The deepest depth of vulgarism is that of setting up money as the ark of the covenant.

Money makes a poor sacred object, and it gets treated as one constantly. Where it becomes the measure of everything, people, work and time all get priced, and anything that resists pricing drops out of the accounting altogether. The vulgarity is not in caring about money but in letting it settle questions it was never able to answer.

Notice where you have been using it as the arbiter. When you next describe a decision entirely in terms of cost, name what else is at stake in the same sentence. Some things are worth doing at a loss, and you cannot see them if price is the only instrument you carry.