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I mean with things like sex trafficking, labor trafficking, etc. IMO it should be called slavery, and those affected need to be rescued from slavery.

A pimp enslaves people

The Tate Brothers (allegedly) enslaved people.

IMO, referring to sex/labor trafficking to slavery will show it just how evil it actually is.

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[–] whereitsat@lemmy.zip 1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

how is a pimp different than any other capitalist?

how come when it comes to the issue of sex everyone all of a sudden takes offense to someone taking a cut off the top?

aren't car dealers pimps? aren't they just car traffickers? isn't mcdonalds a meat trafficker?

another question: why are women so feeble that a dude can show up at their door in a fur coat and a fedora and be like 'you're gonna fuck random dudes and i'm gonna take all the money' and they're like 'ok.'

nowhere in culture do we consider this OK behavior so there's no excuse for it. when men are down and out they suck down steel reserves and live in the park like normal people.

we need to talk about this.

[–] Saledovil@sh.itjust.works 3 points 18 hours ago

A pimp is effectively, a manager for sex workers. They handle security and advertisement, and in return get a cut of the earnings.

Car dealers are salespeople.

[–] magic_smoke@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Well for one, we don't have to worry about a car-pimp coercing his automobiles into service as they're not sentient beings.