I was thinking about this yesterday, the idea of luxury goods being illegal. Like companies couldn't price items above a certain price cap in their segment (for example like 20k for a car). I thought the idea would in theory make people less materialistic and there would be less waste in the world but in reality this wouldn't be the case. There's also a lot of other problems with the idea.

I'll tell you what the world would be better off with Frank Ocean releasing music instead of that fart sniffer jewelry he's dropping

I'd rather people keep that discussion in that thread

Many luxury goods are priced the way they are because the materials used to make it are more expensive and the labor is more intensive to create it. If you capped cars to 20k, no car company will make really innovative, high quality cars. I'm not saying we couldn't find away to make these types of products cheaper, but a flat cap wouldn't be the way to do it.

That's true cost cutting would be rampant. Another problem I see is just a grey market of luxury goods forming if it was illegal to buy luxury items anymore and therefore raising the price of those luxury items on the grey market due to scarcity

This is a question of human nature that cant really be answered I think

Also I think people would just acquire more stuff to flex rather than having less more expensive stuff

I think luxury goods will always be a thing due to the inheritant nature of humans to flex/the demand for high quality items. I think the problem around luxury goods come with the price reflecting the wealth that a small minority have and are willing to spend on such items. If that wealth was cut and the wealth gap lessened, there would be a lot more reason for luxury products to cost less.

World been a s***ty place since the dawn of time

it would be lame, it wouldn't make people less materialistic it would force them to be. Huge difference when something isn't by choice. You're basically just screwing the people who care about that sort of thing for no societal gain

You're going to have some materialistic people in society and some who aren't, who cares? Society needs choice

no

Not a good idea but the fact the richest man on earth contributes nothing to society but clothes when 20% of the world starves shows how materialism has overtaken compassion.

Contributes nothing...? lmao

Why you d***sucking we all know he pays taxes but how are luxury goods and liquor improving the world? Not like he’s contributing to technology or is known for philanthropy. Your dumbass prolly thought Bezos was still the richest and this was a gotcha moment.

No you need different quality items for a sustainable economy

Lol the clothes and product are the contribution.

He isn't making the clothes

all white dior sweater

Luxury and exclusive items would always be a thing. If it wasn't bags or cars people would compete over who had the coolest most exclusive stick or leaf or something.

Capping cars at 20k just lessens innovation, a 20k now is wayyyy better than 10 years ago because companies can put new and innovative tech in more expensive cars and the tech and lessons learned from making the more expensive cars eventually trickles down to entry level cars. Before back up cameras were a luxury item in cars but now they're in literally every new car. You don't want to put a cap on things like that because you're capping resources for R&D, creativity, etc

Lol my main point is previously to him being the richest at least before the richest man had positive gains on society in some pockets. Like Gates changed the world and productivity forever with Windows. Bezos changed logisrics forever and e commerce and is way more of a philanthropist. Others controlled natural resources that fueled the economy and society.

This Nîgga makes handbags that half the people who buy can’t afford and fuels alcoholism. Thats not remotely comparable imo and just shows how s*** and selfish humans are when we can’t band together to fight climate change, world hunger, and etc. Again I’m not against luxury goods at all, just funny how people fight tooth and nail to lower their taxes to buy an extra bag instead of helping their fellow human.

Nah people would still find something else to spend their money on