They convinced the public that being the household cook/cooking for others was somehow demeaning. Of course, the merchant class likes this mentality, look at those fucking ads for Skip the Dishes (great service, but I really hate whoever that guy in the commercials is), especially that one that suggests one doesn't need kitchen utensils any more, because why cook for yourself? The economy NEEDS you to be lazy and get other people to do the simplest things for you.

The thing is, no one wants to be the one to do those simple things, because it's "not enough money" and, more importantly, not enough prestige. Because, you know, it's lowly to be a "servant". And eventually you get a society that functions pretty much like that feminist picnic that was in the news a few years back - they all wind up empty-handed, because they each assumed someone else would make the sandwiches. I guess it's better for human dignity to starve than to make "sammiches". At least, until some new slaver genetically engineers up some of Clark's simps.