Note: This post is an Op-Ed and shares the author’s personal views.

Hey, if you’re a celebrity who’s attending the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sànchez, I don’t want to hear about your “activism” ever again.

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This weekend, the couple is getting married in an obscene, multiday event in Venice that is speculated to have cost between $35-40 million. It’s a spectacle that drew some protests, given that Venice has literally been sinking because of climate change and overtourism in recent years.

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Why anyone would want to associate with the putrid, decaying soul of Jeffrey Bezos is beyond me (except it’s not, because obviously people just love money). According to Oxfam, the “world’s richest 1% increased their wealth by more than $33.9 trillion in real terms since 2015,” which is enough to eliminate annual poverty by 22 times. Jeff’s own net worth is approximately $231 billion. Make no mistake about it, he looks at the poverty-induced suffering of the world and chooses to hoard his wealth like a bloated dragon.

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But let’s ignore the world! Let’s just consider conditions at Amazon, where one Senate report found that warehouse workers were “nearly twice as likely to be injured compared to workers at other warehouses in the sector.”

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Last year, another report found that “half of warehouse workers surveyed by researchers say they struggle to afford enough food or a place to live.” It’s estimated that Jeff earns more than the average US worker will earn in their lifetime every 13 minutes.

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I’m sure people will point to the fact that the couple asked for local donations in lieu of gifts. What a pathetic attempt to save face. Once again: If these people gave a flying fuck about the wellfare of others, then they would actually pay their fair share in taxes. Instead, they’re burning money on rockets so they can pretend they’re astronauts.

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Let’s get specific. One of the attendees photographed arriving is Leonardo DiCaprio, who sits on the boards of several environmental causes, and started the Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation back in the late ‘90s. Last November, he criticized now-President Donald Trump and said, “Climate change is killing the earth and ruining our economy. We need a bold step forward to save our economy, our planet and ourselves.”

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To quote a viral tweet I saw, “Some 100 private jets will fly to Venice for Jeff Bezos’ wedding, and I recycle yoghurt cup lids.”

Another Trump critic, Eva Longoria, is also slated to attend (she attended Lauren’s bachelorette party). Eva previously called Trump’s mass deportations “inhumane” and “hard to watch.” Seemingly, she has no problem attending the wedding of two people who stood near the front of (and donated to) that same man’s inauguration.

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Her name is further on the Eva Longoria Foundation, which works to bolster Latina civic engagement and economic empowerment, which certainly makes one wonder what she thinks of the way Amazon quietly rolled back its DEI policies.

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Somewhere, deep in my jaded soul, I believe that these people can be using their platform for good. It’s just hard to believe it’s earnest when they’re total hypocrites about it.

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