OK. I retired 7 years ago. Woo-hoo, I'm rich! Most of my money is tied up in investments, and I want to be sure that I have enough now that I don't run out before I die, so I spend as little as possible. And I sure as hell don't want to go back to punching a time clock. But I live in a 4 bedroom tract house. Definitely not "conspicuous consumption". That whole business with CEOs making obscene amounts of money is just another way to measure dicks, imo.
If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.