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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Ben via extropy-chat<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [ExI] good news for libertarians<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 23/04/2021 08:37, <span class=gmail-im>John Grigg</span> wrote:<br><br><o:p></o:p></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:.5in'><span class=gmail-im>On 2021-4-22 21:41, John Grigg via extropy-chat wrote:</span><br><br><span class=gmail-im><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmail-im>>> I just don't like that due to the ruthlessness of our current economy… John<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmail-im><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmail-im>But John, our current economy has more ruth than ever before in history. It is getting more ruthful all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmail-im><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Anton Sherwood replied:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>…<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>>…Perhaps less women will enter into the field, and do more productive and psychologically healthy things with their lives... Anton<o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Earlier today someone commented about polarization in attitude of retired harlots. When I saw that, it occurred to me that there are those who go into no-collar work out of economic necessity and those who go into that profession because they just like it (Hey cool, we can get PAID for this? Really? OK, sure sign me up!) One might suppose there is some overlap in those two groups but plenty who are in one camp or another.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let us put aside for the moment other considerations and imagine all prostitution is legal. Without that legal risk or liability, the cost of the service would likely go down, which might compel fewer into the field if they did not enjoy that particular line of work, while perhaps attracting a compensating number of sex enthusiasts who would otherwise stay out because they didn’t want to risk their day job with an arrest. We could imagine part timers taking it up, perhaps curious amateurs, lonely singles, that sort of thing. Such a notion might give a new and literal meaning to the term “moonlighters.”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Result: harlots as a group would be a more satisfied group of workers. I don’t know this, for it isn’t my world, but I would speculate that the customer base would enjoy a better product if the supplier is more satisfied with his or her career choice. This sounds like a win-win situation to me.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>spike<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>