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This is a great argument for Universal Basic Income, or some other system that allows people to choose not to work. It's naive to think that there aren't peopl
by thomastjeffery 5y ago
This is a great argument for Universal Basic Income, or some other system that allows people to choose not to work.
It's naive to think that there aren't people being pressured into "selling their body and their consent" to work that is generally considered moral.
> I don't think this works, because a brain is a "tool" used to "produce" a service, while a prositute is actually just providing their body to be used.
GP's argument was poorly stated. It's more genuine to compare sex work to hard labor. There is the risk of physical harm (STDs/injuries), a low barrier to entry (attractive and have a camera/in decent shape and can get to/from work), is considered by many as demoralizing (gross prostitute/dumb factory worker) but also glorified by many (high-class escort/blue collar backbone of our country).
In what ways is it truly different for someone to be denied unemployment benefits for rejecting a hard labor job than it is for someone to be denied unemployment benefits for refusing to be a sex worker (prostitute)?