“It is ridiculous, and near-slanderous, to suggest that ‘free trader’ is synonymous with ‘smuggler’! Why, I can guarantee that over fifty percent of voyages made by our members involve no illicit or even borderline-illicit cargoes at all.”
“You’re counting the inward legs separately, aren’t you?”
“That’s beside the point!”
– an exchange with Ethly min Rathill, Starfall Arc Free Merchant Confraternity
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://eldraeverse.com/2012/09/24/keeping-the-free-in-markets