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In reply to the discussion: Chomsky on Porn [View all]joshcryer
(62,280 posts)But I do agree with Chomsky that the porn industry and sex worker industries respectively are currently exploitive under the capitalist system we currently live within.
However, I disagree that they are exploitive as a necessary condition of the product. ie, you can have porn and sex work that is non-exploitive. And I think we're seeing that on the increase as people get access to more and more technology.
And because Chomsky self-admittedly is out of touch with popular culture and doesn't even use computers that much anymore (so much for being an AI guy; don't get me started on his linguistics and AI approaches) he's sort of incapable of giving a consistent answer on this subject.
(already he said he didn't want to outlaw porn while earlier comparing it to child abuse; that does not mean he wouldn't wish for child abuse to be outlawed, as he most certainly would)