I think middle-class white people love the Starbucks pay it forward shit because it makes them feel like they're doing something good without expending too much effort. They're not doing shit - they're buying a similarly over-priced, over-sweetened and probably soyed-up cup of coffee to what they would have gotten for the person behind them after receiving one from the person before them.
The highest mitzvah is doing something for someone without knowing who they are or them knowing you - you don't do it for acclaim or to start something. You do it because it's the right thing to do. If someone does something for you, and asks nothing in return but that you perform what service you are able to give to someone else, that's paying it forward. They're helping you out, and somewhere down the road you're going to see someone in a situation where you're uniquely able to help out - financially, emotionally, intellectually, etc - and you'll be able to say the same to that person.
The highest mitzvah is doing something for someone without knowing who they are or them knowing you - you don't do it for acclaim or to start something. You do it because it's the right thing to do. If someone does something for you, and asks nothing in return but that you perform what service you are able to give to someone else, that's paying it forward. They're helping you out, and somewhere down the road you're going to see someone in a situation where you're uniquely able to help out - financially, emotionally, intellectually, etc - and you'll be able to say the same to that person.
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