DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others

https://lemmy.world/post/7982695

DOJ announces arrests in ‘high-end brothel network’ used by elected officials, military officers and others - Lemmy.World

If the girls were sex trafficked I have a problem with this, if they were free to do as they please, then I have no issue with this.
Regardless of whether someone was trafficked, folks in positions of power choosing to disregard the law is an issue.
Sex shouldn’t be illegal if it occurs between two consenting adults.
Consent can be hard to judge when you have wildly disparate financial powers.
It shouldn’t. But if elected officials are breaking the law instead of fixing it, that is bad.

Not really.

I’d give 0 shits if people in ‘positions of power’ smoked marijuana while it was illegal.

Heck, I’d support them for their civil disobedience!

Nothing in the article suggests it wasn’t consensual, but you never know
That is why the context matters.
Since it’s illegal and probably secret from their wives, it opens the client to blackmail, which isn’t good for the public if they’re in government or military.