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You absolutely can reduce the demand for anything by making it more costly. Prostitution is far more prevalent where it less costly in dollars and punishment (e
by anbop 7y ago
You absolutely can reduce the demand for anything by making it more costly. Prostitution is far more prevalent where it less costly in dollars and punishment (e.g. Canada vs USA) You can’t just assert a falsehood as axiomatic.
- msla 7y ago> You absolutely can reduce the demand for anything by making it more costly. Prostitution is far more prevalent where it less costly in dollars and punishment (e.g. Canada vs USA) You can’t just assert a falsehood as axiomatic. Meaningfully reduce. The only meaningful reduction is to near zero, the point where human trafficking becomes impossible to profit from. That doesn't seem to be the case even in the USA.
- anbop 7y agoThe only meaningful reduction is to near zero? Reducing human trafficking by 50% is not a meaningful reduction?
- msla 7y agoReducing prostitution by 50% wouldn't reduce human trafficking the same amount, but thanks for equivocating!
- skinnymuch 7y agoReducing by 1/3 or 1/2 or 3/4 isn’t meaningful? That sounds over the top. And also not nice at all to the people who would be saved with severe reductions.