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		tempfile 17 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does w... Not all free market transactions are reasonable. Selling yourself into slavery is a "free market transaction" I hope you would not consider legitimate.

zahlman 16 hours ago [–]

Being offered something unreasonable, given free reign to decline that offer, does not cause harm.

tempfile 4 hours ago | [–]

Yes, it does. That's why job offers that state "do not apply if you're a woman" are illegal. You just don't care about this particular harm.

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