check out the European Nobility for about 500 years, before the Napoleonic-era for conspicuous consumption. (some of the modern sports-moguls lack taste, from m

check out the European Nobility for about 500 years, before the Napoleonic-era for conspicuous consumption. (some of the modern sports-moguls lack taste, from my chair). Of course, that EU Feudal system was powered by serf labor and oversea Imperialism.. think of serfdom as similar to an AWS job with a difficult boss, but with the serfs had more job security.