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by josephcsible 1385 days ago
Imagine a program where by signing up, you'd be given a million dollars today, but then a year from now, you'd be sold into slavery for the next ten years. Should we allow that just because it's voluntary?
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Imagine a program where a person can sell a kidney for a transplant to keep a willing buyer alive.

Imagine a program where we ramp up the price of college by making college debt non-dischargeable in bankruptcy, then create fluff degrees which won't help the person earn enough to pay off the debt over the next couple decades.

Optionality and choices.