Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's Venice wedding party venue was moved out of Venice's city center. Many have protested against the lavish ceremonies because they see it as yet another example of exploitation of the city.
  • reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net
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    6 days ago

    Zaia [president of the Veneto region] defended the wedding and criticized protesters, saying that the celebrations would bring revenue of up to €48 million to local businesses, via the 90 private jets set to carry guests to nearby airports.

    Think about our mom and pop private jet businesses!

    • ButteryMonkey@piefed.socialEnglish
      12·
      6 days ago

      48 million is honestly such a pathetically small number for the obscene wealth that’s going to be present… that’s like .00001% of the net worth of the attendees (guesstimate). Fucking pathetic to bend over for that.

      Certainly not the point, just, like, a thing.

    • Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish
      10·
      5 days ago

      christ, Venice usually pulls in tourist income in the billions. The fuck they care about chump change