""My name is Mary Hill. I am a 72-year-old warehouse worker at one of your facilities. When we struggle from paycheck to paycheck, from week to week, it really angers me because if it weren't for every associate in every Amazon facility, he wouldn't have all those zeros behind his name. Shame on you, Jeff Bezos. The people that need to be celebrated at the Met Gala are the workers. People like me. We deserve that celebration. We deserve so much more than we're getting.""
""There's power in numbers, and there's more of us than there are of you. Remember, Jeff. Ordinary people like myself that help make you billionaires, if we built it, we can tear it down. Think about that tonight, okay? After that bottle of champagne that helps you go to bed. We're going to keep growing, and we're going to keep building, and we're going to keep protesting, and we're going to keep marching, and we're going to keep fighting this dystopian culture. We're not stopping. We're just getting cranked up.""
Olivia Rodrigo did not attend the Met Gala, aligning with a boycott against Jeff Bezos. This boycott was sparked by a video from Amazon worker Mary Hill, who criticized Bezos for his wealth while workers struggle. Hill emphasized the importance of celebrating workers at the Met Gala, stating they deserve recognition. Activist group Everyone Hates Elon also promoted the boycott with posters around New York City, and protestors at the event displayed messages like "Tax the Rich."
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