Part of the inspiration for Ephemerisle is the annual Burning Man festival.
Similarities:
However, there are some important differences between the concepts:
Burning Man |
Ephemerisle |
| Focus on free creative expression | Focus on free political expression |
| Open-ended, no eventual goal | A stepping point on the way to establishing a free nation |
| Rejects money and commerce | Enthusiastically embraces money and commerce |
| Expression severely limited by american law (at least, now that its big) | Expression limited only by the contracts you choose, the physical world, and the power of your resources and imagination |
| Participants protected by US law enforcement and BM rangers | Participants only protected by their own resources and contracts |
| High ticket prices pay for juice to local law enforcement, insurance, rangers, and medical facilities | Ain't no one gonna make you pay for nothin' you don't want 'round here. |