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Is it unethical to sell extremely expensive branded items like $5,000 handbags?

For

It promotes inequality and materialism.

Against

People have the right to luxury if they can afford it.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Luxury pricing deliberately excludes ordinary people and reserves products for a small minority.
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  • Expensive luxury branding can feel totally pointless even to someone able to afford it.
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Against

  • People may spend their own money however they wish if the choice causes no harm.
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  • A luxury purchase can be beautiful to its owner because fashion is art.
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