I’ve tried to ignore the Jeff Bezos wedding as much as possible. Unfortunately, when people are determined to give attention to an attention-seeker, it’s hard to avoid.
There was a time when this billionaire spent all his money on TV programmes. Stuff like The Man In The High Castle, The Rings Of Power, the Top Gear trio. All expensive, and actually quite good. This is the acceptable face of billionaires throwing their money around.
The wedding on the other hand was just total megalomania. Renting Venice for the occasion. All of these oligarchs, they can do anything. They can buy anything. Laws don’t mean anything to them. Only a few governments can stand up to them and even they can be bought. These are the most powerful men in the world and they are literally detached from reality.
Bezos has bought Vogue for his new wife. As in the entire magazine, including the publishing house, how sweet. The deal includes other magazines such as Wired. Now Wired has been doing a good job recently of keeping track of what the US government and all the tech bros have been up to.
We already know what Bezos is like as a proprietor from his performance at the Washington Post. Like all proprietors, he keeps a tight rein on what his journalists print and make sure his editorial line is strictly observed. He can afford to buy his reality.