They aren't just monsters. They're boring. How many fucking times can they please themselves over yet another yacht? Violating children in remote corners of the world seems to never stop amusing them.
All that death and destruction specifically for a number on a ledger going up? Their food is expensive because its expensive and because they collectively agreed it is good because that's what the collective said, no matter how actually slimy and disgusting caviar is (yes, I have petite bourgeoisie in-laws and distant relations and my dislike of their oligarchical slime trays is because I have a "peasant's sense of taste." :capitalist-laugh: ). Their social lives are full each other and that's like a special kind of hell of their own making, even if they take it out on their servants and slaves.
Where's the supervillain flair? Where's the big bold moves that don't involve penis-shaped rockets imitating feats that the USSR pulled off well over half a century ago?
If they have to destroy the Earth and kill us all, can they at least be less fucking boring?
It predates the GFC. Warren Buffett only drinks Coca Cola and loves McDonald's. Sam Walton (Wal-Mart) was famous for his ball caps, and the book "The Millionaire Next Door", about how rich people are actually just boring Toyota drivers, came out in the 90s.
This is supposed to make us peons feel humble, but really it just made me go "what's the point?" Like the neighbor said in Office Space "shit man, you don't need a million dollars to do nothing" If someone is a ruthless shark like Warren Buffett and they want to own an island full of jewels and party 24/7, I get it. Why go to all that trouble just to eat a Big Mac tho?