According to the group’s social media platforms “the reality is that as the rich get richer, the poor get poorer” and go on to claim that the “elite of the mega-rich constitute a real danger to all humanity.”
“We denounce the mega fortunes, their impunity for tax evasion and abuse of the Earth’s resources. Their fortune is our misery and we do not tolerate it,” they stated.
This is not the first protest action against the mega-yachts in Ibiza.
Last year another group called Futuro Vegetal threw paint at a luxury yacht moored in the port of Ibiza, as well as sneaking into Ibiza airport and throwing paint at a private jet.
They also sprayed painted the mega-yacht Kaos, owned by Nancy Walton Laurie, the billionaire heiress of the Walmart company.
Two activists from the group used fire extinguishers to spray paint on the yacht, an action which, according to Futuro Vegetal in a press release, was part of the campaign “Jets and Yachts, the party is over”, organised by Extinction Rebellion Ibiza, which is calling for a ban on private jets and an end to luxury emissions.
The group claims that the only reason for maintaining the current economic system that leads to eco-social collapse “is to sustain the privileges of this small privileged class”.
Futuro Vegetal also smeared black paint on the cherries of the Pacha discotheque, stormed the luxury beach club Blue Marlin in Cala Jondal with banners ‘Your luxury our climate crisis’ to denounce the “incompatibility” of sustaining the lifestyle of the mega-rich with the climate crisis.
They also spray painted a Lamborghini.
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It would appear from comments that at least half the MDB readership are ageing blue-rinse, trilby wearing, forelock-tugging, Brexit voting Tories. WTF are they even here, rather than on one of their own islands, Wight?
BerlingoThese young people care about the future. Do you?
@Berlingo I agree. Its a shame todays young people are all hung up on climate change, fossil fuels, wealth disparity and heaven forbid - causing a disturbance in a public area. They should learn from our forefathers, go out and colonise the world, civilize the natives and earn pots of money on the back of cheap labour. They have no idea how easy they have it today whilst we had to work hard and earn our living. Long live the multi billionaires as they scatter a few dollars to the crews, mechanics and yacht painters
Sad little pathetic non entities. Nasty trait jealousy, just because they will never have luxury items because they are stupid nobodies.
Philanthropy from the super wealthy seems to be in short supply. What a shame.
These people are actually way out of line here and should be jailed and pay heavy fines these well off people create A lot of good paying jobs across the board destruction and causing a disturbance in a public area is totally wrong and they should be dealt with Harshly and swiftly ! Disgusting Childish Behavoir !