The Corinthians were in danger of eating and drinking judgment to themselves because they were not being partial to Christ's spiritual Body as a whole.

Disobedience to God paves the road to scarcity and economic slavery. Moral debasement leads to debasement of currency, which leads to economic enslavement.

Scarcity seems to redefine the value of everything, including tools, food, or sentimental objects. Utility trumps every other consideration.