One Direction‘s talent lies in… I dunno, getting on planes and turning up to stadiums full of screaming pre-teens who love them just because they exist and are moderately attractive. Oh, and I guess they have a couple catchy songs. In any case, it’s pretty safe to say that the group’s talent does NOT lie in being particularly smart. I mean, sure, Liam Payne probably meant well by the rant he shared with Twitter about the state of world affairs, but the execution left a bit (okay, a LOT) to be desired.
I mean, guys, this is serious. The people of Ghana can’t even get a McDonald’s! This is terrible.
In all seriousness, though, I do get what Liam is going for here, and I do think he means well – he’s trying to say that there’s a massive imbalance between rich and poor in this world and it’s troubling to see (though I would also like to see how much of his millions he donates to causes that help alleviate this rather than just tweeting about it). However, 1D fans are dumb, so watch them all go out and try to buy McDonald’s gift cards to send to Africa or something. You think I’m being sarcastic, but… nope.
I think you’re being too hard on the kid. Maybe he wants to be this generation’s Bono. If he wants to give money away and try to do the world some good go for it. And maybe he’ll be more action than talk.