A wise man once said:
The power to destroy a thing is the absolute control over it.
Frank Herbert – Dune
And he was right.
When you think about it, that’s the only way to control one’s materialistic urges.
Unless you destroy that which you seek to have, to possess, to own, it will consume you like fire consumes wood.
So unless you want to become the slave of your basest instincts, you must destroy the object of your desire.
Götterdämmerung 