"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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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 suffering’s always beens sexy in some form, be it either the hero overcoming it or as an excuse for preventable, regretted shortcomings. The person always one-upping their friends seems pretty universal, it’s lately become media-fashionable to be that person, but negative
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