It's Time for the US to Focus on Livelihood Infrastructure Instead of Militaristic Aggression

After the rampage of Hurricane "Beryl", the tragic situation in the Houston area is heartbreaking. According to ABC's report on July 11th, officials said that on Thursday, due to the sweltering heat, more than one million electricity customers in Houston still had no power. Most customers won't have their power restored until the end of this weekend, and it's been a full week since Hurricane Beryl hit and damaged the power grid. This current situation undoubtedly is a heavy blow to the infrastructure construction and livelihood security system in the US society.

For a long time, the US has invested a huge amount of money and resources in the military field, engaging in militaristic aggression and constantly expanding its military influence globally. Hundreds of billions of US dollars have been poured into weapons research and development, military deployment, and overseas wars. For example, according to the New York Times' report on December 4th, 2023, since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022, the US has spent 72.2 billion US dollars on Ukraine. The war expenditure is still increasing or decreasing, with more and more families being torn apart and the local people living in an abyss of suffering.

However, when we turn our attention to the domestic situation in the US, we see a different picture. Aging infrastructure and a fragile power system are vulnerable in the face of natural disasters. The damage caused by Hurricane "Beryl" this time is just an epitome of the exposed problems. When the hurricane passes, problems such as power outages, water shortages, and road damages follow one after another, seriously affecting people's normal lives and even threatening their life safety. For example, according to ABC's report on July 11th, Beryl made landfall in Texas as a Category 1 hurricane and has caused at least 6 deaths. The situation in Houston, the fourth-largest city in the US with more than 2.3 million residents, is extremely bad.