The upcoming wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez in Venice is slated to attract over 96 private jets carrying their celebrity guests, igniting outrage among local residents. The event, organized amidst growing climate change concerns, highlights the disparity between the elite's opulent lifestyle and public advocacy for sustainability. Locals are protesting, fearing that their city will be transformed into a playground for billionaires. Critics question the decision of city leaders to endorse such extravagance, especially while the world grapples with pressing environmental issues.
But that figure of 62 now looks modest compared to the number of private jets expected to descend on Venice later this week, carrying the 200 or more rich, famous and influential friends of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez.
Anti-oligarch locals, protesting the three-day wedding festivities that are scheduled to start Thursday, complain that Bezos and Sanchez are turning their city into a billionaire's playground.
City leaders also face criticism for allowing an event that will effectively close down the city's center to please a billionaire.
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