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Pun aside, on a socio-cultural and legal level yes it is relative, it all depends how far separated you are on the cousin tree and what is legally and culturally acceptable. Like in many Middle Eastern countries first cousin marriages is straight up normal and not considered incest.
It's legal in a lot of states in the US
so is child marriage in most states
Capitalism is legal in all states and territories.
Fucked up if true
Sure but culturally it is a lot less normalized than in the Middle East.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i_pbV8M73A0
They may not consider it incest, but it sure the fuck is.
Is it? What makes it incest and at what distance does sex with a relative is no longer considered incest?
I'm not prepared to state that, but when your tree looks like a small diamond, that's an issue.
Emirates even have to put bling in their genealogy? Where does it end?!
Sure on a biological level