“We are very proud of this! We are nobodies, we have no money, nothing!” Tommaso Cacciari, from a group calling itself No Space for Bezos, told the BBC.

“We’re just citizens who started organising and we managed to move one of the most powerful people in the world - all the billionaires - out of the city.”

The wedding kicks off later this week, and has a star-studded guest list of the rich and famous that is rumoured to include Kim Kardashian, Mick Jagger and Leonardo diCaprio, as well as several of the Trumps.

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    The activists have been heavily criticised by city officials, who argue that such high-rolling visitors are an important source of income.

    I hope the voters remember to kick these politicians and officials to the curb. They clearly don’t work for the people they represent

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      All they see is income and screw everything and everyone else. Way too much of that right now from governments and corporations.

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          For temporary solutions, yes. They have three major, perpetual issues that are not solved by tourism money.

          1. Rising sea levels.
          2. Too many boats making waves rocking the foundations more.
          3. Too much groundwater extraction (seawater pressure will push inland with less groundwater pressure).
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        Remember when dolphins actually returned to the city for a little while? That’s how it’s supposed to be for citizens. Bezos should just tour somehwere that needs more tourism. I think the deep sea is open.

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        It sure get’s better when 200 people, mostly from the US, get in their private jets and travel half the world. That’s how that works, right? Right?