Good News! Jeff Bezos Is Married

Jeff Bezos is officially out of the market. The founder of Amazon married his fiancée, the former television presenter Lauren Sánchez, during a sumptuous ceremony on Friday, June 27 on the private island of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice, Italy, capping a spectacle of wealth, power and controversy in several days.

Sánchez common An Instagram station radiating itself in a fluid white dress alongside Bezos, suitable in a tuxedo. The marriage marked the culmination of a several day show that attracted 200 famous guests, dozens of private jets, luxury yachts and a lot of attention on social networks.

Among the participants on list A: Oprah Winfrey, Kris Jenner, Kim and Khloé Kardashian, Barbra Streisand, George and Amal Clooney, and Leonardo DiCaprio, who, in particular, became the subject of a same internet after a clumsy meeting on the red carpet with Sánchez.

But in the streets of the historic city, another story took place.

The “no space for Bezos”

Like Gizmodo before reportedThe announcement of the location of the marriage sparked the immediate and organized demonstrations of the inhabitants. Under the banner of “No Space For Bezos”, a dozen Venetian organizations, housing defenders, militants of anti-crude ships, denounced what they considered to be the exploitation of their city.

The demonstrators argue that marriage, with an estimated price of $ 50 million north, illustrates the forces that make Venice uninhabitable for its own residents: crawling overruns, flourishing housing costs and the constant threat of the floods induced by the climate. They organized small-scale demonstrations throughout the week, exceeding anti-Bezos banners on emblematic sites. The pressure finally forced the couple to move their main part of reception to Arsenale, a medieval complex deemed safer and less sensitive to protest flutillalas.

The city governor, Luca Zaia, defended marriage as an economic boon, but criticisms on the ground highlighted Amazon’s controversial work practices and the current tax differences as reasons for their concern.

Why is not just a marriage

Bezos’ marriage is a raw demonstration of power. In the 21st century, technology billionaires were the new royalty, and their marriages became de facto crowns. These are meticulously designed public relations events designed to project an image of benevolent, cultivated and almost feudal power.

The invitation before marriage, as discussed previously, was a perfect example. He kindly asked for “no gift” and rather highlighted the couple’s donations to three local environmental research groups. It is a classic movement: wrap an event of narcotic excess of the carbon footprint in the gentle packaging of the eco-philanthropy. The message is clear: we can afford to buy an entire city for a weekend, and we can also allow ourselves to save it.

In the end, Bezos-Sánchez’s marriage serves as a powerful symbol of our time, where the logistical power of a technological empire can requisition a historic city, where the border between celebrity and Titan technology has completely cheated, and where even the most extravagant events of wealth accompany a press release carefully rewarded.