At least in the US, these rules are reasonable and exist for a reason—see my top-level post for an explanation of how non-EA organizations have done shady stuff with buying an insider’s books. Although I don’t like the tone of the original post, I also don’t think it is appropriate to imply that rules against private gain for charitable trustees are “obscure and arbitrary”—material on that topic is, or at least should be, in Being a Trustee/Director 101.
At least in the US, these rules are reasonable and exist for a reason—see my top-level post for an explanation of how non-EA organizations have done shady stuff with buying an insider’s books. Although I don’t like the tone of the original post, I also don’t think it is appropriate to imply that rules against private gain for charitable trustees are “obscure and arbitrary”—material on that topic is, or at least should be, in Being a Trustee/Director 101.