Compared with the original poor, the current poor will not be starved to death because they can pick up what others don’t want to eat. It looks like their lives are getting better. But in a sense it is getting worse. People who were once poor together have become rich, and the gleaning culture that they experienced together in the past has long been forgotten. Gleaners are actually scavengers, which are tattered pickers. People can't understand the value of these picked items, just like the pickers don't understand why they want to throw them away. So they took to the streets or fields and picked them up one by one. Some of them must be just for survival, but everyone must feel sorry and angry for the waste. At least more sincere than many big philanthropists.
So, how can we improve the status of these environmentalists? At least let them have the ability to contribute to environmental protection. Let the discrimination disappear? Or let people be kind. It is undeniable that there are greedy villains among the gleaners. But if you know that there are still some of them, they will not pick up a lot of chicken and eat it for two weeks, but "we will always find someone to share with"; there is a master who lives in a shelter, who is obliged to teach eager to learn to read. . My heart is softened. Moreover, as an ordinary person who talks about ideals in the outer space, how can we ensure that if we are uneducated and suffer from starvation, we will not do anything worse?
Finally, be strict with yourself. Recall that when I threw out the coffee today, I threw the cup cover separately in the recyclable trash can. Well, it shouldn't be ashamed of what I said above.
ps. Varda’s cute collection: overtaking race; heart-shaped potato; hand shooting hand; catching car; lens cap dancing; clock without pointer
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