Activists Strike at Billionaire's Excess, Vandalize $300M Walmart Heiress's Yacht

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Futuro Vegetal, a Spanish environmental activist group, vandalized Nancy Walton Lauris's superyacht named Kaos in Ibiza, spray-painting You Consume Others Suffer on its side.

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Their action was to announce that the wealthiest 1% are more responsible for pollution than the poorest 50%.

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The socio-economic hierarchy stays intact in a world where the privileged at the top exploit the resources and the people at the bottom get crushed.

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The activists stand against this hierarchy, calling out those in power who refuse to take responsibility for their environmental impact.

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Two protesters, identified as Marina and Bilbo, were arrested, raising questions about freedom of speech and protest.

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Nancy Walton Lauris, daughter of Walmart co-founder Bud Walton, owns Kaos and has a net worth of $8.7 billion, according to Forbes.

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Kaos, a $300m superyacht equipped with a spa, gyms, a theater, and a small hospital, symbolizes high-consumption lifestyles.

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Futuro Vegetal had previously spray-painted a private jet in a similar protest, part of the Extinction Rebellion's 'Jets and Yachts, the party is over' campaign.

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Futuro Vegetal is drawing attention to the climate crisis, attacking symbols of excessive consumption and socio-economic disparity.

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