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I never went to burning man, but I definitely want to attend one of those years.

That being said, I cannot stand the Koolaid that you basically hear from everyone coming back from Burning man. It usually breaks down to the fact that Burning man is a perfect inclusive society and that everyone loves happy there without money and that's what society should be.

SURE, but never forget that the extremmely vast majority of the people at Burning man are rich yuppies from San Francisco or Bohemians//Artists that managed to find a way to live on the cheap. I'm pretty sure you will not find a lot of representation of average americans that can get only 10 days off a year.

I would love to live the experience of it, but let's not forget what it is. A yuppie festival mainly targeted at the richest part of society




It is weird, kind of reflects SF city vibes at times.

Lots of money, large income gaps, insane creativity, drugs, non functioning management, quite dirty and disguising in some places, yet somethings totally blow your mind.

A rich yippie paradise indeed.




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