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Toot Sweet | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f Add 'radical self-reliance' the mantra of Burning Man to that list. 

How about radical interdependence instead?
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StillIRise1963 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @98f40d15 I was so sick of hearing about the well to do's mud problems. wtf.
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Toot Sweet | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f 
It is a gross display of libertarianism, waste, & car culture parading as something avant garde, futuristic, and noble. It is backward, dystopian, and profligate.
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f7454d48 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @98f40d15 @3967703f  right? there's so much hubris and stupidity baked right into individualism as a whole (that probably all of us have bought into at times).

It says: if we just follow our (thoroughly enculturated) ideas of creativity and bliss, and pretend/believe these notions are "human nature," everything will be fine. 

In this mindset, thinking about larger implications never even crosses our minds, so it's really appealing. But it's at a child's level of egocentricity.
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Chookbot | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @3967703f @98f40d15  Have to admit I've  enjoyed hearing about them. Still laughing.
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Chookbot | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @98f40d15 @3967703f Well they found out the limits of "independence" didn't  they?