The pollution and waste of textiles brings into question the obvious good. Yes, we have $5 shirts. But also yes, we "donate" old clothes and those donations end up clotting the beaches of impoverished nations.

Scrub through this report from ABC so your stomach can do backflips on how bad externalities are not tracked in modern prices:

https://youtu.be/bB3kuuBPVys?si=Lgb4z-nvrXqYkLQt