It really was. The New Rich are the same everywhere. A good comparison is rappers. It's less about consumption than it is about conspicuous consumption.
But then kids are all the same, no? They don't care about the costumes and scenery the parents insist on putting them in for the pictures. They want to be Spiderman or get out of that rickety fucking boat.
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