Luxury

I went out to a concert of a famous Japanese singers the other day, walking under a bright sunshine, perspiring a lot with my aunt. There were 50000 people waiting in line to buy some goods, to enter the stadium, and even to go to the washroom. I had to line up to do anything. Watching the very very long line of people waiting that almost goes round the stadium, it hit me that those people are really lucky. They don't have to go to a distant well to get water or share little food they can afford like many people do in some countries.

I must be thankful that my basic need is always fulfilled.

Looking at a lot of food displayed in convenience stores makes me wonder where this food all goes after all. They are never going to sell all. The total amount of food produced in the world is more than enough to feed all the population on the planet, therefore, the problem is the distribution, not the food production itself. When thinking in that way, what are we doing, correcting much more food than we can eat from all over the world and just discarding them? I know it is how the capitalism is but...