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> blackmail is an act of concealment and legalizing it should produce more, not less, concealment. And therein lies the debate, some view instead view blackmai
by Bjartr 8y ago
> blackmail is an act of concealment and legalizing it should produce more, not less, concealment.
And therein lies the debate, some view instead view blackmail as an act of coercion and legalizing it should produce more, not less, coercion.
After all, you can blackmail someone to take an action when they otherwise wouldn't.
- thaumasiotes 8y agoWhat do you mean "instead"? More concealment (via blackmail) obviously means more coercion (in the sense relevant to blackmail), because the concealment only occurs if the coercion is acceded to. They can only go up or down together. But I was commenting on an implicit debate between someone who believes that legal blackmail will lead to more concealment, and someone else who believes blackmail will lead to less concealment.