That’s the hope of Bob Geldof and his amazing international music fest. But is this kind of concert activism of any use? “He is in danger of becoming one of the leaders of Compassion Lite, where people in the West, especially young people in the West, get to announce their compassion very cheaply, for the price of a wristband or a concert ticket or a plastic cup, without any meaningful demand on them to change their lives or look into their hearts.”