typical EA/rationalist failure mode: they forget to ascribe utilitarian value to symbols. an internet full of videos of CP is a desecration one of the most important symbols of mankind. symbolic loss is real utility loss twitter.com/Aella_Girl/sta
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u make ur own meaning, im not fighting for the symbols im fighting to change the way we relate to them
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for most, meaning is spread mimetically in a way that utilizes the attractor points built into biology: most cultures have a taboo against sexualizing children
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if you consider yourself a consequentialist then utility loss is all about how people DO think rather than how they ought to think
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not sure that cp needs a champion
normalization/desensitization seems like a pretty scary failure mode to your idea
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Flooding the internet with “fake” CP would fill our subconscious with graphic and innately traumatizing imagery. More people would see these images when they close their eyes. This would influence humanity’s perception of normal sexuality and create fetishes and expectations
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