Yes I think you have it. I took that mahogany example and the slightly surreal case of requiring a slave to work a swing to operate one as exceptional. Generall

Yes I think you have it. I took that mahogany example and the slightly surreal case of requiring a slave to work a swing to operate one as exceptional. Generally aiming for conspicuous consumption is the simple answer. I'm sure they'll find more than a few things to look at in confusion and wonder once they drop out of fashion, just as we can point at click farms, and other strange edges of our economy now. I wonder if we'll ever reach a point where so much human effort isn't wasted on sheer pointless trivia.