You reminded me of this: https://www.wired.com/2011/04/amazon-flies-24-million/
Many people seem to believe in a notion of "intrinsic worth". There is no such thing. Trying to force such a thing using the law just results in a lot of deleterious distortions.
For example, when the government tries to fix the price of gold to a fiat currency, an inevitable monetary crisis follows.