China has entered an aging society. Statistics show that in 20 17, there were 240 million elderly people over 60 years old in China, accounting for about one fifth of the total population.
The times are progressing, and young people are advancing with the times, but we often ignore them who were once young.
In August this year, a video on the Internet triggered 6.5438+0.6 million comments. The video shows an old man arguing with the subway staff because the subway station requires passengers to show their personal health code or epidemic pass, but the old man obviously doesn't understand what he wants to show. When the staff asked him to show his health code again, he said excitedly, "I didn't, you didn't give it to me." Under the video, many keyboard men think that Grandpa is playing dumb and deliberately deceiving the staff. However, I believe this is true, because he doesn't know what a health code is, because he may not even know how to use a smart phone. How can he get the health code?
Did our time pass too fast? When we young people handle life, entertainment, shopping and so on easily with smart phones, who would have thought that the elderly, who actually account for one-fifth of our population, have never even seen smart phones? When they go to the scenic spots, they are told to use electronic tickets. When I went to the hospital to see a doctor, I was told to implement a one-stop registration fee for mobile phones. When they go shopping and entertainment, they are told to pay by mobile phone.
For the elderly, it is difficult to move without a smart phone. Should this be the consequence for the elderly? Obviously not, a civilized society should allow people of all ages to live with dignity, rather than some people being abandoned by the times.
People who don't adapt to the times will be abandoned by the times. When the times abandon you, they won't even say hello. Yes, this sentence applies to young people who are struggling, but it definitely does not apply to us old people.
People will eventually get old, but our society is often taboo to talk about aging. In the daily life of the family, children are unconsciously taken as the center, and our society often does not give more consideration to the needs of the elderly in various living facilities and conveniences.
This concept is actually "putting the cart before the horse". Only with better respect for the elderly and orderly social development can a benign society develop.
The measure of a society's civilization lies in its attitude towards the disadvantaged groups, giving them more understanding and care, and giving them more living space. This is the proper temperature of a civilized society.