I can assure you, these idiots are not the ones who are inflating the chain. It is intentional work.
To me it seems like a coincidence. The theory that Ordinals were invented to fill the miners' pockets is nothing more than conspiracy, unless you have tangible evidence.
Do we have any statistics about Ordinal profitability? I mean, the medium priority fee right now is 154 sat/vb, and an Ordinal transaction is
way above the median size. If it takes 10 bucks to have a median sized transaction confirmed, then how much does one pay to create an Ordinal? A thousand? And another thousand to sell it? How's this profitable?