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The highlight came on Saturday night with the lighting of the so-called Burn Out Man — a monstrous five-metre tall wooden wicker man, which organisers said represented the ills of modern Berlin life.
“We’re against what has been called the ‘neue Müdigkeitsgesellschaft’ – the tired society where everyone is mentally kaput and there is no distinction between work and leisure. We’re against the North American capitalist model which demands people work all the time,” said Nick Duric from the Showcase Beat Le Mot collective.
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