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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They can literally afford to fix this issue.

Enough is enough.

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

I can't give up Amazon anyway, Clarksons Farm new series is on tomorrow

Money won’t fix a corrupt country. Money won’t fix dictators wanting wars because they want more land. Money won’t fix terrorists.

How long have those if you give just £3 this African village can have water adverts been going. Since before I was born.

So virtue signalling, then.

Actually, this thread isn’t even funny. Try harder.

Me unwatching my own thread because you lot defend billionaires too much 🙄🙄

Can't even start a bloody uprising without people trying to get me off the internet.

When the purge comes, i'll be remembering some of these usernames, sorry 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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Genuinely, I do think that something can be done. Just like something can be done to eradicate poverty in the UK, by as taxing big companies, restricting BTL and stopping the sale of council land. Just like it isnt being done so as not to 'scare the big companies away' or 'interfere in the economy'.

Its unfortunate that some billionaires just aren't arsed about seeing babies sob on itv news.

It just depends on how you see the world, I guess.

Exactly this. It's so pseudo-intellectual to spout off against "billionaires" as a way of trying to appear smart. Anyone who has a bit of intelligence knows that developmental issues like wars, famine, corruption etc can never be solved by money alone. Some regions of the world have always been plagued by violence and giving them aid has never significantly changed anything. How can money help when a country has miserable rates of human rights, zero gender equality and democracy?

Even if you provide funding to build new schools for girls, those in charge of the projects are all local males and most of the money will disappear under corrupt circumstances. Local politicians are ones who need to make lasting change and if they show no interest, why should a random Jeff Bezos who has fuck all to do with Sudan be forced (by the leftist police?) to give up his money for something else.

Just imagine you have a neighbour down the road whose on benefits, has 5 kids with 3 men, alcoholic and always complains about being broke. The someone comes and forces you to send her £100 a month. Simply because you earn more than her. You don't know her personally, you don't approve of her life choices, but you are now forced to give up your money because some random entity decided it's "fair" because her life makes them feel sad. Why the hell would anyone agree to that?

OP, who do you think owns the big supermarket chains, the big food manufacturers, large scale industry, car manufacturers, Google, Amazon, Sky, Spotify, Netflix, etc? It's not just Bezos etc., it's all the hedge funds etc that are owned/managed by billionaires.

If you really want to boycott the billionaires, turn off and throw away your laptop/smartphone, never set foot in a big supermarket again, buy all your food from local farmshops, buy clothes and household items from local/independent shops, sell/scrap your car, etc.

No, didn't think you meant that.

If you just "cherry pick" things that actually don't matter to you, such as an Amazon Prime account, you're just virtue signalling and it will have no impact whatsoever.

the billionaires can sort this and are choosing not to.

How? How do you think the billionaires can sort this? I mean, if you think they can do it, you must have some idea how?

And which businesses should we be boycotting? Have you got a list of Indian, Chinese, all the other nations, billionaires and their businesses, so we know to boycott them?

It’s not this simple, I’m a humanitarian professional - granted not in Sudan but in Yemen until very recently which has over 80% malnutrition rate of the entire population so I suppose a similar issue in terms of food.

There’s access issues for anywhere that’s in active conflict, even when there’s relative stability there’s usually localised access problems (for example rebel controlled areas if you don’t have a stable government) - I remember during 2023 we had shiploads of medical supplies for North Yemen just hanging out in ports in Dubai and Nairobi because the ports in Yemen were bombed and we couldn’t physically dock to unload and move supplies.

Then there’s long term stability and resilience to shocks that needs to be built up, in Yemen for example there’s huge flooding every year as the infrastructure is bad - which in turn ruins farm land that was perhaps invested in the season before, there’s livelihoods issues and areas need support to help the local economy so the population can build up purchasing power to buy food and items in the market - economy challenges, with the Red Sea crisis and MENA overall instability fuel prices have doubled in some places - so a family who were maybe doing ok and could provide for their needs in 2024 now can’t because inflation has pushed up the price of food while salaries haven’t increased - just to name a few issues

Just because someone mentioned Bill Gates above as an example, Bill and Melinda run the Gates foundation which in 2025 had a “turnover” of over 8 billion USD for programming and have released an extra 200 billion over the next few years. So some people are investing in trying to support

Just like something can be done to eradicate poverty in the UK, by as taxing big companies, restricting BTL and stopping the sale of council land.

Have you considered applying for the Chancellor’s job?

Nail on the head. All this aid has probably done more harm than good in places where the corrupt leaders have siphoned it off to pay for arms to finance their warmongering, or buy their fancy cars, yachts, holiday homes in "nice" places etc. Corruption is rife in most of these "developing" countries and even moreso in those that seem to be constantly at war.

Would it not make more sense to go round the mansions of corrupt dictators and politics rulers directly causing war and famine, round them up, put them on a plane and keep repeating until we had stable democracies?

I get that’s equally as unworkable but really they are more at the root of the problem.

It's naive to think billionaires can sort out the issues in Sudan. I'm Nigerian by heritage and similar to Sudan the issues are so complicated and interwinned with tribalism, religious decisions, historical issues etc that it's not just a situation where xx billionaires can sort it out and frankly its not their job to.

