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    “You’re telling me none of these people shop on Amazon?” said New Orleans native Jake Springer, who, along with his wife, was spending a weekend in Venice on a wine tour through Italy. “At least they are protesting peacefully. Americans could learn a thing or two from this.”

    They found the dumbest possible American to give a comment.

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      To be fair, it’s not that difficult.

      At least they found one that could form a coherent sentence.

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      Americans seem to overestimate how big Amazon is here in Europe. Most people I know rarely buy anything off Amazon, a couple have Amazon Prime to watch content on, but that’s mostly it.

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        But even if you do buy on Amazon sometimes, why should that make you on board with surrendering your city to this billionaire? It’s part of this toxic obsession of finding minor ‘gotchas’/hypocrisies instead of debating substance. You MUST subscribe to every belief of team A and hate everything from team B.

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      Seeing as they are on a wine tour, it’s probably another out of touch millionaire

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        Wine tours are maybe a couple hundred dollars. We do 'em pretty often. Great deal and you often get a tour of the countryside as well. If you’re ever in the Kelowna, BC area, check it out.

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        On an unrelated note, did you know that in a lot of European countries it’s totally legal to own a crossbow? You can just order one online.

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    Devided? Between who?

    Checks article: And Its berween the people who have lives there versus the ruling class who are about to profit because of course.

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    People of Venice! The time has come to show the world what you’re made of, and more importantly, what you’ve got inside.

    Let the canals bear witness to your courage. Not with arms, but with… offerings. I want to see a million floating turds on that sacred day. Let this wedding be remembered. Not for love, but for sheer intestinal audacity.

    Take a stand, take a squat, and defecate for dignity.

    Fate la storia. Fate galleggiare la gloria.

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    “You’re telling me none of these people shop on Amazon?” said New Orleans native Jake Springer, who, along with his wife, was spending a weekend in Venice on a wine tour through Italy. “At least they are protesting peacefully. Americans could learn a thing or two from this.”

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      Lmao the governors tell people to run over protestor here if they are in the street. Both methods block travel in the city, Venice is just specifically aimed at inconveniencing Bezos rather than the general populace.

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    Though the details of the Bezos wedding are highly guarded beyond the rumored $10-million budget

    Ok so I’m not going to say that we all need to eat dirt so long as anyone is worse off than we are, but that’s a lot of money that could be spent on anything else.

    I’m not christian but camel through the eye of a needle, man. You can’t be a good person when you’re sitting on that much wealth, and Bezos isn’t even trying.