Venice Never Came Cheap

Venice never came cheap

Venice and Jeff Bezos belong together. Both are shopkeepers — well, shops — both use myth to drive sales beyond the plausible; both have succeeded beyond their wildest dreams of avarice. Bezos could buy a palace on the Grand Canal and open an Amazon warehouse on the ground floor. They may be centuries old, but the palazzi of Venice are made for this. Everything here changes, and everything stays the same. Venice is a fishing village founded by p…

Bezos Holds Three-Day ‘Tax the Rich’ Rally in Venice - WhoWhatWhy

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is spending about $50 million of his own money this weekend on convincing people across the globe that billionaires like himself deserve to be taxed into oblivion. While billed as his wedding to Lauren Sánchez, the lavish three-day event is actually just a reminder that the uber-rich are a bunch of self-indulgent jerks who contribute very little useful to society. To drive home that point, Bezos and his pals are shuttin…