The time of year

This is the season that the homeless are fed and kept warm for a day or two. Then they are chucked back out onto the street to fend for themselves. We are bombarded with advertisements for expensive products. We are showered with images of rich food and gluttony. We constantly hear people saying 'I want...' and 'I'm getting...'
Most of the world's population is poor. These ostentatious displays of decadent luxury seem somehow obscene.
Let's look at the word want. In one sense it means a desire to have something. In another sense it means that one is lacking something. It can also mean that one is short of something essential, such as food for example. It is a word very misused by the comfortable to express greed. Horrible. It is the world's poor who are the ones who really want. They want things like food, shelter, security, the right to live in safety, and the right to live without fear of persecution. That is real want.