Originally published at: Burningman meets DAVOS at a "wealth festival" that says the quiet part out loud | Boing Boing
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entry level ticket holders should pack their own cheese sandwiches.
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It wasn’t enough to steal from everyday people, now monied classes are stealing from each other.
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DAVOS
Why are we screaming this town’s name, exactly? Why not just “Davos”?
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Economics aside, it just doesn’t sound like much fun. More like a parody of what rich people think a festival should be. Doing diversity and inclusion because it’s the zeitgeist? So it’s not a chore for them, but it is pandering and shameless latching on.
Selfie stations? Count me out.
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which on Tuesday night doubled as performance venues for musical acts Big Boi and Fitz and the Tantrums.
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Maybe it’s a typo?
Gosh, I hope there isn’t a nasty outbreak of communicable disease there!
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Looting Man?
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Thi doesn’t sound so much like a festival for “the wealthy” as it does a festival for the bourgeoisie who cater to the financial needs of the folks who work for “the wealthy”.
The Wealthy®️ hold their festivals at places like Bohemian Grove. And the un-wealthy are not invited.
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I’ll bet the badges indicate how much was paid so the wealthy can look down on the sort-of wealthy and the sort-of wealthy can look down on the $300 ticketholders.
Gotta keep the class system alive!
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We’ll they have to, don’t they? They’ve bled the rest of us dry and the only fertile fields left are their fellow elites!
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I’m going to bet this “festival” is entirely made up of people who thought naively that they’d have a chance to rub shoulders with the elites, and instead found out that the only people there are other people who were hoping for the same thing.
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“Set your money on Fyre Festival!”
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In other words, fraudster douchebags. They discount tickets by about half for their “clients”.
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And pay big name “influencers” to show up.
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Her sage entrepreneurial advice is “be born to wealthy parents.” 
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Old ways are the best ways.
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what does this have to do with Burning Man? it’s not even mentioned. the article namechecks SXSW and Coachella as inspirations.
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