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Homeless people are often mentally ill or addicted to drugs. Exploiting conditions that render people unable to meaningfully consent is not what we are talking about here. The average Kenyan is not experiencing any such difficulty. Do you think poor people should be allowed to box? To film their fights or post it online?

(To be clear, I do think so)

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Whether someone is “unable to meaningfully consent” is unknowable, so I don’t put any stock it in at all in these kind of decisions.

I’d say that deciding that question isn’t that important (as described, fine, don’t ban WorldStarHipHop). Rather, I’d zoom out and ask whether a society where poor people brawl for income is a healthy one, and maybe think of some alternatives to do that would be better.

Also were these Kenyans all screened for mental illness, or is this a crack a few eggs situation?

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