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Spanish climate activists sprayed red paint across a superyacht owned by billionaire Walmart heiress Nancy Walton Laurie in Barcelona on Friday, the second time the yacht has been the target of protests in the past two months.

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[–] who8mydamnoreos@lemmy.world 183 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Fire is harder to wash off

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago (6 children)

I have an idea. Destroying it probably just gets written off from insurance.

Wash the boat with undiluted pine sol.

[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 26 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Literally no damage done to the boat will ever actually financially harm the bitchionaire. That's not the goal of protest - though it's certainly a bonus when it's achievable.

[–] zuu@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

So it slips out of the water. Smart.

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[–] treefrog@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago

Even harder when you spray with gasoline first.

[–] TinyPizza@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

Cleanse the yacht with holy fire!

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 127 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Everyone's complaining that this doesn't do anything and is counter productive, but you know what this looks like to me?

Propaganda of the deed. Someone will look at this and think "I know better things to spray her superyacht with than paint..."

[–] DoctorTYVM@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Make sure it's something that will take her servants an extra hard time to clean

[–] Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world 38 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The bottom of the ocean would be pretty hard to clean.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They should put the billionaire on the bottom of the ocean, not the boat. The boat might be useful for something.

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[–] markr@lemmy.world 85 points 1 year ago

Good. Symbolic protests are a way to surface issues suppressed by the dominant ideology. If it gets any media coverage it is a success.

[–] Macaque@lemmy.world 82 points 1 year ago (6 children)

All billionaires are ethically in the wrong.

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[–] RIPandTERROR@lemmy.blahaj.zone 78 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Fuck yeah. They should live in constant and non-stop fear of the people they hoard from

[–] elscallr@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (11 children)

"Fear"

You really think they give a shit? About something like this? They just pay someone $200 to clean the yacht. Sink it and they just buy a new one. This isn't anything.

[–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Lol you haven't seen many rich people have you? This is definitely something they fear.

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[–] SlikPikker@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They SHOULD, but this won't accomplish that.

Let's think of something better.

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Look no further than medieval French engineering!

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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 60 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Governments should stop billionaires. Tax them 100% income tax after a certain amount of income, tax them 50%% of their networth yearly after a certain amount of value.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 54 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The government is now controlled, more or less, by said billionaires - too late?

[–] ParsnipWitch@feddit.de 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't think there ever was a time where not the richest were in power. From warlords to kings and now politicians in the pockets of CEO's or shareholders by extension, people in power amass riches and with it more power.

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[–] ActionHank@sopuli.xyz 54 points 1 year ago

100% agreed, billionaires should not exist. It's absolutely disgusting that they do. They'll take and take and take and take some more. If you haven't seen it yet, please check out this site visualizing Jeff Bezos' wealth. These people believe that they owe nothing to a society that gave them the tools, infra, security, and workforce for their companies to succeed. The level of excess is really unfathomable, and this chart is like Power of Ten for helping you understand the difference in a few zeros.

https://mkorostoff.github.io/1-pixel-wealth/

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 45 points 1 year ago

How dare these activists do anything other than overthrowing the government and instituting a socialist utopia. I just can’t support this.

[–] tinkeringidiot@lemmy.world 45 points 1 year ago (8 children)

More mandatory overtime for her staff. She'll never know it happened unless one of her social media managers sees it on Twitter and mentions it to her.

[–] Kerred@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And then they buy more red spray paint on Amazon because Walmart was out .

Side note, didn't the movie company make bank from people buying those V for Vendetta masks to protest against corporations or something? Vague memory of it

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[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Let's make it a third time

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[–] CeruleanRuin@lemmings.world 28 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] stopthatgirl7@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago

We gotta get the orcas in on this one.

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (16 children)

It would be super easy to get away with sinking known billionaire yachts worldwide if you do it right.

[–] _number8_@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] JazzAlien@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] BonesOfTheMoon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

I love it. God bless us every one.

[–] phillaholic@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Oh No. Anyway

[–] BuddyTheBeefalo@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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