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To think that we should all boycott the businesses of billionaires until they sort the situation of kids starving to death due to famine and war?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 19:06

They can literally afford to fix this issue.

Enough is enough.

Prayers for Sudan 🇸🇩 and to all those suffering across the world.

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Crafta · 02/06/2026 19:20

So just Amazon then, but you are going to keep your smartphone

UniquePinkSwan · 02/06/2026 19:18

mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 19:12

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I'd boycott amazon though!

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yes, boycott Amazon and put thousands of british people out of a job...

FinchiePink · 02/06/2026 19:18

mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 19:12

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I'd boycott amazon though!

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Then I'd delete your account if I were you, given that MN relies on Amazon Web Services.

OneTealShaker · 02/06/2026 19:18

mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 19:12

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I'd boycott amazon though!

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Ok so when are you boycotting the internet? Since nearly everything runs on AWS?

Or was this your good deed of the day to post a virtue signalling post on the internet?

darksideofthetoon · 02/06/2026 19:17

I understand the sentiment but this is not really a money issue but more a power / political and corruption issue.

People have been throwing money at African nations for decades (see Bob Geldof and Lenny Hendry) and it’s not really solved anything.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 19:15

Upstartled · 02/06/2026 19:14

It's not the cost of food that's the problem, is it? It's civil war, mass displacement, disruption in the Red Sea, the government restricting humanitarian access, regimes rising and falling. It's not like Bezos can Amazon some food over there.

I think he could bloody try. I wanna see him try. 😡

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HelenaWilson · 02/06/2026 19:15

We should round them up from their mansions and stick em on a plane to go and sort it!

On a plane to where? To do what, exactly?

Upstartled · 02/06/2026 19:14

It's not the cost of food that's the problem, is it? It's civil war, mass displacement, disruption in the Red Sea, the government restricting humanitarian access, regimes rising and falling. It's not like Bezos can Amazon some food over there.

HelenaWilson · 02/06/2026 19:13

Do you really think throwing money at the problem will solve?

Do you think Bill Gates, or someone, can just make a call to Wal-Mart and say 'deliver ten truckloads of aid to starving kids in Sudan and charge it to my Amex account' and that'll be job done?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 19:12

NorWouldTilly · 02/06/2026 19:09

Trouble is, the only way we could swiftly communicate this community action on a global scale is via the internet, using our devices.

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I'd boycott amazon though!

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/06/2026 19:12

We should round them up from their mansions and stick em on a plane to go and sort it! Economy class.

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NorWouldTilly · 02/06/2026 19:09

Trouble is, the only way we could swiftly communicate this community action on a global scale is via the internet, using our devices.

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