It seems to me... people will spend a lot of money to get a generic, boring, mass produced version of what their parents generation thought was luxurious or classy.

McMansions + perfect lawn in a suburb full of curves and crescents; and various kinds of "luxury" cars, big TVs, etc. All things just out of reach of many of our middle class parents or grandparents. So now you've made it when you have it... until you look close and see there's no actual class differentiator in it, no taste to it, no art to it, or any particular advantage to it...

Just my, like, opinion, man...