Abolish Vanity

[Kulturkampf]

I think if vanity was destroyed much good would be done. It is the route of almost all waste.

Imagine if as people got richer they didn't feel the need for status symbols... As opposed to people owning four or five cars and giant homes, they would own practical cars and practical homes; the money that is invested in vain things like Ferraris would instead have been invested in simply superior advancements in cars.

Global warming would be less of an issue because people from the start would've been in competition to make the most fuel efficient vehicles for the practical reduction of cost. Luxury car brands would have been defined by the practicality of vehicle... They would have been racing for efficient alternatives to fuel the second that it became clear the damage was being done.

Furthermore, hundreds and thousands of years ago the mentality of our leaders would have been geared away from personal indulgence and towards collective advancement.

I think if we can personally erase vanity and make it more frequent for a person to be inclined towards practicality and modesty it'll be a better world.

Vanity is not one of those things that is clearly immoral as it does not do a real damage to anyone but indirectly I think it is a fundamentally destructive way to live your life that damages everything.