"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.
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(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.)
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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?
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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
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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.
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I think it starts with the assumption that $900 wine is conspicuous consumption. However good the wine is, the only reason for pricing it at $900 is to allow someone to spend $900 on wine, and most of that $900 could have been spent on a greater need?
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If you make wine, whose fault is it that someone is willing to pay $900 for it? Yours, for making such a wine?
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It's that only a select few people in the entire world have the disposable income to spend $900 on a bottle of wine, and those people support the mayor. Duh.
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They didn't buy the wine; the event was hosted by a family who owns a winery. They'd have paid no more or less for it, regardless of their disposable income, if it'd been a bottle valued at $9 or $9,000.
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