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Re:Ask HN: How do you get people to care? by beardyw on Thursday June 06, 2024 @12:33PM (#40599410)
> I have no idea where Sudan is.

Try Google maps.

> I don't know anyone from Sudan either.

They are people just like you.

> It isn't an economically important country either for the rest of the world...

So money is everything.

> as such unfortunately people just don't care.

Some people who have taken 10 seconds to find out where it is but who also don't know anyone from Sudan care about the lives of people just like themselves when faced with such adversity.

Re:Ask HN: How do you get people to care? by bunbun69 on Thursday June 13, 2024 @09:04AM (#40669141)
Yes, money is everything.

Why would we care about people from poorer countries, or from countries that aren't close to us?