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National park infrastructure to access the nature requires funding, and thus the selling of access is inherent, so indirectly, yes. I see your perspective that
by alehul 9y ago
National park infrastructure to access the nature requires funding, and thus the selling of access is inherent, so indirectly, yes.
I see your perspective that it's different as the lumber companies are telling the government "Hey, we should cut down all these trees, and I should sell them for profit!". The OP's point, though, is that the only reason the lumber company would make a profit is because there is a need for the lumber, and people will pay for it.
It's still morally identical in terms of people having a desired use for the land, just with the corporation as a middleman.
- mikeash 9y agoI see a huge moral difference between advocating for destructive resource extraction on public land where you'll be profiting from selling those resources to others, and advocating for non-destructive access to public land where you make no monetary gain, and your only benefit is the personal benefit all visitors experience.