39 points
The whole dollars for blood thing in the US is a uniquely weird fucking thing
This country continues to find new lows day by day year by year
29 points
19 points
37 points
trading blood for a place to live, it’s vampirism with an extra step
32 points
‘donate’
…you keep using that word: i do not think it means what you think it means…
25 points
From what I recall when I “donated plasma”, it’s a dumb loophole that works around some legality regarding “selling plasma”.
The dumb loophole is you “donate plasma” for free but they award you with money.
18 points
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https://www.mintpressnews.com/harvesting-blood-americas-poor-late-stage-capitalism/263175/
This was 2019, so I imagine it’s much worse. But 2% of us exports was blood.
30 points
Can’t even do this in my area. They give you a gift card lol.
