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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Over the decades, the week-long community has been largely attended by artists and hippies, but in the past several years, long-time attendees argue it has become too commercialized with Silicon Valley tech-bros, a new crop of millionaire and billionaire technology moguls, The New York Times reported in a 2014 report. In 2018, such attendees were trashed as "sparkle ponies."

This year seemed to reach peak mainstream when the event described by the Times as "50,000 stoned, half-naked hippies doing sun salutations while techno music thumps through the air" welcomed a Fox network correspondent reporting live for the far-right network from the event.

Clad in a fur vest and a fur captain's hat, Claudia Cowan told the network, "We are fine."

She explained that there was some anxiety among those who were missing flights home or were concerned about returning the RVs and rental cars.

"But most of us are just hunkering down, making the best of this situation," she said. "It's still a fun Burning Man."

She went on to explain that their "camp" was still open and there were still "dance parties" happening."...
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