Or to put it another way, is this equivalent of LET THEM EAT CAKE!
This affair is so tone-deaf. It illustrates the point that just because you're rich, that does not mean you're a fully rounded personality who can read the room, never mind society.
Example #1? Elon Musk. Tesla sales have dropped for the fifth straight month in Europe, they're down by 28%, meanwhile, overall electric car sales are UP! People have had enough of the man from Africa. They're saying "no mas." This isn't a judgment of the automobiles, but Musk himself. Who has run roughshod over the government and believes that the rules don't apply to him while being a vengeful crybaby all the while.
It's not like these two characters have not been married before. What is the need for this celebration? Just go to the justice of the peace and be done with it. But NO, everything must be done at an outrageous scale. And this seems to be all Sanchez, Bezos demonstrated none of these qualities before he became involved with her. Believe me, no male is envious of Bezos, they're all laughing at him, he's just another nincompoop being led around by a woman who's been proven to bolt for finer fields when the option prevents itself. If Bezos wasn't so rich would he appeal to her? It's not like the laughing hyena has any charisma.
So Bezos builds a yacht so big that he wants to have a bridge removed so he can get it out of harbor. And what is it with these yachts anyway? Boys and their toys. Akin to getting a Ferrari back in the day. These aren't sailors, they're just busy keeping up with the Joneses.
As for the guest list... As soon as you invite the Kardashians you excise any gravitas, any patina of seriousness. The family K may be rich, but they evidence no talent other than self-marketing. It doesn't take much to look down on the Kardashians, the only ones who look up are young and unformed.
As for going to this affair... I'd say no. Venetians have been protesting for weeks. They're still protesting. Projecting messages on buildings, placing a banner in the square imploring Bezos to pay more taxes.
This is not royalty, this is not Lady Di, never mind William and Kate.
Only two people as out of touch as Bezos and Sanchez would want to draw attention to themselves. If you're rich you want no publicity. Hell, Brad Pitt's house was burgled when he went to the "F1" movie premiere. You want the public out of your hair, not in it. You want your story out of the press, not in it. But these two want a victory lap, for having risen from nothing to this status. It's ugly.
So I'm questioning myself. Would I want to be there? Do I just feel left out? Like a lower class English person believing the upper class are a wholly different caste which they have no access to, that they can only judge?
We keep hearing that people want lower taxes on the rich because they plan to be rich too. But if this is what being rich is...
Hell, being a dope dealer, a member of the Mafia... You make that money so you can booze and whore it up. Is that what life is really about? Ask a rock star, it gets really old. They get sober, they give it up long before they get old. They know it's empty, they want to settle down and be married.
Used to be there was the American Dream. And although these two lived it, the odds of going from poor to rich have never been this long. The odds of you climbing up the economic ladder...
They don't let you into their schools, they don't let you into their clubs, they say they have your best interests at heart, but really they just want to keep you down in the hole you're in.
The news is endless. The gigantic paydays for people like Zaslav who presided over the cratering of the stock for a company he put together that was laden with debt and a bad idea to begin with. I mean it's one thing to reward someone for a good job.
But it's a club. If you're a CEO, you're overpaid. Because the boards are made up of your cronies and there's a fiction that you need to be paid or you'll go elsewhere, that this is what you're worth. NO ONE IS WORTH THIS MUCH!
The public is agitated. And it's been proven again and again that uprisings, reactions, are completely unpredictable. Things appear calm, and then they explode.
I mean how much longer are people, the hoi polloi, going to take this, when they're working for a minimum wage that is artificially low, because the owners say they can't survive if they're paid a living wage.
Everything is YOUR fault. They bear no responsibility. They're the winners, you're the loser. We hear this all day long. But you don't have to RUB IT IN OUR FACE!
Amazon, a great service. Built to a degree on heinous business practices. Try to compete and they'll undercut you, forcing you to sell or go bankrupt. The site itself is now barely usable, with its plethora of ads. Not to mention the real money comes from AWS and selling third party products.
As for Sanchez... What's the message here, get plastic surgery to the point where you look like a caricature of yourself and trade in your husband for his best friend? Is this the role model women want?
No.
Income inequality. No one needs to be that rich. It skews society. History tells us that income inequality ultimately leads to upheaval and complete change. Meanwhile, you're going to lose your Medicaid and your SNAP benefits because you're a bum who won't work while simultaneously jumping through government hoops that are so daunting that you ultimately give up.
The public is laughing at Bezos and Sanchez. When they're not angry with them.
America no longer looks up to celebrities, that's what social media has wrought, everybody is a star, the world has been flattened. Who is admiring these two? Very few.
I don't see them feeding starving kids, I just see them flying into space in an ultimately excoriated expedition. Didn't they learn their lesson? You're showing off, we're not on your team, we're making fun of you.
ENOUGH!
The joke will ultimately be on you.
Instant karma's gonna get you, gonna knock you off your feet, better recognize your brothers, everyone you meet!
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