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Volcel jokes aside, that's unfortunate.

Overall, I do think China is on the right track. but they def. have their issues with trying to legislate morality a little too much.

I don't think Gianna Michaels/hentai is going to inspire the populace to take up arms in a capitalist revolution.

  • Kappapillar [comrade/them,undecided]
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    3 years ago

    If it's pointless, then you're angry at an immaterial ideal rather than the material reality of the citizens themselves. You're objecting, as an outsider, to something of no consequence. People who live there experience the material conditions, so you're just vaguely gesticulating on suppositions and hypotheticals. As a Marxist-Leninist, I hereby banish you to the :gulag:
    US "freedom" brainwashing has gotten the best of us, comrade. Material conditions are what affect people the most

        • budoguytenkaichi [he/him,they/them]
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          3 years ago

          Prove...what? That it's silly to do that?

          Okay, look at everywhere that does freely allow pornography. By and large porn being available doesn't significantly hurt anyone in those places, so why would it be any different in China?

          • Kappapillar [comrade/them,undecided]
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            3 years ago

            Is there any reason China shouldn't? Who is significantly harmed in a tangible way by this? Also Japan's got some pretty fucked up stuff going on with its hentai, and I think there's an easy argument to be made that it negatively impacts the people there.

              • Kappapillar [comrade/them,undecided]
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                3 years ago

                Yeah, I agree that hentai is a symptom, not a cause of the awful culture around sex that Japan suffers from. Like, a lot of men feel guilt or shame for having sexual desire, and that sucks.
                I appreciate the acknowledgement that it most likely does impact the social status of women and on that grounds might warrant banning.
                "However, in my opinion, arguing that the excesses of Hentai are the specific reason for the alienation [...]"
                I didn't say this, but I'm sure someone has.
                I mostly brought up hentai because OP made the claim that porn usually doesn't harm people and I threw it in there sorta just to be petty.
                My point to OP remains though: if he doesn't believe the legislation is even effective, then what harm is it doing? What tangible consequence is he objecting to?