Video: Homeless Man Plays On iPad – Draws Crowd!
The video above brings a lot of questions to mind: how did the homeless person (I’m guessing he’s homeless, certainly looks the part) get a hold of an iPad? This is not too difficult to answer. There are countless examples of wealthy individuals retreating to the streets and choosing to live as a homeless person. Second question: is that really an iPad? Well that also certainly looks the part, with the multitouch vividly and hurriedly on display. Third question: why is he being filmed? Well, this one is probably a little deeper, with greater implications. Though China is billed as The Current And Future Superpower, it’s wealth is highly centralised among a few key members of society, while the masses remain largely in near-poverty conditions. An iPad is still an uncommon sight in first-world cities, and is amazingly rare on the streets in any Chinese city, including the affluent Shanghai and Beijing. A video with humbling implications, to be sure.
via clonedinchina
