Even before the decline of the horse-drawn transportation industry (and the subsequent loss of jobs that nobody cares about anymore), road vehicles have been status symbols. Stage coaches were meant to show off the wealth of the occupants, while at the same time, giving them “privacy” from all the dirty riff-raff outside.

Ducklings are often seen walking through our civilisation, eagerly following a leader who might not have sufficient understanding of their followers, but they might also be following their mother duck.