I think that when a cooperative relationship is reduced market-trade (money in exchange for goods by well defined contract laws) it's at its minimum. for example, one may trade with a rival or somebody whom one deeply dislikes, hence you just give them the money and they give you your goods or services and that is it. no pleasantries no nothing, bare minimum.
The point is that this is a degraded form of cooperative relation. If things degrade even more that ceases to be cooperative and becomes enmity.
there's a quote along the lines of "capitalism is not a political question it is a force of nature which must be tamed" [1]
[1] https://apposition.substack.com/p/the-burnout-society
I think that when a cooperative relationship is reduced market-trade (money in exchange for goods by well defined contract laws) it's at its minimum. for example, one may trade with a rival or somebody whom one deeply dislikes, hence you just give them the money and they give you your goods or services and that is it. no pleasantries no nothing, bare minimum.
The point is that this is a degraded form of cooperative relation. If things degrade even more that ceases to be cooperative and becomes enmity.