Merrick wrote: Squid and Dave both say that the exploitation is a good reason to remove the prohibition. Yet the things we've been comparing it to, such as Nike sweatshops and iPad factories, are all legal. Removing prohibition would give us the chance of some regulation and fair trade brands and whatnot, but we need only look at how slavery is still part of the chocolate, coffee and tea industries to guess how much legalisation would end exploitation.
A good point. Nonetheless, just because other industries haven't managed to eradicate slave labour doesn't mean that legalisation wouldn't be a good thing. Obviously slavery should be stopped whereever it is found, and I would imagine that it would be easier to eradicate (or at least reduce) if the people running the industry weren't organised crime syndicates.
Having said that, I think it possibly highlights the similarity between organised criminals and the big corporations!
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