It has, awhile ago. I initially simply meant to point out that scarcity != artificial scarcity. Trivial stuff, not sure why people raise such a ruckus

It depends. They can be equivalent in some circumstances. The artificial scarcity introduced by copyright allowed companies to charge very high prices for music and movies.
Sure. Also allowed Ty Warner to charge more for Beanie Babies, and Bitcoiners to charge more for their 'coins' (much to the same end effect

What I'm trying to say is scarcity doesn't need to be artificial, so yeah, using != was sloppy and downright wrong.