This article was extremely wordy and boring. My mom has been attending Burning Man for the past few years and usually fills me in on all the crazy things that go down. First of all to answer the question, can consumers escape the market? Of course not, people prepare for MONTHS to attend a festival for a week. It's just another form of a vacation where people express there individuality and all that good stuff. People spend THOUSANDS of dollars on travel, food, water, art, contribution items etc.. The idea is awesome that people for just a few days can escape their realities but it's something that takes huge preparation and tons of resources. The article doesn't explain very well what the rules are of the event. These are the rules from the Burning Man Website.
No cars are allowed to drive around
Leave no trace, this includes no peeing on the playa ( You can get fined )
You cannot buy or sell anything
Public Boundaries, no camping in the city
Strict burning policies
No dogs allowed
No music louder than 300 watts
Break any rules and get kicked out
No drug use allowed ( federal agents and park rangers are everywhere )
No guns
The last year my mom went she said tons of college kids attended the last two nights, as described in the article as free loaders and the weather was awesome. The harsh reality is that its a sand storm and people die almost every year. The system for how people buy tickets recently changed and it became an auction. This means that people who regularly go might not have won a ticket, which means all the cool artwork that could have made it might not, and all the people who went when it was nice weather will come unprepared next year.
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