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by confounded 1032 days ago
The whole idea relies on a hierarchy of power so unnerving it's the basis of folklore across human cultures.

Unlike costmetic surgery, your gain depends on someone else's loss.

There are likely to be supply/demand issues in a society with where citizens have free access to each others blood for recreational purposes.

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>Unlike costmetic surgery, your gain depends on someone else's loss.

How? The 'loss' from donating blood is fairly minimal. If properly compensated everyone could be coming out better off.