From starting on a beach in San Fran to being co-opted by the uber rich. Some things never change.New YorkCNN —
Burning Man, the desert confab that descended into chaos over the weekend, isn’t quite the scrappy, free-spirited revelry that it once was.
For many watching the disarray of Burning Man from afar, the rain and mud that left 70,000 people stranded quickly became a symbol of the festival’s departure from its roots.
Or, more simply: how the billionaires ruined Burning Man.