nostr:npub1y2d3rg7l3czueyyj9c56ttge3g9nlz00mp4y97xfq3prtgapcnrs4w7klk the forgotten part where modern people basically live like old noblemen does have some amusing echoes on fiction.

gurps steampunk had a whole chapter on how in actuality the poors and the nobles had no idea how the other lived and were fully insulated from how bad or luxurious it was.