Exploitation. Wealthy people don't just open up their homes and spend their money unless they think they're getting something out of it.

[ He puts the glass bottle carefully down on the step between his thighs, and then opens it; carbon hisses as the seal cracks. ]

Are we charity cases? Temporary entertainment? Are the cakes symbolic of their plans to fatten us up for literal slaughter?

[ There's a metaphor here, something bringing the breadcrumbs together with Hansel and Gretel, bread and circuses, but he'd need his laptop or notepad to really tease it out and he's too carried away on his topic to think about how he should be getting this down. Carried away enough he hasn't even offered his own name in return — he'll get there. ]