And yet the wealth gap has only widened over the period between their invention and distribution. I ask hyperbolically: are they economic enablers or financial

And yet the wealth gap has only widened over the period between their invention and distribution. I ask hyperbolically: are they economic enablers or financial traps? (My hunch is that fridges are net-enablers, but TVs are net-traps. I say this as someone with a TV habit I would like to kick.)