenants, and another male tenant was seriously injured.
According to the US police, this rent dispute murder case is likely to be related to the "moratorium on tenant eviction order" recently issued by the US government. The city of Las Vegas is one of the areas to which the Ordinance applies.
You know, this repeatedly postponed ban on deportation was again extended by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on August 3. It was US President Joe Biden who brought up the bill. In other words, at least in this murder, Biden seems to be the driving force behind the scenes, comparable to the murderer's "accomplice".
Of course, although this tragedy is appalling, the information behind the tragedy is even more worthy of attention. In this regard, I would like to briefly talk about 3 points.
First, the epidemic situation in the United States has worsened again, and Biden's extension of the deportation order is a helpless move.
At present, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 98.2% of the American population lives in areas with high spread of the epidemic. Obviously, the raging Delta mutation strain has once again ruthlessly destroyed the already crumbling US anti-epidemic defense line.
At the same time, there are nearly 5 million U.S. tenants who can't afford to pay their rent in August. Under such circumstances, the Biden administration can only extend the ban to prevent these people from wandering the streets and accelerating the spread of the virus, causing the situation to become unmanageable.
Second, even if the original intention is good, there are big problems at the implementation level.
Of course, many of these tenants are exploiting loopholes in the policy. It is reported that only 7% of the rent subsidies issued by the US government are issued to people who really need them. A large number of landlords, on the other hand, cannot make ends meet.
This is bound to exacerbate the dissatisfaction of American landlords, so it is not surprising that the contradiction between landlords and tenants has been intensified, and even led to violent conflicts.
Third, it is the cancer of American society - the gun problem.
After all, a 78-year-old man, who caused 3 young people 2 deaths and 1 serious injury, is simply unimaginable in other countries. However, since it is the United States, a "big country of gun violence", it is taken for granted.
I have to say that at the beginning of His time on the stage, Biden said that he would "control the gun immediately, and he couldn't wait for a minute." The result of the controllable gun is that the guns are constantly fired in many places in the United States, and even the police will be plotted when they are on duty.
Moreover, the huge pressure brought about by the epidemic has caused many American people with a growing gap between rich and poor to have psychological problems. And this, for American society, will be a destabilizing factor that causes unrest.
Among them, there are strikes, and Germany, thousands of miles away, is experiencing this crisis.
The second thing, the train drivers went on strike again, and German rail traffic would be paralyzed for 48 hours.
At 19:00 on August 10, German train drivers officially began a nationwide strike, and the freight traffic began immediately, and the passenger traffic will start at 2 a.m. tomorrow and last for 48 hours.
It is reported that the general strike of the train industry, which affected all of Germany, was passed on August 9 after a vote by the German train drivers' union. During the strike, only about 1/4 of the scheduled long-distance trains in Germany will continue to operate.
Of course, the reason for the strike is not difficult to guess, that is, in the case that the union and Deutsche Bahn AG both agreed to a 3.2% salary increase, the union wanted to raise wages as soon as possible, and DB wanted to make up for some of the losses caused by the epidemic.
Obviously, the two sides of "not speculating more than half a sentence" were scattered in two shots, and this vigorous all-German railway strike began. In this regard, I would like to briefly talk about 3 points.
First, a series of strikes have been launched, and this is not the first time that the German train drivers' union has done so.
In fact, just now on June 23 of this year, the union had just announced strike action. Apparently, one strike after another, from a 1.4 percent raise this year to a 3.2 percent increase as soon as possible, is a tight squeeze on DB.
Second, the timing of the selection is very special, and it is difficult for DB not to bow its head.
It should be pointed out that it is currently during the summer vacation in Germany, and the demand for tourism travel in Germany is strong, which is a good time for DB to make a profit. But in such a situation, the trade union launched a strike, which is undoubtedly taking advantage of the situation to suppress people.
Third, we have to talk about the top level of this union.
According to a DB spokesman, the decision-making level of the German Train Drivers Union has rejected consultations from the outset in a very irresponsible manner. It can be seen that trade unions, as organizations that negotiate with management to safeguard their own rights and interests, are also likely to evolve into the existence of high-level private interests and disregard for social interests.
Of course, having just experienced a once-in-a-century flood, the German economy under the epidemic has indeed had problems. Just as the trigger for this strike was actually due to the industry's salaries, which could not keep up with the soaring German prices.
In the final analysis, economic problems inevitably lead to social problems, and the German government cannot blame them. And Merkel, the German chancellor known as the "Queen of Europe," is unlikely to fill this loophole in her final term.
After all, the economic ties between European countries and the United States are quite deep, and in the case of the Federal Reserve opening the "printing mode", the financial water released by the Biden administration will not hesitate to rush to other countries, and Europe is the first to bear the brunt.
As for the consequences of rising prices, the United States has to pay for itself while it has to pay for itself. Such a despicable act is the fundamental reason why the whole world overthrew the dollar hegemony and opened the "de-dollarization"!