I guess I'm alone here in not really caring if I get "that" sound from a synth, if the sound I get from it is awesome anyway. I'm not a boomer, maybe that's why. I didn't grow up with a particular affinity to a particular sound - I grew up with an affinity to great sounds of all kinds, and an enjoyment in new ones as much as old. I care far more about beauty, quality -- the nature of the device in a physical and material aesthetic as much as sound quality, as much as interface and workflow. I also strongly value local and repairable construction, and will "overpay" - that is to say, pay a fair and sustainable price, happily! - for an item that meets these criteria. I will simply go without if I cannot meet those criteria or cannot afford to do so.
Well, all that and I don't let my desire trump my ethics when alternatives exist. Not buying anything is my preferred alternative anyway. I could make incredibly good music with a single Pro 2 or Rev2-8, so all the rest of this is just a luxury. And if it's a luxury, then I see no defence whatsoever in supporting unethical business, manufacturing, or marketing ethics. To me it's absolutely simple and clear, and I just don't accept that it's somehow a grey area for people. It's unpopular to point out, but it's genuinely selfish to think it's somehow acceptable to wave off ethical concerns for luxury consumption. If you support, knowingly and deliberately, unethical manufacture when buying a totally nonessential luxury item, I don't care if alternatives don't exist - you don't need the item, so not getting it is the right choice.
You can make the argument that fundamentally all the components are sourced from wherever and unethical in some way - and yes, I agree with you. That's why I don't buy every synth I can afford, either. There's clearly a room for grey, but it's not in "do I buy this crappy knockoff clone or just be happy with these other friggen awesome much more ethical synths that I already have" - that one's clear as day.
So, with all due respect, your combined arguments are falling on very deaf ears here.