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Working people forming the overwhelming majority of population in Western capitalist society, where money-almighty values reign, lead a subhuman life in constant anxiety and pain, being deprived of their elementary right to existence.

Here is some evidence revealing the terrible human rights situation in Western capitalist society.

According to the EU Commission, in the European Union the homeless amount to 1 million and one in five adults and one in four children are suffering dire poverty.

In its annual report for 2025, an American website said that there has been a sharp increase in the number of homeless people sleeping in streets or dwelling in cars, noting that many destitute persons eke out a precarious living in disused cars and even such places as sidewalks, alleys and roadsides. It is said that 44% of the homeless in the United States are sleeping outdoors without any protective facilities.

Human trafficking, forced labour and sexual exploitation persisting in the United Kingdom clearly show the true nature of Western capitalist society.

According to the data released by IASC, a British human trafficking monitoring mechanism, more than 23 000 persons fell prey to human trafficking, forced labour and sexual exploitation in the UK in 2025, a 22% increase as against the previous year and also an all-time high.

Many people suffer extreme poverty as they have no job.

For instance, France’s unemployment rate rose by 0.2% in the first quarter of this year and especially an increasing number of young people fail to get jobs. The number of the unemployed in the country is reportedly more than 2.6 million at present, an increase of over 68 000 as against the fourth quarter of 2025.

The aforesaid situations are not confined to some countries in the West. Similar facts are innumerable.

Working people can never avoid such miserable plight in capitalist society governed by the law of the jungle and money-almighty values.