In fact, if we look at Japanese newspapers from the 1980s, we will also find that news such as "Fukuoka elderly people occupying hospitals" often appeared on the front page. What was reported was that a group of elderly people had been gathering in the front lobby of a local hospital for a long time to chat, rest and drink free hospital beverages.
There were also comments from Japanese journalists in those days: Is it right or wrong for the elderly to take up public **** medical resources in this way?
Does any of this seem familiar to us today. It's just that the Japanese old man has been replaced by a Chinese old man, and the hospital has been replaced by Ikea. In fact, the common online cliché that "the bad guys in China are getting old" aside, we can't help but think of them as a good example of what we're all about.
We should be more objective to see: the world, the elderly are the same, they have a strong social needs, there is the reality of economic difficulties, and face a lack of public **** resources. It's just that in a country as populous as China, the majority of older people have fewer public **** resources, and it's more difficult for them to fulfill their social needs.
So it's not hard to see that in China, not only in IKEA, but also in major shopping malls, a lot of elderly people will gather on summer afternoons, gathering in twos and threes to cool off and chat, in order to spend a long summer. The more secondary counties and cities, the more prominent this phenomenon.
So, when it comes to this particular group of people, I personally don't agree with them rationally, but I understand them emotionally. Therefore, I do not advocate young people with emotions to ridicule these old people. It is important to understand that a type of social phenomenon, personal factors account for a limited proportion, but more or the supply and demand of resources on the problem.
What we should really be thinking about is: where do we go for recreation when we get old? Just like Japan 30 years ago, as soon as it realized that a huge elderly population was forming, it immediately began to lay out in the construction of public **** resources, which led to the polite and friendly image of the Japanese elderly population that we can see today.
To think of our elderly is to think of us in the future.