When I was in prison I was approached about creating an app to sell/buy kidneys for third world countries by a guy with really good connections. I was like traffic in human body parts? Yeah no.
Then the next app old boy wanted help with was 'arranged marriage' in countries that practice that where it was more of a bride auction marketplace. So now straight human trafficking? Again pass.
He finally settled on a project where he and his son arrange for people overseas to come study in the USA. What? How do you go from human trafficking to something harmless like that? They have to live/stay on his properties so he was directing money straight to himself, and after they got to the USA his 'associates' coerced them into signing contracts to work for his companies for X years. So basically human trafficking again, and sanctioned and sponsored by these peoples home country (whom he had connections within and who was paying for these people to study overseas). Now that I'm thinking about this I should probably look into if there is a way to report this.
Smart dude with lots of money but he just couldn't not be shady AF. He thought all of these were perfectly legit things and was surprised when I didn't.
Solving the root problem is outside the realm of startups. You must know the difference between problems that have political solutions and those which are primarily solvable through business activity.
In this case, if a platform existed that made it easy to connect donors with people in need, organized the transplant with reputable surgeons, provided insurance, and guaranteed the donor or their family were suitably compensated, then I imagine this would be far better than whatever black market horrors go on now.
A person should be allowed body autonomy – it’s their body, their choice. If you want to sell one of your spare organs such as a kidney, or maybe all your organs if you’re planning to euthanize, that should be your right.
Raising a family out of deep poverty will always take luck or sacrifice, there is no other way out.
Don't pull the "my body my choice" bs, because it doesn't apply when commerce is involved. You're free to cut out your own organs, you're not free to create a system of economic incentives for that process, because that's outside of your body and clearly in the realm of broader social impact. I know you know that the government regulates business.
This problem is solvable through social programs, and I made another post in this thread explaining how I think that might work.
