Activists spray red paint over billionaire Walmart heiress's superyacht for a second time | CNN
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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.

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.

  • Nepenthe@kbin.social
    4015·
    1 year ago

    A spokesperson for Marina Port Vell said that the boat had not been damaged in Friday’s action. “After a quick action on behalf of the security team, the incident has been corrected and the boat is now in a perfect state,” the spokesperson told CNN.

    Cannot stress enough that a new paint job is not the kind of action that’s going to fix jack shit. More than likely, it’s barely an annoyance. Few people on the planet have not heard the message already. If you don’t want them joyriding a massive yacht everywhere, remove the yacht.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
      60·
      1 year ago

      So, while you’re entirely correct, someone on the team of “let’s harass the inconceivably wealthy” would probably still appreciate this action because it’s better than nothing.

      It’s also possible they’re trying to get the media to cover it more, rather than cause actual property damage

      • Nepenthe@kbin.social
        198·
        1 year ago

        Uh. Lemme check. Yes. We’re well past the “please stop killing me, it’s really mean :(” stage. They know. They are choosing to jetset anyway.

        If the disgustingly rich haven’t shifted their focus by now, they’ve basically made their stance known already and stuff like this strikes me as just toying around. It makes activists feel like they accomplished something, and then it’s rectified quite literally the same day and everyone continues about their business.

        Wanna join in or would your parents worry?

        • HeartyBeast@kbin.social
          3·
          1 year ago

          So what have you done yourself? Stolen any boats?

          It’s too easy to sit and criticise other peoples protests from the comforting you gaming chair.

        • Touching_Grass@lemmy.world
          620·
          1 year ago

          Its self masturbatory. It makes themselves feel like they did something but grosses out most other people. These types of activist whose strategy is to do something shocking just to get press are always counter productive. As if they can’t reason how they’re speaking to the choir