Someone in Venice just projected "no kings no bezos" on St Mark's Campanile

[tachyontele@piefed.social]

You have absolutely no idea what's going on in Italy, do you.

Why did you even bother commenting?

[pelespirit@sh.itjust.works]

I'm glad you are. I love the "No Kings" slogan and that other countries are taking it up. I wish they would call the next protest in America "No Kings II, then whatever they were going to call it here." I guess we could could call it unofficially, "No Kings II."

[sanguinepar@lemmy.world]

UK here - dearly wish we would take up the No Kings thing...

[crapwittyname@lemm.ee]

Forza a qeui ragazzi

[pelespirit@sh.itjust.works]

From the outside looking in, the pageantry of it all is probably why it sticks. You also have someone to talk about. We get the drama of US citizens and immigrants being sent to concentration camps or prisons in other countries.

[placebonickname@lemmy.world]

I haven’t been reading too much news lately. What is going on with Jeff Bezos and why are people protesting him? 

[motor_spirit@lemmy.world]

Amazon's business and presence impacts globally. His personal presence and this event are affecting Venice locally.

If you don't understand those two things you should check your head. Go white knight a giant company on reddit lol the fuck are you even on about

[zier@fedia.io]

$20 million wedding in Venice.

[anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

He's getting married in Venice with all of his friends there.
People are protesting because Venice is pretty crowded with tourists and vulnerable to climate change. Also he's Jeff Bezos.

[cenzorrll@lemmy.world]

With an absurd number of billionaires flying in on private jets to attend

[apathytree@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Also outside looking in:

From what I’ve heard the royals bring in a lot of tourism money.. or used to anyway.. idk about this -ahem- new fella..

[gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works]

I hope knowing that people all over the world viscerally hate him damages his calm on an ongoing basis.

[gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works]

Not all heroes wear capes, and you’re a magnificent human for helping spread this content. It’s important.

[crank0271@lemmy.world]

Honestly, that doesn't strike me as a ton of money for his wedding. He must not care too much for this wife.

[dzsimbo@lemm.ee]

It is just a reinforcement for us. He has probably never had more than the ever-elusive 'fleeting high'. He's in a skinner box, where he has already maxed out the ill effects of one of our more powerful tools (money). He has to go to ever further extents to quiet the demons that most of us had to cope with since adolescence.

To drive the point home, he'll never be able to make any new authentic connections in his life (if he ever could in the past). While it is a bit copium, and I am as frothy in the mouth about his antics as any well-meaning individual, I do find it one of the constant, if smallest, wins.

[kautau@lemmy.world]

And celebrities

https://people.com/celebrities-arriving-at-jeff-bezos-and-lauren-sanchezs-wedding-photos-11761650

Just as tonedeaf as them pretending "we're just like you" when COVID happened and they were forced to stay in their mansions as everyone struggled.

[tachyontele@piefed.social]

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Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez

Lmao well, I'd hope they went to the wedding

[kautau@lemmy.world]

Yeah what a dumb part of the article lol. That being said, I'm sure there were more celebrities that managed to sneak in without being recognized

[thedoozer@lemmy.world]

Great work. Way to stick your neck out.

[thedoozer@lemmy.world]

Great work. Way to stick your neck out.

(Accidentally dropped the comment on the main post instead of this comment, oops)