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It's the same reason you can't buy a kidney in most countries. As soon as you make it possible to buy life, you can create a system that exploits the poor. E.G

It's the same reason you can't buy a kidney in most countries. As soon as you make it possible to buy life, you can create a system that exploits the poor. E.G: I was watching an episode on kidney trade (Netflix TV show The Traffickers) and a man was duped into selling his kidney. He expected more but only received less than $300. There might have been complications with his operation because now he has pain that he will have to deal with his entire life. I'm not sure if he actually understood the risk of this entire thing. And he has also been ostracized from his community. This system of organ trade, even though it is illegal, has become so bad that it's like a human pyramid scheme. They recruit one person to sell their kidney and every time that person gets someone else to sell a kidney, they take a cut. Pretty terrible stuff.

darawk 8y ago
The perfect example. The kidney market is, in fact, the exact reason for my opinion on this issue. Kidney markets are a wonderful thing, the fact that they are illegal in every country except Iran is an absolute tragedy. > I was watching an episode on kidney trade (Netflix TV show The Traffickers) and a man was duped into selling his kidney. He expected more but only received less than $300. That's just fraud. A man was deceived. We have laws for dealing with that. > There might have been complications with his operation because now he has pain that he will have to deal with his entire life. I'm not sure if he actually understood the risk of this entire thing. Exactly the sorts of issues that bringing such a market out from underground would resolve. > And he has also been ostracized from his community That doesn't even make sense, and if it's true, then it says more about the community than it does kidney markets. > . This system of organ trade, even though it is illegal, has become so bad that it's like a human pyramid scheme. They recruit one person to sell their kidney and every time that person gets someone else to sell a kidney, they take a cut. Pretty terrible stuff. Is it more terrible than any other pyramid scheme? If you think there's fraud or deception going on, sure that's terrible. But giving people the right to sell themselves is not inherently terrible. Here, read this: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/need-a-kidney-not-iranian-youll-wait/ https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/need-a-kidn...
- andrepd 8y ago
  Well you're just too far gone.
  - darawk 8y ago
    Maybe you should consider actually thinking about the issue before deciding? Why don't you read the article and get back to me. Literally everyone is better off if we have a liquid market in kidneys.
    - GyYZTfWBfQw 8y ago
      Well he's just too far gone.

darawk 8y ago

The perfect example. The kidney market is, in fact, the exact reason for my opinion on this issue. Kidney markets are a wonderful thing, the fact that they are illegal in every country except Iran is an absolute tragedy. > I was watching an episode on kidney trade (Netflix TV show The Traffickers) and a man was duped into selling his kidney. He expected more but only received less than $300. That's just fraud. A man was deceived. We have laws for dealing with that. > There might have been complications with his operation because now he has pain that he will have to deal with his entire life. I'm not sure if he actually understood the risk of this entire thing. Exactly the sorts of issues that bringing such a market out from underground would resolve. > And he has also been ostracized from his community That doesn't even make sense, and if it's true, then it says more about the community than it does kidney markets. > . This system of organ trade, even though it is illegal, has become so bad that it's like a human pyramid scheme. They recruit one person to sell their kidney and every time that person gets someone else to sell a kidney, they take a cut. Pretty terrible stuff. Is it more terrible than any other pyramid scheme? If you think there's fraud or deception going on, sure that's terrible. But giving people the right to sell themselves is not inherently terrible. Here, read this: https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/need-a-kidney-not-iranian-youll-wait/ https://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/31/need-a-kidn...

andrepd 8y ago
Well you're just too far gone.
- darawk 8y ago
  Maybe you should consider actually thinking about the issue before deciding? Why don't you read the article and get back to me. Literally everyone is better off if we have a liquid market in kidneys.
  - GyYZTfWBfQw 8y ago
    Well he's just too far gone.