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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs There Anything You Can’t Buy in America? Should There Be?
http://www.alternet.org/economy/there-anything-you-cant-buy-america-should-there-beIf youve got the money, theres hardly anything you cant buy in America. You can purchase a cushy upgrade to your prison cell, an internship at a famous magazine, or a fast-track through airport security. You can even buy someones virginity in an online auction.
Skys the limit. Oh, wait, its not: You can purchase naming rights to stars, and no doubt we will soon have the David H. Koch Galaxy winking at us from outer space.
Whats the biggie? says the free marketeer. Its up to the market to decide what can be bought and sold, and were all free to make up our own minds about participating or not. The market is our liberation, say the advocates, unshackling us from arbitrary restraints and some other guys moral hangups.
But hang on a second. Where exactly are we headed with this? Should I really be able to buy an organ? A womb? A sterilization program for crack addicts? Whats the downside of moving toward a society where everythings for sale?
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Is There Anything You Can’t Buy in America? Should There Be? (Original Post)
xchrom
Nov 2013
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moondust
(20,006 posts)1. Money is the boss that decides everything.
Unfortunately, money, intelligence, and moral integrity do not always go hand-in-hand, so expect a lot of failure and moral repulsion in the new feudal clusterfuck.
scheming daemons
(25,487 posts)2. Money can't buy me love - McCartney and Lennon
dembotoz
(16,832 posts)3. but you can get something similar
FarCenter
(19,429 posts)4. But it can rent it for the night
HereSince1628
(36,063 posts)5. It may not be love, but lots of it can make you irresistably attractive