I think the most important takeaway from Burning Man's decades-long experiment in temporary community is that it all goes to hell as soon as the billionaires show up
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I think the most important takeaway from Burning Man's decades-long experiment in temporary community is that it all goes to hell as soon as the billionaires show up
@michelestrider Pretty much on point
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I think the most important takeaway from Burning Man's decades-long experiment in temporary community is that it all goes to hell as soon as the billionaires show up
@michelestrider Recent HBO doc on this was Incredibly On The Nose about it.
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@TheBreadmonkey @michelestrider
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@TheBreadmonkey @michelestrider totally wanted to post this meme.
This is SO TRUE
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I think the most important takeaway from Burning Man's decades-long experiment in temporary community is that it all goes to hell as soon as the billionaires show up
@michelestrider as soon as it becomes just about making money, it sucks. i don't know why people don't see this. they ruin everything, but people are like, 'this is the best system ever ... it can never be changed.'
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@michelestrider as soon as it becomes just about making money, it sucks. i don't know why people don't see this. they ruin everything, but people are like, 'this is the best system ever ... it can never be changed.'
@arrrg @michelestrider once your event has a $3000 ticket and a 20m USD budget shortfall its really just a desert grift. -
I think the most important takeaway from Burning Man's decades-long experiment in temporary community is that it all goes to hell as soon as the billionaires show up
@michelestrider if they replaced the man with a random billionaire in attendance every year, things would turn around right quick.
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@australopithecus @michelestrider oh yeah, I watched that happen to Portland over the past 25 years.
@nonehitwonder @australopithecus @michelestrider Austin, Texas too. Someone wrote a book about it:
https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-book-gentrification-rainey-street/
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I think the most important takeaway from Burning Man's decades-long experiment in temporary community is that it all goes to hell as soon as the billionaires show up
@michelestrider @garthderby They don’t know how to share for one. -
@nonehitwonder @australopithecus @michelestrider Austin, Texas too. Someone wrote a book about it:
https://www.texasobserver.org/austin-book-gentrification-rainey-street/
@mathew @nonehitwonder @australopithecus @michelestrider Austin used to be so lovely. A little oasis of sanity & creativity deep in the heart of Texas. LoL
