I think this is an apples to oranges comparison. The reason I mentioned the alcohol ban is that it and sex are similar levels of entrenched and legal in our society, drugs not so much.
It's true they're similar in that sense, but porn and alcohol are dissimilar in important ways, especially more tangible ways. Primarily, alcohol is a purely physical product, whereas the
vast majority of pornography is now digital. The logistics between banning them are completely different. Banning porn would be way easier.
Also, it's been over a century since prohibition so even tactics and methods of banning that would be different today, it'd likely be easier (for other reasons too, such as cultural differences). I don't think pointing to that is at all compelling.
Both right-wing wrongthink and the KF are niche issues, porn is not.
I intensely disagree. Half the country being discriminated against and having their speech oppressed is a much more mainstream issue than porn, it is why Musk bought Twitter and a factor in Trump's support, especially post-COVID. Most people are (unfortunately) rather blasé about porn on both ends of the political spectrum.
The only governmental approach I can see being attempted is doing what China does, block access for its citizens to whichever websites are deemed problematic.
That would work too, but it may be better to just make it illegal for websites to host pornography and for ISPs to allow access to ones that do.
But hey, if a porn ban does happen in the future and proves me wrong that's fine, I'm just sceptical about the theoretical results.
Fair, I think the biggest hurdle would be public opinion and the courts, but logistically it seems pretty easy. Free speech absolutists and overly prudential judges would probably need to be overruled by executive order or something.
I don't think it's out of the question for porn companies to start pushing out ideas about pedophilia in their content, this will ultimately lead to it's normalization in the eyes of it's viewers.
They would if they could, but they're not going to because it's currently illegal, but if it's ever legalized (Harris 2028 ) you can guarantee it'd be pushed.
Teen doesn't mean illegal teen. The most common genre of porn is legal teenagers. 18 and 19 are legal and the youngest stars you can get while fully developed. The 18-25 age range is peak attractiveness for most women and advertising you have teens is implying that. It's like people searching school girl aren't searching for children, they're searching for adult women wearing blouses and plaid skirts. There's no need to muddy the water when you can find enough evidence of pedophiles making porn without it.
Yeah, muddying the waters just helps pedophiles. Implying that being attracted to 19 year old women makes men pedophiles lets real ones blend in better and will make accusations lose impact. It's possibly the last word you want going the way of Nazi.
