The people of Iran had their Green Revolution, which sought to make their country more just; now America launches our own grassroots movement for change.
Property developer Jeff Greene’s impassioned plea last week at Davos is catalyzing a movement across the United States, an upswelling of ordinary people who ask: If Jeff can do it, why can’t we?
The challenge Jeff has set:
“America’s lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a smaller, better existence,” Greene said in an interview today at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. “We need to reinvent our whole system of life.”
Jeff, who keeps five supermansions and “flew his wife, children and two nannies on a private jet plane to Davos for the week,” joins the storied ranks of Benjamin Edelman, Vinod Khosla, Tom Perkins, Todd Henderson, Glenn Hubbard, Frederic Mishkin, Dick Fuld, and Mike “Helicopter” Bloomberg as yet another man of conscience for America, a role model whose invention of a whole new downsized system of life sets the standard for the rest of us.
Start here. Model your wedding on Greene’s 2007 ceremony:
[The couple were married] at their 27-acre Beverly Hills canyon estate. The Los Angeles skyline glimmered as the bride appeared in a gown of hand-beaded Swarovski crystals, and four swans glided alongside her in a reflecting pool as she made her way to the French limestone gazebo, where Mr. Greene waited for her, beaming.
The 275 guests were an eclectic mix, including the director Oliver Stone; Donald Sterling, the Los Angeles Clippers owner; and the boxer Mike Tyson, who served as best man. After midnight, the guests took to the revolving dance floor installed in the 24-car garage.
You might have trouble finding Sterling. He might be hiding out.
January 24th, 2015 at 8:58AM
First, others should do no harm. (Perhaps I’m confusing hypocrisy with Hippocrates.) And a guest list to die for or of.
January 24th, 2015 at 9:28AM
Greg: Nice formulation: A guest list to die for or of.
January 26th, 2015 at 12:13PM
I think all reasonable people can commit to the idea of not having Oliver Stone, Donald Sterling, and Mike Tyson as house guests.
January 26th, 2015 at 1:09PM
Alan: I’m not sure how they overlooked Donald Trump.