What's up with "luxury vinyl plank flooring?"

Back in the day, when I dazzled the home-building universe by building two houses and promptly declaring bankruptcy, "engineered" hardwood floors had not yet been invented. Or perhaps they had, but I was late to clue in. I was certainly acquainted with hardwood floors. Pretty much every old house I've lived in had them. Maple or oak on the ground floor and pine floors upstairs was the signature of the old Ontario farmhouse. Somewhere along the line "engineered" hardwood floors became a thing. Read the real estate adds and you'll soon be convinced that "engineered" hardwood, particle board with a hardwood veneer, is an upgrade from actual hardwood. Today, you're more likely to encounter "luxury vinyl plank" flooring. The difference between engineered and luxury vinyl is this; now even the veneer is fake. No, luxury vinyl is harvested from the vinyl tree, which prospers in temperate zones with a vibrant chemical industry. Vinyl forests prosper even as old-school oak and maple forests succumb to the ravages of climate change. We've progressed from actual hardwood floors to luxury vinyl floors... just one more indication that civilization as we knew it is doomed.