DARRELL writes:

One problem with pornography, and the reason it is propagated by elites, is that it tends to destroy the capacity of men for self-government.  And if men can’t govern themselves they certainly cannot govern their families, workplaces and political institutions.

The purpose of pornography is to create moral anarchism and produces men who are either governed by their passions or fundamentally controlled by guilt.  Such men must be governed by an outside entity, typically the state.

Here is relevant quote from R.J. Rushdoony’s book Noble Savages, which was originally published under the title The Politics of Pornography:

Moral anarchism is used to destroy every form of social stability and order in order to pave the way for totalitarian order. Christianity gives to man the faith and character for self-government, and morality is the essence of self-discipline and self-government. Dissolve man’s self-government, and you make a totalitarian authority over him a social necessity. It becomes apparent, therefore, that the link between pornography and revolutionary totalitarianism is a necessary one. The rise of totalitarianism has always been preceded by moral anarchism, and those seeking tyrannical powers over man have always worked to reduce man to a dependent position by undercutting his moral self-government and responsibility. The rise and triumph of pornography is a prelude to totalitarianism. Moral anarchy is the seed-bed of tyranny.

Laura writes:

This is an excellent statement. Pornography destroys manhood and character. It undermines democracy in the same way mass government-controlled schooling does. The idea that pornography is virile, a throwing off of the shackles of feminism, is wrong. This notion is hopelessly wrong. Pornography drags men down and enslaves them. A porn addict is no more manly than a drunk stumbling through a back alley with a bottle of gin. The difference between porn and alcohol, however, is that even moderate use of pornography weakens a man.

Darrell mentions that pornography produces men “fundamentally controlled by guilt.” That’s a fascinating observation. Pornography use is adulterous, a violation of the ninth commandment. But even men who do not “believe in” the ninth commandment cannot fully escape the sense of violating some higher norm. 

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