As David Sirota recently noted, Nick Kristof, the neoliberal with a heart of gold, has penned another brilliant attack on the vulgar protectionists and their bizarre campaign against sweatshops and for "labor standards."
I think Kristof is very brave for speaking out on this issue and ruffling some left-wing feathers. Needless to say, I heartily agree with Kristof's arguments; but I would take his proposals a step or two further.
In keeping with the spirit of free enterprise and market solutions, impoverished children of the world's shantytowns should be allowed to sell their organs, limbs, etc. on the international market. The income from a kidney sale would be enough to feed one ragamuffin and a good many of his or her relations for more than a year. Would we sooner let a little girl die of starvation than let her sell a cornea or a patch of skin? If anything, these budding young entrepreneurs should be encouraged to make the most of their anatomical capital.
Let's be clear here. Opponents of organ sale are snatching food from the mouths of hungry children. Won't somebody think of the children? Organ markets now!
A more radical proposal would be to have urchins of the Third World rounded up and sold as slaves. Surely their daily ration of slave gruel will be better than eating garbage or nothing at all, their work aprons better than their present shameful nakedness. Would the poor little scamps rather huddle under muddy tarps or enjoy the warmth and comfort of modern slave quarters?
Who but Nicholas Kristof will speak for these precious little ones. Won't these abolitionists think of the children? Slavery now! Slavery forever!
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