“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.

  • dermanus@lemmy.ca
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    6 hours ago

    Because they wouldn’t get to that position if they were just plain stupid. But it’s amazing what someone can fail to understand when their livelihood depends on it.

    • UniversalBasicJustice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      4 hours ago

      Because they wouldn’t get to that position if they were just plain stupid.

      Counterpoint: Trump

      The influence of money outweighs intelligence every time, which is precisely why your second statement holds true.

      • Narri N.@lemmy.ml
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        45 minutes ago

        You both seem to be right. Needless levels of empathy should also be avoided in some sense. i want to believe in aliens though