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In reply to the discussion: I have the right to perform a sexual service in exchange for money. [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)Do you implicitly trust every business to strictly adhere to laws and regulations, Kurska? i imagine you probably don't, because you aren't a stupid person, and you know the drive for profit also carries a drive to subvert costs - represented by laws.
Do you then trust the regulatory bodies to exercise these laws strictly, fairly, and consistently? Again, I don't think you do. You know as well as anyone else that that same drive for profit encourages the enforcers to be lax in their practice, even if not directly corrupted by the hands of industry - as the saying goes, "What's good for GM is good for the United States,' though writ smaller - inspectors are encouraged to look another way, if a big employer with high revenue generation is having problems - money's coming in, so there's no problem, as far as the officials are concerned!
...except with prostitution, we're not talking about sides of beef getting splattered with botulism, or cars with faulty ignitions - we're talking about human beings who are being sold as rentable commodities. And if you think the law is going to do everything it can to protect them, I suggest you take a look at the laws that were in place during slavery to "prevent" cruelty and abuses to slaves - that went unheeded and unenforced because, well, they're just slaves, and the plantations are making good money! So too - they're just whores, and the brothel is making good money!
Now of course you can dwell in a fantasy land of perfect regulation enforcement, flawless treatment of the prostitutes, and of course, they're all perfectly happy volunteers to the work.
But it's no different than the libertarian fantasy of a self-regulating unencumbered market making everyone prosperous and happy.