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Little_Noodles t1_ixkmujq wrote

Reply to comment by SantorumsGayMasseuse in Two Philly developers think Atlantic City can look more like Amsterdam with the help of a $3 billion housing development by Dryheavemorning

I mean, I’m the one that linked the report. I saw the U.S. on there.

How is the U.S. having a dodgy track record on human trafficking and slavery an argument FOR adopting a district ALSO associated with human trafficking and slavery?

Like, I’d get it if we were knocking it out of the park - yeah, it’s a problem there, but we’re really good at this. But we’re not that good at this.

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PotatoPlank t1_ixkphdd wrote

>How is the U.S. having a dodgy track record on human trafficking and slavery an argument FOR adopting a district ALSO associated with human trafficking and slavery?

The point is the article you linked references a study that doesn't distinguish between types of slavery you can't reasonably use that to draw your conclusion. Especially when they rate the United States as having three times the vulnerability index to the Netherlands, and almost 14 times the number of modern slaves

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SantorumsGayMasseuse t1_ixkofpp wrote

I'm really just being facetious. I'm not for or against it, I think what's being proposed is impossible. Dumping a bunch of money into Atlantic City is not going to turn it into Amsterdam. The conditions that make Amsterdam a cool city, even if it does have a seedy underbelly at its center, are simply not present in the United States. It's not just 'canals and brothels.'

That said, I think it's pretty silly to pretend that what goes on in Amsterdam is uniquely evil. The same thing is going on in every facet of American culture

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