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There is a big difference between actions being done in the dark versus actions being done in the open and with full endorsement and legal support. The purpose
by nashashmi 4y ago
There is a big difference between actions being done in the dark versus actions being done in the open and with full endorsement and legal support.
The purpose of law is to tame commercial activities for protection of its commerce and prosperity. By legalizing something that is a net social harm, giving it guiderails so that it can lead to more stability and profit, you have incentivized that harm to reproduce maliciously. It is like offering subsidies to fossil fuels. No, it is like putting regulations on fossil fuels and giving them legitimacy.
Some industries should stay in the dark unprotected always looking over their shoulder for when they might get caught.
- nulbyte 4y ago> No, it is like putting regulations on fossil fuels and giving them legitimacy. We put regulation on fossil fuels as a practical matter of recognizing the reality in which we operate, and the harms that will come to real people if we outlawed it without a viable solution to the rest of the problems that would create. > Some industries should stay in the dark unprotected always looking over their shoulder for when they might get caught. This sounds nice, but the practical implications are that already disadvantaged people are further abused and taken advantage of. No one should want that type of system.
- nashashmi 4y agoHarms come from having a porn industry too. BUT No harm is done by banning that industry. Disadvantaged people should be not in the porn industry for some wealthy person's self fulfillment. We call that abuse. And the wealthy should be penalized.
- eldritch_4ier 4y agoThank you for a sane answer.