Give me a gilded, medieval altar

In a metaphorical arrondissement where snobs and elitists live, the useless and ugly seem important, even ‘beautiful.’ Here are two examples. Moon dust has been called a national treasure by a NASA manager. So much importance is attached to it and so many people want to collect it - she says - that "high fidelity" lunar simulants must be created. In other words, fake, useless moon dust is in production. A square glass house in France, Art Deco inspired and aluminum, steel, rubber, glass bricks and glass in execution, seems beautiful to its owners. Its "architectural conservation," is necessary because of its mechanical sleekness of modernism in spite of its eyesore unattractiveness. Snobbery and elitism, usually accompanied by a live- in servant, make a mockery of common sense and the meaning of what’s truly valuable.