I don't think your analogy is particularly accurate.
If I was to sell one of my organs, it would A. have an immediate detrimental effect on my health and B. be permanent. Further, the state has a very high probability of paying for some or all of my medical care post-op.
If I sell a baby, I am selling something that is not my property. If I am the parent, I have some claim to the baby, but not one of direct ownership. So in truth I am selling something that is not mine. In reality, what you would be selling is your lack of action in defense of your paternal rights. That is, in fact, a victimless crime. However, the administration of those rights is not yours alone, but also your community's. You can't sell that, so you'd be lying to whoever you gave the child to if you implied that you could.
Lots of decisions and transactions are only technically voluntary and are driven by economic duress more than anything else. Working a dead end job, working a dangerous job, being a roofer or garbage man or flagger. Joining the military. Being a lumberjack. Hell, being a fisherman in many cases.
A lot of these jobs are dangerous. They're accepted, though. If I work as a lumberjack, it's not because I have a choice. It's because otherwise I would be homeless and this is a skill I can employ to feed and house myself.
I downvoted you because you lumped "Joining the military" in the category of jobs that "are only technically voluntary and are driven by economic duress more than anything else." That's surely true in a few edge cases, but not in the vast majority (unless things have changed dramatically). And I'll accept the downvotes that I'm sure are coming.
My ex was career military. It was his dream career, the only thing he wanted since childhood. But, like anything, for some people it isn't so voluntary. The American military is more "color blind" and thus a better opportunity for black Americans than many civilian jobs. So when the Gulf War broke out, blacks were "overrepresented" in the military and this became a political hot potato: What had been a good opportunity in peace time was now a serious risk to life and limb for an inordinately high number of blacks and this was seen as another form of racism in America, basically.
Plus, in many countries there is a compulsory term of service.
Yeah, I meant that it can be. Also remember that we're not simply talking about the U.S. here; in many countries people join the military because they see no other choice, not because they want to.
If I was to sell one of my organs, it would A. have an immediate detrimental effect on my health and B. be permanent. Further, the state has a very high probability of paying for some or all of my medical care post-op.
If I sell a baby, I am selling something that is not my property. If I am the parent, I have some claim to the baby, but not one of direct ownership. So in truth I am selling something that is not mine. In reality, what you would be selling is your lack of action in defense of your paternal rights. That is, in fact, a victimless crime. However, the administration of those rights is not yours alone, but also your community's. You can't sell that, so you'd be lying to whoever you gave the child to if you implied that you could.
Lots of decisions and transactions are only technically voluntary and are driven by economic duress more than anything else. Working a dead end job, working a dangerous job, being a roofer or garbage man or flagger. Joining the military. Being a lumberjack. Hell, being a fisherman in many cases.
A lot of these jobs are dangerous. They're accepted, though. If I work as a lumberjack, it's not because I have a choice. It's because otherwise I would be homeless and this is a skill I can employ to feed and house myself.