I agree it's not as straightforward and accept your version of the future as very real possibility as well, but I'm focusing more on the aspect of showing off something that differentiates you. Already on instagram you have plenty of things with lots of views and social capital that generate a great picture of a specific view, but the actual experience of getting there or everything around it are miserable. People pay a lot of money to have something that can make them feel special and going to Mars would have that property maxed out.