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Why do you say commerce is specifically ethical? I've always considered it more neutral and up to implementation.
This is how the tankies roll; they want to define the terms of the argument however they want and then expect the rest of us to go along with it.
I think you're making a discussion into a spit fight for the sake of feeling better about yourself. I ask because I want to understand and for no other reason.
I think the ethical part may have to do with the following from Wikipedia on commerce:
I do not see how the commercial part is necessary for the distribution of goods though and recognize it as the main culprit in making such a system unethical. I.e., supplying needs is good and necessary, however a commercial platform is not.