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    1. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

      That's it, because I'm seriously pissed off, here's a brief response to Douthat's "well hey, if you want to redistribute wealth, why can't you redistribute sex" garbage fire today.

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    2. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

      first, like i said, there are legit places and situations where "redistribution of sex" is actually a thing. usually, those are patriarchal polygamous societies where young men are left structurally single, and often exiled or killed, because access is limited to patriarchs.

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    3. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

      but even in that situation, young men are deprived of access because young women are deprived of choice and bodily autonomy, which is what this whole thing is really about.

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    4. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

      which brings me to the point of all this. you can redistribute property via the tax code or other redistributionist means just fine. but unless society is maintaining strict controls on bodily autonomy, as above, there is no such thing as "redistribution of sex."

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    5. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

      instead, what there would be is forced loss of an individual's bodily autonomy, apparently imposed by the state. unlike taxing the rich, nobody else would have any less of anything, BECAUSE SEX IS NOT A ZERO-SUM COMMODITY, DOUTHAT.

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      Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

      the mere use of the phrase "redistribution of sex" feeds into the incel narrative of Chads and Stacys controlling access, when a) when no such force or compulsion actually exists, and b) sex is not a commodity to begin with. hence, using the phrase causes tangible harm.

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        2. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

          more specifically, using the phrase "redistribution of sex" doesn't just assume that sex is a commodity, it assumes that women are a commodity that can be regulated or forced to perform at will by the state.

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        3. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

          so, Douthat says, hey, well, you just laugh it off out of hand as weird, but why don't you seriously engage with the idea intellectually? well Douthat, here's why: because when occupying armies treat women they way sex redistributionists want to, WE CALL IT A WAR CRIME.

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        4. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

          I'm not gonna sit here and tell anyone to just grow up or become more attractive somehow, because there's an empathy loss and i'm not concerned about incels nearly as much as I am about actually oppressed peoples who might be suffering. but here's the upshot:

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        5. Dante Atkins‏Verified account @DanteAtkins May 2

          there are both economic and technological solutions to loneliness. but "redistribution of sex" is a nice, orwellian phrase for state-imposed assault. there, Douthat. I seriously engaged with your idea, and you should be ashamed of yourself for promoting it. fin.

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        1. Tom Hitchner‏ @thitchner May 2
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          I've been losing my mind watching people miss the point that sex isn't fungible

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