InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 5 months agoGhoul rag tries to hide its ghoulishness with a friendly illustration.imagemessage-square142 fedilinkarrow-up1210file-text
arrow-up1210imageGhoul rag tries to hide its ghoulishness with a friendly illustration.InevitableSwing [none/use name] to chapotraphouse • 5 months agomessage-square142 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mlhexbear1·5 months agoPeople already self-mutilate (living kidney donors), and they are seen as heroic. Unfortunately, they take a financial hit as a result of their decision. What an injustice. Shouldn't we try to offset that? What makes this "wrong"? linkfedilink
minus-squareEelBolshevikism [none/use name]hexbear1·5 months agoBecause there’s a difference between doing something for financial incentive for food, and doing it for altruistic reasons or even cultural reasons. link
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mlhexbear1·5 months agoThe idea is for kidney donation to be financially neutral. So you wouldn't do this for financial gain. Currently, it's financially net negative. Putting nitpicks with the specifics of their system aside, how is it wrong to take kidney donation from a financial negative to financially neutral? linkfedilink
minus-squareEelBolshevikism [none/use name]hexbear1·5 months agoI don’t think 50k is financially neutral link
minus-squarejsomae@lemmy.mlhexbear1·5 months agoIt surprises me as well that kidney donations cost the donor ~50k, but I guess that's why I'm not an expert. linkfedilink
People already self-mutilate (living kidney donors), and they are seen as heroic. Unfortunately, they take a financial hit as a result of their decision. What an injustice. Shouldn't we try to offset that? What makes this "wrong"?
Because there’s a difference between doing something for financial incentive for food, and doing it for altruistic reasons or even cultural reasons.
The idea is for kidney donation to be financially neutral. So you wouldn't do this for financial gain. Currently, it's financially net negative.
Putting nitpicks with the specifics of their system aside, how is it wrong to take kidney donation from a financial negative to financially neutral?
I don’t think 50k is financially neutral
It surprises me as well that kidney donations cost the donor ~50k, but I guess that's why I'm not an expert.