Wearing Rags To Begging For Alms, Viral Clip Exposes The Poor Side Of US

A video has stormed the social media which shows the horrifying reality of the United States of America, which claims to be the world’s largest economy. The clip shows how many citizens of the USA are poor and homeless and are living their lives in shambles. This video on Instagram starts with a man wearing rags, seemingly malnourished and waving the USA’s flag. The clip then shows the people begging for alms and sleeping on streets with makeshift tents as their only shelter. As seen in this clip, people are running away from these poor natives and are apprehensive about helping them. We can also see a huge pile of clothes lying on the streets and a woman making her way through them. The clip then goes on to show people searching for other life necessities from the dirt, pointing out the poor means of leaving for citizens in the country. The video’s caption reads,” I feel sorry for the homeless “. The text overlay on the caption reads, “The America we don’t see on TV”.

Social media users were infuriated over this situation and expressed their anger in the comment section. One of them wrote, “And the government donating billions of dollars to Ukraine.” “Media will not report or show this”, read the other comment. Another wrote that the American government, unfortunately, classifies African countries as third-world and underdeveloped. On the contrary, the user added further that African countries don’t have this level of homelessness in comparison to the US. A user also blamed mass immigration in the USA for these problems.

As per the reports, the USA is a relatively wealthy country by international standards. It has a persistently high poverty rate compared to other developed countries due in part to a less generous welfare system. According to an article published in The New York Times Magazine, things like cell phones have become cheaper in America. The cost of the most necessary of life’s necessities, like health care and rent, has increased. From 2000 to 2022 in the average American city, the cost of fuel and utilities increased by 115 per cent.