tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215907215217920965.post2709724309900560347..comments2023-03-26T00:58:47.269-07:00Comments on The Rattington Post: Burning Man - Getting Freaky in the DesertBiff Wellingtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05087505550169467433noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215907215217920965.post-57499274353703543922010-08-21T09:39:28.147-07:002010-08-21T09:39:28.147-07:00A free market with drugs and paraphernalia on sale...A free market with drugs and paraphernalia on sale, tax free, sold under a spirit of excess, hedonism, and anarchy. <br /><br />Funny how Progressives, social misfits, and malcontents applaud free markets, but only when those free markets cater to just their whims. <br /><br />Yet, when a free market tries to operate in the United States, that free market is perceived by the Burning Man types as only for the enjoyment of evil capitalists. <br /><br />The Burning Man types see free markets as damaging to the environment, or as just not being "fair" enough to those same malcontents, anarchists and Progressives.<br /><br />They want freedom for themselves, but would deny it for anyone else who does not subscribe to their skewed world view.Biff Wellingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05087505550169467433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3215907215217920965.post-77372586787313691562010-08-21T06:15:11.530-07:002010-08-21T06:15:11.530-07:00If you don't get hysterical about the illegal ...If you don't get hysterical about the illegal drug use & the drinking of alcohol, you'll probably find a free-er market at Burning Man than you'll find visiting any "free market" think tank you visit in Washington, DC. Dunno, with the attitude I've seen so far, whether you'll report THAT "voluntaryist" angle of the festival, though, as it ain't PC for the political left OR right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com