Disclaimer: The purpose of this is actually a two-pronged attack. I want to highlight how absurd the notion of wealth redistribution through the form of taxation is while also highlighting the potential uses for a surveillance control state (which is coming). At the same time, if this took off, I'd benefit from it so meh whatever.
Tenet: Our society recognizes the need to redistribute resources from those who have lots of resources to those who don't have lots of resources. We do this through the form of taxation and social programs. This is down to maximize the utility of the society as a whole because we recognize that a billionaire's happiness won't be impacting by a lack of a few million dollars but an average person's happiness can significantly change with a few million dollars.
Well, sex is a resource. Some say we can't force people to do something with their body (have sex) because that is immoral but people acquire resources through the use of their body (labor) so taxing these resources to redistribute is an exploitation of one's body for the greater good. Exploiting a person's body for sex for the greater good is no different than exploiting a person's body for labor for the greater good.
How I propose we go about implementing the Universal Basic Sex is the following:
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Legalize prostitution by requiring a license to be a prostitute through a formal process.
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Have Palantir with its new AI surveillance system provide an estimated Sexual Market Value score for all citizens from 0-10 with 10 being no problems to access sex with people of their attractiveness or higher and 0 being significant problems (incel level).
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The government creates a new Digital Currency called Sexual Wellbeing Coins. This currency can only be exchanged by prostitutes for real currency by a licensed prostitute and only if their digital wallet shows a transaction from a Sexually Deficient Person (those entitled to receive Sexual Wellbeing Coins).
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People with < 10 scores are all entitled to receive some amount of Sexual Wellbeing Coin depending on their score with 0 receiving the most and those close to 10 receiving the least.
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Sexual Wellbeing Coins in the hands of Sexually Deficient Persons can be exchanged with a licensed prostitute only for sex.
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The objective is to ensure all people in society are entitled to 3 sessions of intercourse a week with someone who meets their level of attraction or better.
From each according to his ability to have sex to each according to his need for sex!
Thoughts on the details of the program and the sales pitch? What are some criticisms?
Indeed. Sex, like food, shelter, entertainment, clothing, etc... are all things that improve people's quality of life. We cannot as a society pretend to care about people's happiness such that we redistribute wealth without also redistributing sex.
Exactly, men need the ability to get wives.
Exactly. The argument for wealth redistribution is that -$1 from a billionaire is worth less than subtracting 1 unit of happiness whereas giving +$1 to a homeless person is worth more than 1 unit of happiness.
Well, I propose that forcing a woman to be a man's wife is worth less than subtracting 1000 units of happiness whereas giving an incel a wife is worth more than 1000 units of happiness. Thus we will increase society's overall happiness if we redistribute sex. Yes, women will be less happy if they're forced to be an incel's wife instead of a whore (or in this example, forced to have sex with the incel at least) but that's okay to demand this sacrifice of women for the greater good. It's the same sacrifice we ask of rich people to make for the greater good.
We cannot be logically consistent in our liberal arguments to suggest it's okay to redistribute wealth for the greater good but it's not okay to redistribute wives/sex for the greater good.
The thing is I'm not even joking about this, I do agree with some mild socialist policy and that DOES extend to sexual socialism, or the "Marxist-Rodgerist" school of thought as it's often referred to as.
Also there's evidence to back up the claim that women would be happier being forced to be an incel's wife rather than be free.
I'm actually not joking about any of this but slightly acting like I might be joking because it's too much for some people to take, currently... but make no mistake. If society continues the way it is, people are going to start demanding something like this. It's becoming much more feasible with the technology and information we have available.
I agree women would be happier but instead of attempting that argument, we don't even need to go there. That'll just be a "surprised addition" if we ever properly redistribute sex in a fair manner.
I think it's quite ableist and insert some catch term I haven't come up with to only allow the best looking men/women to gain sex. Sex must be available to all citizens regardless of their nature or the systemic oppression they faced growing up. It's not an unpopular kid's fault he was teased, oppressed and had a bad family such that he never knew how to gain sex for himself. We need to end systemic sexual oppression and ensure all people's sexual outcome is equal in society because any differences in sexual outcomes is due to some form of systemic oppression.