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What Hegel might have called the cunning of reason at work. Porn has had and is having an extremely destructive and deranging effect on people, especially the
by lo_zamoyski 4y ago
What Hegel might have called the cunning of reason at work.
Porn has had and is having an extremely destructive and deranging effect on people, especially the young and especially men, especially given its ubiquity and accessibility today on the internet. It corrupts their ability and motivation to seek out and develop healthy relationships with others. I'm sure it plays some role in the demographic crisis. Whereas Gen X and even Gen Y (Millennials) were first exposed to pornography in very limited ways (the odd Playboy magazine), Gen Z has been practically raised on porn having been exposed to indefinite amounts of it on their smartphones.
I welcome the withering of "porn culture" and the crippling of this depraved industry of exploitation and corruption. It destroys individuals and rots societies.
- msla 4y agoDo you have any evidence whatsoever for pornography having the effects you claim?
- cykros 4y agoArguably, the phone itself as an object of instant gratification seems more the issue here than the porn being accessed on it. Sure, easily available porn may short circuit some normal sexual interaction, but the phone as an alternative to actual social interaction seems surely the more pervasive problem. Humans can do just fine without much in the way of sexual interaction, as evidenced by centuries of communities across a variety of cultures that take oaths of celibacy. I'm not so sure the same can be said of large groups of people sharing resources in common without having social skills.