Jeff Bezos wedding: Venice protestors claim 'enormous victory' after venue change
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No Space for Bezos activist group tells BBC they are "very proud of this".

“We are very proud of this! We are nobodies, we have no money, nothing!” Tommaso Cacciari, from a group calling itself No Space for Bezos, told the BBC.

“We’re just citizens who started organising and we managed to move one of the most powerful people in the world - all the billionaires - out of the city.”

The wedding kicks off later this week, and has a star-studded guest list of the rich and famous that is rumoured to include Kim Kardashian, Mick Jagger and Leonardo diCaprio, as well as several of the Trumps.

  • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
    02·
    1 day ago

    Keep on serfin’ simp.

    You need people to organize and give directions. People on their own are trapped in the routines they have. There will never be built something pretty like Venice without leaders. All you do by making the recognition of leadership toxic is that there won’t be leaders [that you can choose or build up] who organize a better life for you.

    To add to this:

    Venice is the historic city of global trade that is filled with tourist second homes. To celebrate with the inhabitants is simping on its own. The working people don’t live in Venice anymore. People who object are other rich people who feel diminished because they cannot rent the city themselves.

    The elephant in the room is the introduction of the tourist ticket for Venice. How can Bezos rent the city? He must have bought all tickets for the day. Now, was the ticket introduced by his influence to make that possible? That would be something to object, not the renting itself.

    • NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Jesus Christ, this is the worst case of billionaire apologia I’ve ever seen. You are just going to town on those boots.

      Edit: Great Man Theory is the worst kind of cuckoldry, you fucking simp.

      • plyth@feddit.orgEnglish
        01·
        2 days ago

        Great Man Theory is the worst kind of cuckoldry

        Jesus Christ

        Do you see what you did?

        You are missing my point entirely.

        of great men, or heroes: highly influential and unique individuals who, due to their natural attributes, such as superior intellect, heroic courage, extraordinary leadership abilities, or divine inspiration, have a decisive historical effect.

        https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_man_theory

        My argument is that there is no need to rely on divine leaders. Any leader could do. But for that, a climate must exist that fosters leaders so that some are available. By being toxic, the left eliminates their leaders and they end up as customers of Amazon, which they despise, but cannot change.