The essence of Versailles is the packaging of consumer ostentation.
And the psychology of showing off, which stems from the need for respect, has multiple levels, with the consumer level being the lowest.
Consumption is a very low-barrier behavior.
Whether it is travel, food, beautiful scenery, hotels, or luxury goods, they all seem to be very expensive and high-class, but in reality they can be easily bought with a little money.
So, even if you are very thoughtful and articulate, and you can describe the process in a way that it’s useless, people still think it’s cheap.
It’s useless to boast about what everyone can do.
Consumer-level bragging is itself doomed to be superficial.
What really has a threshold is asset level showing off.
What do you mean by “assets”?
A house, a store, a company.
It’s cool to talk about financial freedom, but it doesn’t count when you’re talking about food.
The core of an asset is the ability to appreciate itself and make money for itself, which is a much higher threshold than for consumer goods alone.
The house and store need a lot of money, the company in addition to funds also need the ability to operate.
“Five years of floating in the north, finally I have my own home.”
“After working for ten years, I finally started my own business.”
Even if you don’t have a big house, or a small company, or even a small storefront, or even if you’re a bit pompous, most people will still send their sincere wishes.
Because they know that behind such a statement, “It’s not as easy as it looks.”
Compared to consumer-grade showing off, asset-grade showing off is a lot easier, and you don’t have to spend so much effort to hide it, even if you know you can tell I’m showing off. Because that’s where the difficulty lies, the average person can’t do it.
“The poor are careful to show off, the rich are generous to pretend ~” to that effect.
But above the bourgeois level, there’s the historical opportunity level of showing off.
For example, the
“What I regret most is creating ” “I don’t know, I’m a , how is it ~~”
This type of achievement is a combination of personal efforts and opportunities of the times, far beyond the scope of the average person’s ability to pretend to be more than you can imagine with a single understatement ~ [pity]!
So where does the problem at Versailles stem from?
Historic opportunity level showdowns have been rare and of little relevance to the public.
However, asset-level showing off has become much more difficult over the years, and it has become difficult for everyone to achieve.
As a result, the number of consumer-grade show-offs, which have the lowest threshold, has increased dramatically, and the competition has become extremely fierce, so when everyone can only show off consumer-grade operations, how to stand out has become a common challenge.
Versailles is the product of such an involute~!
To put it simply, people have the need to be respected, they can’t start a business, they can’t buy a house, they can’t live in a big house, and they can’t easily buy a bag, so they have to let me shout to show up.
In a sense, it also means that after the physical needs and safety needs, the public has started to enter the respect needs~.
PS: The list of celebrities is another answer under this question, which goes along the lines of cost reduction.
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