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Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

Socialism is a political system based around the fair distribution of wealth and the means of production, it has nothing to do with sexual abuse, which I actually credit you with knowing already. If you want to strip it down in vulgar language you seem to understand, the exploitation of labour for sex trafficking is inherently capitalistic at it's core.

I mean, I know this crap plays well on here on here these days, but this really is crass and disgusting to use sexual abuse to bait. Really weird but completely on brand for the poster and the forum.

I think he means the cultural left rather than the economic left so really he means "the liberal left" rather than socialist left... obviously socialism has nothing at all to do with this.

It's difficult to argue that liberalism doesn't come into the equation though. Objectively speaking there IS a sub-cultural element to these grooming gangs (namely, underlying attitudes and ideas about white girls and women that can be prominent in young Asian men) but there's a push to deny or not acknowledge that aspect for fear of being seen as racist, or similarly to the Trans debate, out of fear that acknowledging things that are exploited by actual bigots and racists is "adding fuel to the fire" or somehow aligning with those more extreme views.

if there had been less hesitancy to say "Yes, there are worrying views and attitudes propagating in these communities that need to be addressed" then these gangs might well have been identified and dismantled far earlier.