I recall back in April 2020 people were filling supermarket trolleys with toilet paper. At the time I wondered if they were planning to shit themselves to death.

Is it unethical to contend that ethics questions are rarely so cut and dried as that bread question?

Is it jejune to complain about the price of eggs on toast if chickens live in squalor?

Is it ludicrous to contend that stealing is wrong if it is the only way to save your family from death?

Capitol point, old man. I'll adjust my thinking immediately. See folks, it's that simple.

What am I missing? The answer to both is are people selfish? But the main difference in the questions is stealing is illegal, hoarding is not. It's up to the state to regulate rationing in serious situations. However as you probably know, mandating masks to protect Society still resulted in assholes saying I don't have to do that.

If you stock up on toilet paper for your own use, that's foresight. If you stockpile warehouses full in order to sell it in large quantities at highly inflated prices, that should be criminal.