Ivy Getty’s San Francisco Wedding Is Why We Need a Wealth Tax
The ceremony wasn’t a ‘miracle’ — it was a window into a dystopian hellscape
Up until recently — before this past Tuesday, to be exact — I had no idea who Ivy Getty was or why masses of Instagram influencers and TikTokers fawned over her. When “Getty” became a trending Twitter topic on November 8, I initially thought something must have gone horribly wrong with Getty Images; a quick log into my account quelled my anxiety, and I could continue downloading creative stock images with ease. The Getty that was trending was, apparently, the surname of billionaire John Gilbert Getty’s 26-year-old daughter, who married in an affluent ceremony in San Francisco this past weekend.
Her estimated net worth? Somewhere in the billions, thanks to the family’s immense wealth that’s mostly staked in oil fortunes.
Money isn’t the source of the world’s greed. It’s our relationship with money that is the said origin of these oligarchical tendencies.
Her then-trending credibility? Hosting what was considered by media outlets a multi-million-dollar fantasy marriage to photographer Tobias Alexander Engel, which was officiated by Speaker of the House…
