Yes. So while I'm prepared to believe that I'm being inconsistent, compared to people I do read (Kipling!) I do have problems with steampunk that go beyond the obvious, and I get the impression that a lot of the writers in the sector haven't given any thought to the cost.

Thank you for being so understanding. I didn't set out to harsh your squee, just to mark where I stood in this regard. And while I know people are tackling the colonialism (though not many of them) I find the embedded classism just a bridge too far - surely someone should by now have spotted there's an issue, why am I the only person talking about it, oh look, there's this carpet and this brush and the darkness falls as usual.