Oktoberfest 2024: Where Geopolitics Goes to Get Drunk and Forget the Agenda
Oktoberfest, the planet’s most efficient annual demonstration of how quickly human dignity evaporates under lager-scented pressure, has once again cranked its oompah machinery in Munich. From September 21 to October 6, seven million visitors—roughly the population of Bulgaria—will descend upon a 42-hectare fairground to drink 8 million liters of beer, consume 500,000 roast chickens, and…