[mjn]

Isn't that true of just about anything relating to the very rich? Maybe excluding the Buffett-style low-key-lifestyle rich. I find it difficult to get more worked up about millions for a painting than millions for a Maybach or ostentatious yacht/mansion/jet. I'm somewhat bothered by the inequality of such concentration of wealth existing in the first place, but if it's going to exist, I guess it's fine with me if they waste it on status symbols.

[philwelch]

Jets are actually really useful, and even yachts and cars can be actively enjoyed. Buying shitty ugly art just as a status symbol is nothing like that, and you pretty much deserve a guillotine or a bullet for that kind of bullshit.