a fundraiser benefit event for the museum. Last year the gala raised $35 million that did not come from our taxes. So basically, rich people who can afford to pay $100,000 per ticket raise funds for a museum that anybody can go to. If I should boycott the Met Gala, should I also be boycotting the museum?
And since I personally was not attending the gala, would refusing to look at a Vogue slideshow of the red carpet count as boycotting the gala? If so, what exactly does my not looking at the gala red carpet accomplish?
I get that the economic gap between the very wealthy and the rest of us is a gigantic canyon that keeps widening, including the huge gap between Bezos and his employees. But I’m not sure what the gala boycott accomplishes. Should AOC have skipped attending the gala a few years ago in her “tax the rich” gown?
