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> There has been an escalation of porn compared to the 70s, but so has also every from of consumption and consumerism. What is not clear is if peoples ability t
by ch4s3 6y ago
> There has been an escalation of porn compared to the 70s, but so has also every from of consumption and consumerism. What is not clear is if peoples ability to adapt and filter out the extreme aspects has also increased.
Violence in movies are also more extreme. As is violence in music, violence in news flows, and violence in the messages of peoples social communities.
And yet, all across the OECD since ~1990 violent crime is down, teen pregnancy is down, and on and on and on. For all of the pearl clutching about the morality and decency of this stuff it doesn't seem to be ruining society.
- MayeulC 6y agoThere is likely other factors at play. You can't really conclude that "this stuff" is harmless just looking at the tendencies. I agree though that I my pick for what is ruining society would be something else...
- LifeLiverTransp 6y agoSex is the bargaining chip of one of the sexes. Its availability - even virtual, lowers the value of that bargaining chip. Thus endless moral stampedes to curb the devaluation.
- slg 6y ago>For all of the pearl clutching about the morality and decency of this stuff it doesn't seem to be ruining society. I won't blame free porn for this, but I mean have you looked at American society in recent months? It seems well on the path to being ruined.
- ben_w 6y agoI agree America looks that way, but how different are reality and news? For good and ill. I get the impression that the ratings-grabbing parts of news alternate between chest-thumping tribalism and nut-picking.
- slg 6y agoAmerica is going to have by far the worst handling of the pandemic compared to similar western democracies. We had a real world test as a society and we failed. That isn't just the news fudging things to grab viewers.