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Why block porn? The cynical answer is this: Government is about power, and power is about sex. Boiled down to it's raw animal fundamentals, having power is abo

Why block porn? The cynical answer is this: Government is about power, and power is about sex. Boiled down to it's raw animal fundamentals, having power is about being able to maximise your reproductive chances and suppress the reproductive chances of lesser males. As a result, the powerful will always impose a (hypocritical) morality on the weak. Even if it just provides a symbolic victory over their libido, it plays an age-old role in cementing the pecking-order of society.

gadders 13y ago
>Boiled down to it's raw animal fundamentals, having power is about being able to maximise your reproductive chances and suppress the reproductive chances of lesser males. So blocking porn minismises the reproductive chances of lesser males? So you feel that watching porn would enhance their reproductive success?
- lhnz 13y ago
  I don't think he's saying that. I think he's making an abstract argument about the symbolism of blocking access to sexuality.
- w_t_payne 13y ago
  I didn't say it was anything more than a symbolic act, or perhaps an unconscious throwback to a primitive sociological drive. I seriously doubt that those who crusade for a restrictive moral code have the self-awareness to recognise their motivation for what it is.
vixen99 13y ago
Lesser males having their reproductive chances lessened? In the UK no substantive government moves have yet been made (open to correction) against those usually unemployed feckless not over-bright males who casually father many children by a number of different women.
- w_t_payne 13y ago
  Stop for a second and re-read what you just wrote. Think about the feelings and motivation that led to you writing what you did. Put practicality to one side too; Try not to get distracted by the myriad justifications and nuances of the debate itself, and think about why you hold these beliefs. Does it stem from somewhere cold and rational? Or does it feel "right" on some biological level? Why do you feel the way that you do? Is it too early for me to point to your writing and say "QED"? What do you think?
VLM 13y ago
you're supposed to be spending your time meditating on the false dichotomy of divide and conqueror, daydreaming about "if only the other political side ...". Or viewing the output of one of the few remaining media international megacorps who have purchased the .gov. Daydreaming about the women on /r/gonewild is not effective indoctrination and is not profitable for those who own "our" culture.

gadders 13y ago

>Boiled down to it's raw animal fundamentals, having power is about being able to maximise your reproductive chances and suppress the reproductive chances of lesser males. So blocking porn minismises the reproductive chances of lesser males? So you feel that watching porn would enhance their reproductive success?

lhnz 13y ago
I don't think he's saying that. I think he's making an abstract argument about the symbolism of blocking access to sexuality.
w_t_payne 13y ago
I didn't say it was anything more than a symbolic act, or perhaps an unconscious throwback to a primitive sociological drive. I seriously doubt that those who crusade for a restrictive moral code have the self-awareness to recognise their motivation for what it is.

vixen99 13y ago

Lesser males having their reproductive chances lessened? In the UK no substantive government moves have yet been made (open to correction) against those usually unemployed feckless not over-bright males who casually father many children by a number of different women.

w_t_payne 13y ago
Stop for a second and re-read what you just wrote. Think about the feelings and motivation that led to you writing what you did. Put practicality to one side too; Try not to get distracted by the myriad justifications and nuances of the debate itself, and think about why you hold these beliefs. Does it stem from somewhere cold and rational? Or does it feel "right" on some biological level? Why do you feel the way that you do? Is it too early for me to point to your writing and say "QED"? What do you think?

VLM 13y ago

you're supposed to be spending your time meditating on the false dichotomy of divide and conqueror, daydreaming about "if only the other political side ...". Or viewing the output of one of the few remaining media international megacorps who have purchased the .gov. Daydreaming about the women on /r/gonewild is not effective indoctrination and is not profitable for those who own "our" culture.