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Though the internet has brought us a revolution in communications and access to information and disinformation alike. After years of waiting for "the Revolution" to finally get rid of the ruling elite and corporate psychpaths I have finally concluded that the internet with all its porn and other distractions might be our new opiate of the masses. I would bet if you yank this monkey off the backs on all the porn addicts which is probably 60 to 90% of the population that uses the internet then we will see rebellion. So yank the sucker (I mean the internet you pervs). Sure there will be those saying 'this is another violation of our basic freedoms' or 'this is just more corporatization of the public commons'. I say 'Yeah it is. So? I do not see people up in arms over the fact that he airwaves were public domain or the sky is a basic commons polluted by planes and sattlites. But yank a porn addict's porn. Then you will have Revolution.' So I say kill the internet! Do it I dare you! Of course if the fascists wanted to crush any Revolution then instead they would gives us even more porn and faster downloads with more wide-bands so we can all get our jollies off some stupid celeberty doing some 'amateur' porn. If that is the case then "The Revolution will be pornographized"
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But in the end, this post is right on. We're sacrificing or ignoring important human connections that need to be made between people - this is rejuvenation for the soul but it's stifled every time with get off with our machines and the cold images of fucking.
I'm of the opinion that revolution can take place through public acts of love. If we're going to shut down the purely sexual urge in porn addicts, let's make sure to provide a public atmosphere that's more supportive of human on human interactions.
In fact this "talking about it" is the best rememdy for most anti-social disorders or addictions. Is it wrong to talk about how the booty looks so fine? Could it be seen as sexual harrasment? It's a fine line I'm sure, but that might be part of the cause, where sexual desire is high but social "norms" discourage taboo discussion or "forward" proposals. Perhaps the rise of internet porn is a release mechanism for sexual expression that is still very much repressed, yet aroused publicly by the neocons.
Of course, this works quite well in the framework of selfish atomized individuals - divided we are conquered - my participation in sex is very personal, but perhaps unnecessarily so - do I wish we could all just tell each other why and how (or if) we'd like to bone each other? Maybe. It'd certainly make for more interesing water cooler discussion.
And so I'm looking for acknowledgment for useful therapies to curb the addiction, cause quitting cold-turkey on such a larger-scale yet more intimate problem, might not be the best course of action.
This is a great discussion topic - I hope others will contribute.