Conspicuous consumption is the type of consumption that is not made to fulfill your basic needs to survive, it's made for sophistication or to increase your social status.
Jetting off to a remote destination for dinner is definitely very inefficient if the sole purpose is only to absorb necessary nutrients to your body. Sophistication or social status would most likely become the factors in such dinner activity.
Conspicuous consumption is the term that Thorsten Veblen used to refer to the behavior of those at the top of the social hierarchy when they engage in such activities as jetting off to a remote destination for dinner.
they obviously aren't if the cases keep going up as well as the death rate. people aren't social distancing like they should and keep having party's. At this rate we'll never get rid of corona.
