I rather see it as a sign of the “extreme decadence” of our reality/society (American Yeshivish)
More than any other part of society, or as a result of absorbing the increasingly decadent values of society?
I can’t tell, as I’m not (at least on this board) a sociologist. But yes, Americans are decadent.
We had our chance with wedding Takanos
There is still too much waste, but the very yeshivish chasunos I’ve been to lately have been relatively simple.
That is (IMHO) due more to being lucky that Lakewood has a large number of halls that will do small weddings on Thursday nights as a “Chessed” (which causes fewer people to show up, which lowers costs and makes it profitable). I’ll grant you that we probably go in different circles, and I haven’t been to a statistically significant number of weddings recently, but I haven’t seen it (Lo Rainu Aino Rayah).