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SilentWorld

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  1. Leftists are generally against imperialism. Do you really think the recent rhetoric against Maduro is motivated solely (or even primarily) by concern for the poor Venezuelans?
  2. I'm not saying the black market would be the problem. I'm saying that the newly legitimized and legal sex trade businesses would not be free from exploitation, coercion or trafficking.
  3. No. The analogy doesn't work. In the marijuana industry, the marijuana plants don't get a choice about whether they participate. If you remove trafficking, exploitation, and coercion (and especially if I'm including the coercion inherent within a capitalist economy here -- IE: you have to work at SOMETHING or you'll fucking starve) there are very, very few women who are willing to engage in sex trade work. If you run a brothel, even if prostitution were legalized, the majority of women working for you would be either trafficked, coerced, or women who have no other choice due to some combination of: drug addictions, mental health and lack of education.
  4. I think everyone should face facts. The reason we are so bothered by this thread getting bumped is because the odds are unfavourable that RBG will outlive the Trump administration.
  5. In Canada the laws for restricted firearms (basically handguns and certain semi auto rifles) are the same as what you’re describing. Perhaps worse because AFAIK there is no similar concept as “permissible deviations” under the Canadian law. I think it’s great.
  6. Yet another twist... Edit: Theory I read on reddit, which I guess makes sense, is that the two Nigerians flipped on Smollett and were therefore released, and now the cops are building a case against Smollett.
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