>>513626850
your discussion points are based on the idea of the rich being infallible gods who can seek out and validate quality work. most of them are fucking retards. the "mansions" being built today are basically a scaling up of the $600k new construction plywood boxes that an upper middle class retard would buy. they're ugly, poorly built, lack character, and are constructed to a price point.
i grew up in a rural mill town in northeastern pennsylvania with large victorian homes all along main street. they were built in the mid 1800s to early 1900s, they're still standing today. you cannot easily buy quality like this anymore. i'm not even sure you could buy quality like this even if you wanted to pay out the ass -- not just the preclusion of raw materials (can you find continuous slabs of old growth lumber these days?), but the existence of skilled tradesman who have actually practiced these skills in their career as a tradesman.
and of course these middle class victorian homes (they tend to sell for $200-300k today) have much, much more natural beauty and character than any new construction goystable abomination that exists today, whether it's a $600k plywood box or a $1M mcmansion or a $30M nigger athlete mansion or a $100M businessman's mansion.
