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I think I'm OK with that, on balance. Most people have a natural tendency to feel they deserve nicer things, regardless of how nice their things are. Having a societal rule that says the opposite will tend to correct for that.
And hey, it's been effective. Why throw away a tool that works because the people who invented it disagree with us? We can even use it more effectively.
I think I'm not OK with that, at all.
It seems our value systems are sufficiently different here. You go ahead and feel as much guilt as you want. I'll pass.