Only the parable does not work. Objectively. The fact that the poor are forced to spend more because they cannot afford something is complete bs. I can't imagin

Only the parable does not work. Objectively. The fact that the poor are forced to spend more because they cannot afford something is complete bs. I can't imagine any area (maybe except perhaps interaction with government bureaucracy) where the parable would be relevant. Shoes that last a decade are cost a lot more than five pairs of cheap shoes that last two years. And the same with furniture and everything else. "Pay less in the long run" is a pure marketing ploy for dumb pompous people with money to make them pay more.