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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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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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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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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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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I've been losing my mind watching people miss the point that sex isn't fungible
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