Revolution against rich parasites at utopian Burning Man Festival as hooligans attack luxury camp

[SecularMotion]

It is supposed to be a utopian vision of peace and love but this year's Burning Man Festival has been marred by "hooligans" carrying out a "revolution against rich parasites".

The festival plays out each year in Nevada's Black Rock Desert where 70,000 people build a city in a week, burn a giant wooden effigy of a man, and then restore the arid playa to its original state.

In recent years it has become popular with Silicon Valley millionaires, and billionaires. Luxurious so-called "plug-n-play" camps have sprung up which use hired staff like cooks, builders and security, and allow international jetsetters to drop in for quick visits.

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[lindysalsagal]

1. Ironic, since you have to have disposable income just to attend the "festival."

In my book, if you can run away for a week, to do really nothing of value, you're already rich. They're all rich.

So this class distinction doesn't get my sympathy. It's a free, lawless invented society. Guess what? You could get your feelings hurt that way.

[Hekate]

5. Are you seriously saying that *anyone* who takes a week off work is rich?

That is one of the most ridiculous statements I've ever read at DU. Really.

[tenderfoot]

6. So someone who goes camping or whatever for a week is "rich"?

Oh my....

[Tempest]

10. One of the cheapest vacations you can take.

Schedule your vacation for when Burning Man takes place.

Gas money, less than $100.

Food for the week, $100 or less.

Festival, $450 including parking

Camping, free. Unless you drive an RV.

I've gone twice and spent less than $1,000 both times.

[undergroundpanther]

2. Irony indeed

I used to dream of going to burning man . i dreamed of building my own gypsy cart decorating it,putting solar panels on it,and a rooftop garden outfitting it as well as any RV just cooler. Than traveling across the country I had some plans I got to make one. I got mad art skills and can build too.I so wanted to do this before my body betrayed me by going to shit. I wanted to be out there. Telling tarot doing spells,talking to people, just going out there with some supplies a decent little home in the cart WiFi to report my goings on online,a decent camera to capture the vistas sunsets storms and fauna.Just me, my cat,two horses and my best friend . That was one of many dreams that died from lack of funds lack of support,lack of everything,can't live any of your dreams on ssi. Rich parasites will never see idea after dream wither and die right before their eyes.

[linuxman]

3. Jealousy is a stinky cologne.

[MicaelS]

4. Isn't that the way it always is...

Artistic people create something new and interesting, only to have the wealthy appropriate it because it is the "cool" thing, and then they run the poor artistic types off. Looks like the artistic types are fighting back for once. Don't blame them one bit.

[EX500rider]

7. "Artistic people create something new and interesting.."

First it been going on for 30 years now, so not new..
2nd, you can be rich and artistic...
3rd it's mostly hipster/posers going by this point....lol

[phasma ex machina]

8. The same thing happened to San Diego Comic-con.

All of the too big to jail corporations pushed out the poor artistic types that started Comic-con as a small boutique convention decades ago.

[NuclearDem]

9. Finally the proles rose up against the burngeoisie

Oh good Lord, this is some pretentious shit.

[LWolf]

11. "hooligans"

I can see both sides of this quite clearly.

To be honest, at this point, while I should be neutral, I lean a little towards the "hooligans," even while my logical self tells me there was probably a better way.