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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by typest on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @12:25PM (#24133655)
To add onto this —- living with only one kidney rather than two only barely increases your risk of dying, and many people each year die due to lack of kidneys. So, creating a market here (regulated of course) would save a lot of lives.
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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by missedthecue on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:33PM (#24134518)
Iran has an organ market and his has been a large success and has a very low rate of regret.
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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by teachrdan on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:52PM (#24134759)
It would likely coerce poor Americans into selling their kidneys to the wealthy so that they could pay off their student debt. Is coercing the poor to sell their organs to the rich a net benefit for society?

For anyone who thinks this is hyperbole, ProPublica has done excellent work investigating how lenders use the court system to imprison Americans who can't pay back their debts: https://www.google.com/search?q=propublica+debtors+prisons

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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by creddit on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:15PM (#24135011)
You and I have very different views of coercion. Making a choice possible is not coercing people into that choice.

Debtors prisons are bad but of course that’s a separate issue.

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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by exolymph on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:19PM (#24135071)
"Coerce" in the sense that poor people would notice a way to make money and go after it?
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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by teachrdan on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @04:40PM (#24136681)
Coerce in that someone will now have the "choice" of selling an organ or going to jail.
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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by huntertwo on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @01:23PM (#24134394)
To further add on, I doubt rich people die because of lack of kidneys and I think they'd be the only ones to benefit from that.
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Re:Uber CEO says its service will probably shut down tempora... by creddit on Wednesday August 12, 2020 @02:17PM (#24135039)
You can tell that to my Aunt whose husband died because he couldn’t get a kidney. They would’ve gladly paid $100K and worked a couple more years before retiring if he could’ve lived.
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