I think the wealth-signaling effects of some product are mostly due to awkwardness in mass production. Once ice cream became easier to create in bulk, rich people stopped eating it. Same with chocolate. It doesn’t seem to correlate with taste.
Rich people stopped eating ice cream and chocolate? Hmm...
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I think the wealth-signaling effects of some product are mostly due to awkwardness in mass production. Once ice cream became easier to create in bulk, rich people stopped eating it. Same with chocolate. It doesn’t seem to correlate with taste.
Rich people stopped eating ice cream and chocolate? Hmm...