[lbo-talk] Weird rich people question

[Shane Mage]

>>It is popular among wealthy Russians to go out on the street 
>>dressed as a homeless person or street prositute (thay actually pay 
>>companies tens of thousands of dollars to arrange this). My 
>>question is, is this just some bizarro New Russian thing, or is it 
>>practiced elsewhere? I have never heard of it in the West.
>
>Maybe they're imitating such larger-than-life historical
>figures as Sulla, Messalina, Nero, and Haroun-al-Rashid?
>
>Shane Mage
>
Or maybe, in a passing fit of authenticity, they want
their inner and outer Beings to match for a little while?