​Which of the following statements about potlatch is not correct?

A) ​It is a form of conspicuous consumption.
B) ​It was hosted by chiefs who had built up huge displays of surplus.
C) ​It was ecologically adaptive in an area of alternating scarcity and abundance.
D) ​It was a form of extreme religious economics.

Potlatch

On the northwestern coast of North America, a ceremonial event in which a village chief publicly gives away stockpiled food and other goods that signify wealth.

Conspicuous Consumption

The spending of money on luxury goods and services to publicly display economic power—the social status of the consumer.

Ecological Adaptive

The process by which organisms adjust to changes in their environment to maintain or improve their survival prospects.