up front, props to bondi and Patel for shutting these bastards down. seriously good job there.
Now let me sidestep the people saying where are the epstein logs, etc. and talk about this from an economics perspective (full disclosure, i'm not an economist, i'm just a guy who understands supply and demand reasonably well).
If all we're doing is going after the people producing the content, pimping out the girls, kidnapping/trafficking them, then all we're doing is creating a hole in the market that some other disreputable group will inevitably fill, because as the supply goes down, the demand remains the same, and the price goes up. those people who will do this can charge an ever increasing premium on their disgusting services, so all we end up doing is playing whack-a-mole with the suppliers, while the abuse continues. We should absolutely still go after the suppliers, but they're only half of the problem.
If, on the other hand, we also target the consumers of this content, ie: the people paying for CSAM material, the Disgusting Johns who pay for the priviledge of abusing children, etc. then the demand goes down as well, and it becomes a less profitable business venture, and fewer and fewer groups will step up to ride the gravy train that comes with taking the legal and social risks that come with being associated with this filthy business.
to summarize, i do think it's important to go after the suppliers, but it's equally if not more important to go after the consumers as well.
up front, props to bondi and Patel for shutting these bastards down. seriously good job there.
Now let me sidestep the people saying where are the epstein logs, etc. and talk about this from an economics perspective (full disclosure, i'm not an economist, i'm just a guy who understands supply and demand reasonably well).
If all we're doing is going after the people producing the content, pimping out the girls, kidnapping/trafficking them, then all we're doing is creating a hole in the market that some other disreputable group will inevitably fill, because as the supply goes down, the demand remains the same, and the price goes up. those people who will do this can charge an ever increasing premium on their disgusting services, so all we end up doing is playing whack-a-mole with the suppliers, while the abuse continues. We should absolutely still go after the suppliers, but they're only half of the problem.
If, on the other hand, we also target the consumers of this content, ie: the people paying for CSAM material, the Disgusting Johns who pay for the priviledge of abusing children, etc. then the demand goes down as well, and it becomes a less profitable business venture, and fewer and fewer groups will step up to ride the gravy train that comes with taking the legal and social risks that come with being associated with this filthy business.
to summarize, i do think it's important to go after the suppliers, but it's equally if not more important to go after the consumers as well.