Are the Super-Rich Ruining Burning Man? (bbc.com)

The optics of burningman as a yuppie escape are as old as burning man. One of the main reasons I perfer smaller less commercial gatherings. This move is easily a decade too late, but the organizers have been riding the gravy train too long to actually put their foot down. Anyone who has been can unleash a deep regret-filled belly laugh at 'radical self reliance' in the same paragraph as the current festival.