The Swedish government wants to make paying for sexual services online a criminal offense. The law could have global implications for online services and put creators at risk, warns Yigit Aydin. He fights for the rights of sex workers on behalf of the association ESWA.
Almost always something “bad” happens though, someone is harmed… Someone rapes, you jail that person -> the rapist is harmed. Is it a bad process? Of course not.
It’s not about not harming anyone, it’s about harming the right people. Who we harm in what case is what almost all political discourse is about.
I get what you’re going for, but as presented this is a terrible take, or at least a poorly worded one. Systemic harm isn’t a zero sum game. It’s not about putting the harm on the bad people, it’s about reducing the harm of the system overall without ever crossing the basic ground rules and limitations of the system in the process.
Not all harm to “the right people” is justified and it’s extremely difficult to determine the limitations around that. You are right that deciding what interests, legitimate or not, to affect when making a decision is the entire point of politics, though.
I mean I was just giving a simple refute to the guy that said all is good if “no one” is harmed, not really debating perfect systems in society. Basically this
Almost always something “bad” happens though, someone is harmed… Someone rapes, you jail that person -> the rapist is harmed. Is it a bad process? Of course not.
It’s not about not harming anyone, it’s about harming the right people. Who we harm in what case is what almost all political discourse is about.
I get what you’re going for, but as presented this is a terrible take, or at least a poorly worded one. Systemic harm isn’t a zero sum game. It’s not about putting the harm on the bad people, it’s about reducing the harm of the system overall without ever crossing the basic ground rules and limitations of the system in the process.
Not all harm to “the right people” is justified and it’s extremely difficult to determine the limitations around that. You are right that deciding what interests, legitimate or not, to affect when making a decision is the entire point of politics, though.
I mean I was just giving a simple refute to the guy that said all is good if “no one” is harmed, not really debating perfect systems in society. Basically this