Why did collecting as a hobby get taken over by scalpers and hypebeasts?

Every time I see one of those Whatnot ads where some fag in a snapback apes out over a full art I lose a piece of my soul I never knew I had. Truly the most soulless hustle on earth

>>520360621
>tfw they literally call us "Burgers"

Thought it was just a 4chan thing all these years.

>>713325506
Sad this doesn't even surprise me anymore