Oddbean new post about login | logout Oh we knew about. If it affected you personally, you knew.
Of course. But what % of the population would have been affected by it?
More than you think. It depends on where you live, too. My friend started ICT SOS in 2013-ish in Wichita. We were in a top originating city at the time. Not sure where it’s at today, but there are more ways to combat it now thanks to my friend. Human trafficking is not a political issue. Politicians will not fix it, but they May pander every 4 years or so. And sometimes attention brings money or change. But lately, it brings a lot of sensationalism. I have had trafficking touch my life personally in 3 different cities where I’ve lived. It happened to someone I love. And I worked with trafficking survivors as a professional in the addiction field. It doesn’t look how you think it looks. Which is also why it proliferates. Power and violence also help keep it quiet. The ICT SOS origin story isn’t exciting but should inspire you. https://ictsos.org/
I'll definitely take a look thank you for sharing that Good on your friend Looking into that stuff is what lead me to bitcoin When I realized how evil centralized systems are and what they create
Happy to share. It’s been in my life for nearly 25 years. Centralized systems and power dynamics are a part of it. Also a lot of drugs and psychological sickness. But it can also happen to anyone from any walk of life. The child sex trafficking issue gets a lot of attention, but it happens daily to people of all ages, gender, and there’s a lot of labor trafficking too. Especially here in Arizona where I am. A lot of the text messaging scammers we see are people being labor trafficked too. Forgot who reported that one, maybe it was Time? Crazy stuff.