Maybe some people don't think brothel's should be illegal. That the moral arguments against them are empty Christian virtue signaling?
"I can’t take writers like this seriously."
So, don't read Socrates? Because he was found guilty by the State. Breaking the law means your thoughts don't matter?
So don't read what others wrote about Socrates.
So if Socrates committed crimes, then is it ok to read what others wrote about him, if they themselves had not committed any crimes, or can we not read anything about anybody that has committed a crime?
Socrates was convicted for "hate speech", not a robbery. Even making that comparison is stupid.
I never said what form the legality would take. Making prostitution legal so that there can be adequate regulation and health care is a far cry from saying it would be done by pimps. As if there would be some "pimp congregational sub-committee on prostitute OSHA regulations".
Projecting todays standards of "hate speech" onto the ancient world. Really? You think that is what was happening?
But no, prostitution won't become better just because it is legalized. The incentives are always towards abusing and trafficking women, making them legal just makes prosecution harder.
This is especially true for minority sex workers.
And, also, if worried about victims. Could stop making the laws focused on the 'prostitute' being the guilty party, and make the laws more geared towards the 'user' of the service.
There are statistics collected on the increase in prostitution around different events.
There is a much larger increase in prostitution around Republican National Conventions over the Democratic National Conventions.
But, I don't think this is really a socialist issue. More feminist isn't it, women should be free to do what they want. Socialist countries just generally have more equal rights, or should.
Prostitution and Abortion are both issues where the religious wanting 'control'. And for Republicans religion now overrides the free market.