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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Tom Murray

Burning Man co-founder says festival ‘has lost its soul’ and become ‘Disneyland for the well-heeled’

A co-founder of Burning Man has accused the festival of losing its “anarchist soul” and becoming a playground for the wealthy elite.

John Law, one of the early organizers of Burning Man who helped move the event to Nevada’s Black Rock Desert in 1990, said the event is now “barely recognizable” from what he and his fellow founders created.

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