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In reply to the discussion: Chomsky on Porn [View all]joshcryer
(62,287 posts)It is obvious when you piece together what he says but because he takes a more conservative stance personally the underlying intent is lost.
If you and your partner were out of a job and needed to pay rent and someone were to tell you that they would pay for you to have sex on camera, and this is not something that you were inclined to do, then you would certainly be degraded in that respect.
I have doubts that Chomsky is even aware of amateur stuff or the more mainstream stuff that is surfacing these days. Back in the day pornography was about exploitation but with the advent of the internet and HD cameras it is something that anyone can get in to and get out of at will.
20 years ago it was very hard to get out of the industry.
Today you can do it one time, ten times, a hundred times, doesn't matter. You can go independent and run your own service, you can work under the auspices of another more well known name, but you aren't as exploited as the porn stars of the late 80s and 90s and even early 2000s were.
I would bet $100 that if someone asked Chomsky, "What do you think of Kink.com's pornographic material?" he would indeed have the same response as he did when asked about ... Lady Gaga. "I'm not aware of it, I personally think porn is degrading as it is exploitive because of the economic nature of capitalism."