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It seems like McFarland had an incredible ability to make people think he could overcome the issues with the festival and make it a success, which is why so many people worked day and night to try to pull it off. Are we supposed to believe the marketing agency should have predicted its failure and quit when so many people on the ground at the island didn’t?

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What the people on the ground at the island wanted most was to get paid. Sounds like Fyre would have been a boon for the local economy and I think they assumed they would get paid even if the festival tanked, which is not unreasonable when someone shows up flashing lots of cash.

FuckJerry, on the other hand, had far more insider knowledge as well as the financial freedom to walk away from the project. They did not.

I think the only group that could be considered "true believers" like you describe are the Fyre employees.

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