Purchasing anything in order to destroy it is at minimum wasteful and pollutive.
Ownership itself is a pragmatic social construct. You “own” things insofar as that “makes sense.” Does it even make sense for Amazon to own rare books? Not really. I’m honestly not sure why that would be allowed to come about. It’s like a child owning a car. That makes no sense in most contexts (unless the car is a toy).
Think of it like the difference between pulling your car’s registration info and tracking your car across thousands of Flock cameras. At some point, scale is qualitatively different.
This is a weird one. If I buy a book, rare or not, do I not own it?
Buying food in order to destroy it is bad.
Buying art in order to destroy it, also bad.
Purchasing anything in order to destroy it is at minimum wasteful and pollutive.
Ownership itself is a pragmatic social construct. You “own” things insofar as that “makes sense.” Does it even make sense for Amazon to own rare books? Not really. I’m honestly not sure why that would be allowed to come about. It’s like a child owning a car. That makes no sense in most contexts (unless the car is a toy).
Think of it like the difference between pulling your car’s registration info and tracking your car across thousands of Flock cameras. At some point, scale is qualitatively different.