A country like Nigeria has everything it needs to be a wealthy country but is held back by tribalism, infighting, corruption, weak leaders etc and your solution just means the country will continue to be dependent on wealthier countries and have to play to their whims. There have been billions spent on aid and yet many if these countries are still dependent because it doesn't solve the issue at all.

Similar to Sudan there are many situations where eg foreign based Nigerian want to contribute and help but are blocked due to the corrupt inefficient system.

And the other issue is you expect the billionaires to help but also mind their business, unfortunately the world doesn't work that way and if you're dependent on a country or person the question is what is in it for them. Be it the US, China, UK, France etc every country provides "help" eg in Africa based on their interests an how it aligns with influence not just because they are generous.

The solution needs to come from Sudan with support from other countries not owned and led by other countries or billionaires.

This sounds like Model UN homework. You carry on arguing Pro, OP and everyone else will take the Con position

This, plus money won't fix overpopulation in areas of the world that are becoming inhabitable by humans. We demonised single parents in the 90s. We've made the benefit and housing policies, punitive. Yet suggest birth control until things are stable, or so their other children stand a chance, or the women can recover, be educated and be involved in political decisions and suddenly babies being born, under any circumstances, is a blessing.

I know someone who delivered aid to Somalia etc only to watch it get taken from their ship and put onto another…sold and sent on. It doesn’t even make it over there. Happens all the time!

Round up the billionaires for what??? 😂 To force them to feed people in Sudan? That's your plan? Why don't you commit your life to going to help them with the little you can?

And why stop there, why not demand that the government nationalize every large company so we can use the money generated to save the world?

Yes the outrage when it’s said we could ship contraceptives over.

Since one way to not keep watching babies dying is well not having them as well if you are in a situation where you cannot feed them. Then you get but men rape them it’s not their choice. Ok so let’s give women the choice of contraception. Oh no can’t do that.

Thank you for this insightful measured response instead of just attacking me - you clearly do amazing work.

Mostly I just feel irritated - its one of those days where you just think, come on!

I wonder the cost of stabilising fuel costs for the whole world 👀 - could that cost more than a billion 🤔

Sure itd be propping up Donald Trump and the companies profiting from this war, but itd be stabilising economies around the world

It's not virtue signaling to be upset, it's virtue signalling to ignore the root cause and issues and make naive proposals to round up all billionaires to feed Sudan.

Do you even have any idea about what's happening in Sudan? What the hell has it got to do with billionaires and how does that solve the situation? And frankly if you want to be mad you should be mad at the British government for their role in colonial history and UK taxpayers should be on the hook including you not specifically targeting billionaires. Frankly British colonial decisions is the source of many of the conflicts currently going on today.

"Sudan's conflicts are deeply rooted in historical, ethnic, and economic disparities that have plagued the country for decades. The foundational source of conflict dates back to British and Egyptian colonial rule (1899–1956). The administration deliberately divided the country into two distinct regions: a wealthier, majority Arab-Muslim north and a less-developed, majority Christian/animist south. When Sudan gained independence in 1956, political power and resources were concentrated in the north, leading to the severe political and economic marginalization of the south. This sparked the First Sudanese Civil War (1955–1972).

The Reign of Omar al-Bashir: After a temporary peace, the conflict reignited in the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). The northern-dominated government attempted to enforce Islamic Sharia law nationwide. This culminated in the secession of South Sudan in 2011. Additionally, in 2003, the Darfur conflict began when local non-Arab populations rebelled against marginalization, resulting in a brutal government crackdown using Arab counterinsurgency militias known as the Janjaweed.

The Current Conflict: The most recent and ongoing conflict, which exploded in April 2023, stems from a power struggle within Sudan's military regime following the 2021 coup. The war is primarily fought between the regular Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) (a paramilitary group that evolved from the Janjaweed). The immediate trigger for the violence was a dispute over the integration of the RSF into the national army and competing ambitions for ultimate control of the country."

Please tell us how Bezos will solve this???

Fucking hell @Ilovelifeverymuch , alright

Hahaha as I said put your money where your mouth is and get your ass to Sudan and starts helping with the little you can if not you're just virtue signalling.

Also let’s just say we chose a company (not owned by one billionaire per se but a huge company) let’s say nestle- they have a monopoly so that makes it harder. They own so many household names that it would mean practically boycotting the supermarket (and depending on the supermarket you would boycott them anyway) so here’s a list of brands/items you won’t use (and there’s so so many more!)
Aero Hot Chocolate
Animal Bar
Breakaway
Butcher’s Blend
Café de Paris
Chef
Clinutren
Coco Shreddies
Cookie Crisp
Dairy Box
Drifter
Eggo
Fascinations
Friskies
Fruit Pastilles Jelly Tots
Garnier
Go Cat
Gourmet Mon Petit
Heaven
Herta Frankfurters
Jelly Tots
L’Atelier
L’oreal
Maybelline
Milkybar Buttons
Moat House
Nescafé Azera
Nescafé Gold Blend
Ovaltine
Polos
Purina One
Rowntree’s
Scapers
Shreddies
Toffee Crisp
Tommee tippee
Whip

I would like to boycott Amazon just because I find Bezos and his wife totally cringe , crass, vulgar and classless. He is deeply wounded to hear this I am sure.

Would she be allowed to post stupid gifs all day?

What about warlords in countries far away from the tribes they are trying to incite?