Many years ago, when I was general manager of a shipping company, a captain who had just returned, with his last trip being to India, came to visit and he told me some anecdotes of his life aboard ships.
He knew that when a ship arrives at an Indian port, as soon as the gangway is lowered, the bottom part is immediately surrounded by beggars...mostly children. He also knew that you do not give to one with impunity, as they all will then chase after you all day. When he got to the the bottom rung of the ladder, an ancient looking desiccated old man of maybe 90 years old, stuck out his hand and begged, as the children do, "No mama, no papa, no television, no cadillac."
The captain burst out laughing and broke his own rule, giving the old man a generous amount. He was blessed all the way to his taxi and even as he drove off he could hear the old man.
You see, in India, beggars know they are beggars and show gratitude when you help them. These snowflake corrupted young ones do not realise what they are - they just think, as their marxist teachers taught them, that society owes them. As for losing a parent teaching them something; sure, keep dreaming...it seems you imagine they are capable of loving?
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RE: If it looks like a cult, and acts like one, it is one, extinction rebellion!