[supersync]

I’m not sure your 2nd point is that controversial. Many clear examples of companies manufacturing scarcity in order to create profits - light bulbs being an easy example.

[kortilla]

That’s not manufactured scarcity, that’s planned obsolescence. Those are different things.

[RealityVoid]

Yes, sure, but the two kind of go hand in hand. Media copyright, for example, is manufactured scarcity.