• badgermurphy@lemmy.world
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    Most functioning societies have laws to protect the most vulnerable among them, and most consider being an uneducated, credulous rube to be a vulnerability. Unfortunately, many modern societies are having trouble functioning these days, leading to the predatory financial hellscape we find ourselves in.

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      Some of those in power wouldn’t be so were it not for the uneducated credulous rubes. They believe lies so readily and lack the ability to think critically. It can be difficult getting these people the help they need when they, and their current condition, are vital to the overlords.

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        23 hours ago

        Well said. They are a leading cause of the circumstances that lead to their plight. It is a vicious cycle that does not correct on its own, requiring a major external event to shake up the current status quo. I wonder what that event will be this time.

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      22 hours ago

      Such a society would ban onlyfans, since it exists solely to exploit vulnerable lonely people.

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        21 hours ago

        If you take it a step further, such a society would also have very little content on OnlyFans in the first place, since many of those creators surely do so for lack of other options to make a living, which is caused by many of the same societal ills.

        That said, marketing sex appeal is not, in itself, one of those ills. For example, a prostitute is not necessarily exploitative, but a pimp almost certainly is, especially in a black market.

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        21 hours ago

        Within your statement lies a claim that requires proof, without which the rest of it carries no weight whatsoever.