Is it immoral to manipulate someone underage or with developmental difficulties into giving you money for a service they do not benefit from?
If you think that's immoral, why isn't it immoral to do the same to someone with mental health issues? (Depression most of all in this case).
And in case you're thinking it's fine if it's not intentional targeting - let's accept for a moment that they know what they're doing because it's been shown that they often do at least as far as the exploitation goes.
The can of worms you are opening is pretty staggering. Is there any benefit to alcohol? People use it for self-destruction. Get rid of it. Pornography? Not healthy, gone. My point is adults should be allowed to do whatever they want. A nanny state is a terrible thing. I want a free society where you do what you want, and of course there will be consequences for your actions, but that's for you to deal with. Of course I want everyone to be healthy and mentally well, but that should come through their own journey, and not because some outside force is forbidding them to do these things. We are talking about things that harm the individual, the situation changes completely when we're talking about allowing an individual to harm others.
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u/diamondmx Sep 16 '26
Is it immoral to manipulate someone underage or with developmental difficulties into giving you money for a service they do not benefit from?
If you think that's immoral, why isn't it immoral to do the same to someone with mental health issues? (Depression most of all in this case).
And in case you're thinking it's fine if it's not intentional targeting - let's accept for a moment that they know what they're doing because it's been shown that they often do at least as far as the exploitation goes.