That image just sold for over a million dollars.
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Thats right, the rich at this point really don’t have jack diddly squat to spend money on anymore.
I really don’t think there has been a era since the.dawn of the bronze age, in which the rich have been more or less isolated in making stand out, envious purchases. What a gold necklace, ten chariots, harem, lots of animal skins?
That was badassed, unachievable back in the day save by the very rich. They made grandiose shows of wealth.
What about the Renaissance, and enlightenment. Art galleries by genius artists, sponsoring great thinkers and philosophers, explorers. Great plantations to show off your ability to provide and sustain.
Now? Everyone has that, Harems can even be rented out by the girl on Craigslist, arriving to your door, porn Googled. Gold everywhere? Why bother, it’s just a shiny metal, far more interesting stuff abounds, cheaper too.
You want ten mansions, command man has a house. Giant swimming pool? YMCA pool. 10,000 pairs of shoes, we all have shoes.
But do you have a million dollar photo of a potato?
Ironically yes… it’s at the top of this page, but it’s only worth a million cause some bored sad fuck bought it for notoriety. Otherwise, it be worth… nothing.
So now we can all look at the potato, but know it’s not about the potato. Its pure status, as always… look at me, I have enough money that I can afford to buy this stupid piece of shit.
It is immune to theft. Nobody breaking into that house, even knowing it’s purported value, will bother to steal it. It has absolutely no real resale value. You can’t hawk it anywhere, and cops won’t really be out scouring the countryside for it. Just, no one wants a fucking giant pic of a potato.
That is what it is to be rich today. Never, in the last few thousand years, have the rich been so impoverished in terms of stand out options as they are today. You can get a bootleg of most anything, basics of culture isn’t unattainable for most.
