Nakoichi [they/them]M to chapotraphouse • 2 years agoThe Blood of Low-Income Americans Is the USA's 10th Most Valuable Exportexternal-linkmessage-square62 fedilinkarrow-up1109
arrow-up1109external-linkThe Blood of Low-Income Americans Is the USA's 10th Most Valuable ExportNakoichi [they/them]M to chapotraphouse • 2 years agomessage-square62 Commentsfedilink
minus-squareSaniFlush [any, any]hexbear26·2 years agoHow do we guarantee that donated blood is being used for a good cause and not sold for profit? link
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]Mhexbear37·2 years agoYou can't. It's all sold for profit. link
minus-squareEmmaGoldman [she/her, comrade/them]Mhexbear39·2 years agoIt's not that you shouldn't donate blood, it still saves lives. If you don't want someone to profit from your lifesaving blood donation, your only option is overthrowing capitalism. link
minus-squareusbgen4 [none/use name]hexbear12·2 years agoSold for profit eventually to someone paying for medical care link
minus-squareFrank [he/him, he/him]hexbear11·2 years agoHoly shit I never even thought about that. "Oh donating blood is good. They're not allowed to sell blood anyway!" No, of course they get their cut from the medical bills. link
How do we guarantee that donated blood is being used for a good cause and not sold for profit?
You can't. It's all sold for profit.
So we SHOULDN'T donate blood then?
It's not that you shouldn't donate blood, it still saves lives.
If you don't want someone to profit from your lifesaving blood donation, your only option is overthrowing capitalism.
I'll get right on that :sicko-hexbear:
Sold for profit eventually to someone paying for medical care
Holy shit I never even thought about that. "Oh donating blood is good. They're not allowed to sell blood anyway!"
No, of course they get their cut from the medical bills.