Tens of thousands of ‘burners’ urged to conserve food and water and shelter in place in Nevada’s Black Rock desert

You have to laugh … I remember Glastonbury, up to my knees in mud - it’s all part of the fun. Having said that, it’s unlikely turn into a survival situation in a field in Somerset, so not really that comparable …

  • Cosmic ClericEnglish
    1•1 year ago

    And it is generally human shaped because that made it a lot easier to spin it as “This effigy represents The Other tribe across the river. They are the bad people and the cause of all your problems” as needed.

    It’s too bad that the “other tribe” technique still works so well in today’s politics.

    If people ever started paying attention to the meta of the species, they’d realize we’re all more like each other than we think.