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"Wine caves" is a strong meme for Current Day, both for the socialist-leaning left in earnest and their opposition in satire, because it so clearly illustrates that the perceived enemy is not necessarily power, but luxury itself.
It's not exorbitantly expensive to visit a winery and have a meal and tasting in a beautiful space, but it *is* a pure leisure activity, and the left is predicating its claim to power on the idea that the world is zero sum, and there are thus no resources to waste on oneself
This is why we see, for example, Greta Thunberg posing on the floor of a train, **even as she tries to encourage further train use!** Demonstrated self-deprivation is not a criticism, but an aesthetic.
(By all accounts, Greta spent part of her trip without a seat, and part in a first class seat. I think it's unfortunate that she's receiving criticism for it, because to her it probably reinforces the idea that there's something wrong with enjoying nice things freely given.)
The "$900 wine" comment is telling, because it's not surprising that someone who owns a winery would have nice wine, or serve it on special occasions. So what's the problem? That they had valuable wine in the first place, or that they gave it away rather than selling it?
It's important to remember that a poverty aesthetic is nothing new, and common to many philosophical traditions & religions. But it doesn't procure progress toward better human quality of life, which is why it really ought to stay out of politics/government/resource allocation
A note: the opposite of a bad thing is not necessarily a good thing. It is not wrong to buy enjoyable things, but there is a flavor of consumption the assumes the scarcity itself is the source of enjoyment: this is good because *only* I can have it. This does society no good.
This ideal of a revolutionary as a fanatical celibate teetotaler sleeping on a bed of nails goes back to mid-19th century. And it kind of worked: people who cosplayed / molded themselves based on Chernyshevsky's characters eventually overthrew the tsar. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakhmetov
True utopian socialism is wine caves for everyone.
i dont think you’ll find that opinion (about luxury) shared by many irl leftists. the one you’re more likely to hear is: “buttigieg is a cynical careerist with no real interest in improving our lives or challenging the class interests of those who immiserate us.”
No, it doesn't. The complaint is the use of such luxury to literally wine and dine a candidate for President. It isn't just a nice thing freely given. Like all private fundraisers with wealthy donors, it is meant to influence.
Is it meant to influence the candidate or support the candidate most aligned with your views in the hopes that candidate wins?
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