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Kidney sales are not exploitation of the poor in all circumstances. Let's say the market clearing price was 10kUSD. What if legislation made it 1mUSD? Is that s
by m101 2y ago
Kidney sales are not exploitation of the poor in all circumstances. Let's say the market clearing price was 10kUSD. What if legislation made it 1mUSD? Is that still exploitation? It should be exploitation at any price if it's exploitation at all.
I personally believe it should be set at a price where the donor queue is something like 100x the need queue. Then it's way above market and the argument for "exploitation" is weakened further.
- lostlogin 2y agoIt get complicated fast. If you could give to your kid, or get a million dollars, what would you do? Is there a dollar value where the answer changes? It would for some.
- m101 2y agoI think there are some typos in your comment. It is unlikely that a parent will be the only possible donor to a child. However if they were then they could donate it to their kid, and if there was a market for kidneys (price TBD) then the parent should in turn be able to find a replacement if their other kidney went wrong.
- lostlogin 2y agoClumsy phasing initially, sorry. I meaning that they may feel compelled to take the money for some reason. It might not be the donor putting the pressure on, it might be someone else.
- financetechbro 2y agoI don’t think the meaning of exploitation changes just because the dollar value got bigger
- m101 2y agoI agree with you that it shouldn't. What I was trying to do is suggest that for some people it might be a function of the money. The suggestion I made was so that the person that gets chosen to donate would be delighted that he was chosen (ahead of 99 others), and when someone is delighted, how can one argue it's exploitation?
- derelicta 2y agoI can already sense capitalbros trying to farm the organs of poor workers now