I'm all for the free and open sale and trade of organs. BUT - with a government ban then you push the trade out into the dark.
The trade of organs (like prostitution, drugs, etc.) is going to happen. No amount of authoritarian madness stop it. Never has, never will.
With a government ban then we only have bad actors in the space. The cartels, the scum of the earth like this guy, etc. Honest people are not in the organ trade.
It would be much better for everyone if we could buy and sell organs in an open way. Then companies can advertise that they have the 'freshest' goods, the cleanest donors, the lowest margins between what the donor's family is paid vs what the patient pays, etc. 3rd party companies can offer inspection services and certify the quality of the product, etc. All of this would remove the shortage of organ donations and everyone would benefit.
Lots of amazing things can happen once we limit the government a bit.
Your ideal of a utopia where desperate people sell their organs to well to do donors is a nightmare of the worst human depravity.
And here is a difference that makes regulating organ donations much easier. Unlike drug use, the organ sheds donor DNA into the hosts bloodstream. And you simply cannot hide a transplant as you have surgical scars and need anti-rejection drugs for the long haul. That makes regulating organ recipients easy peasy.
desperate people sell their organs to well to do donors is a nightmare of the worst human depravity.
What? I'm talking about dead people. I'd be happy if my family could make an extra bit of $$ of my corpse. Or, are you saying that I don't really own or control my own body? Does my body belong to you? Does it belong to the state?
organ sheds donor DNA into the hosts bloodstream.
And you simply cannot hide a transplant as you have surgical scars and need anti-rejection drugs for the long haul.
That makes regulating organ recipients easy peasy.
And, how would this work? A government all powerful and all knowing enough to forcibly strip search everyone? Forced blood testing? Should we withhold health care if you don't submit your blood to the state and submit to full body strip searches? Your 'easy peasy' idea sounds like hell on earth.
Remember: there are only 3 types of people who like prohibitions (of any type):
The politicians (both elected and union leaders) who get powerful and rich off the control.
The cartels who will always supply the black market.
The useful idiots who think that making something illegal will make it go away. That they can absolve any moral responsibility or care if they can just help make it illegal and pretend it doesn't exist.
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mostlyfriendly ago
You, sir, are incorrect.
I'm all for the free and open sale and trade of organs. BUT - with a government ban then you push the trade out into the dark.
The trade of organs (like prostitution, drugs, etc.) is going to happen. No amount of authoritarian madness stop it. Never has, never will.
With a government ban then we only have bad actors in the space. The cartels, the scum of the earth like this guy, etc. Honest people are not in the organ trade.
It would be much better for everyone if we could buy and sell organs in an open way. Then companies can advertise that they have the 'freshest' goods, the cleanest donors, the lowest margins between what the donor's family is paid vs what the patient pays, etc. 3rd party companies can offer inspection services and certify the quality of the product, etc. All of this would remove the shortage of organ donations and everyone would benefit.
Lots of amazing things can happen once we limit the government a bit.
novictim ago
Your ideal of a utopia where desperate people sell their organs to well to do donors is a nightmare of the worst human depravity.
And here is a difference that makes regulating organ donations much easier. Unlike drug use, the organ sheds donor DNA into the hosts bloodstream. And you simply cannot hide a transplant as you have surgical scars and need anti-rejection drugs for the long haul. That makes regulating organ recipients easy peasy.
mostlyfriendly ago
What? I'm talking about dead people. I'd be happy if my family could make an extra bit of $$ of my corpse. Or, are you saying that I don't really own or control my own body? Does my body belong to you? Does it belong to the state?
And, how would this work? A government all powerful and all knowing enough to forcibly strip search everyone? Forced blood testing? Should we withhold health care if you don't submit your blood to the state and submit to full body strip searches? Your 'easy peasy' idea sounds like hell on earth.
Remember: there are only 3 types of people who like prohibitions (of any type):
novictim ago
"Bitch, please!"