Is commerce racist? Captain Cook said Hawaiians would have been better off ‘if we never came’. Commodore Perry threatened to blow Japan up if they didn’t open up. Coal powered shipping needed fuel. Weather it’s ivory tusks or oil in the Middle East commerce will never allow people to be left alone to sit on their resources.
Think Santa Barbara after the 1969 oil spill. It’s back to normal but the existing drilling has not been expanded. Still the oil is out there. Will it be harvested? We’ll see.
You mistake "commerce" for human nature.
Humans have always fought each other for resources. The resources might be access to hunting grounds, fishing rights, nut trees, or even human flesh.
You never own anything you are not able to defend.