Agreed on empirical grounds. The US had legal paid donation of blood, but even in the poorest places, I have not heard that the majority of people in struggling communities feel compelled to sell theirs, or even that something close to a majority do it. I haven’t even heard of actual full fat organ harvesting as more than a rare event in India, where although it is nominally illegal, there are places where the rule of law is tenuous and poverty rampant. I mean I think I have heard of it happening on the news at least once in my life, I’ve never seen even the most impoverished patient point to a scar on their abdomen and say, “Oh, I had to sell my kidney to pay for rent”.
I think the example of organ sales is a poor illustration of your point. Demand for organs is limited and won’t reach such a high level.
Agreed on empirical grounds. The US had legal paid donation of blood, but even in the poorest places, I have not heard that the majority of people in struggling communities feel compelled to sell theirs, or even that something close to a majority do it. I haven’t even heard of actual full fat organ harvesting as more than a rare event in India, where although it is nominally illegal, there are places where the rule of law is tenuous and poverty rampant. I mean I think I have heard of it happening on the news at least once in my life, I’ve never seen even the most impoverished patient point to a scar on their abdomen and say, “Oh, I had to sell my kidney to pay for rent”.