Thought experiment: what would be the reaction of a Pornhub ban?
Tariffs are one thing. Imposing fines on corporations is another. The US has been quite vocal in its objections to corporate pillaging – the imposition of fines on large American corporations – such as Apple, Google and Meta. In one sense these are basically a tax on foreign business – something which does not help to create a more open and fair international business environment.
How can a nation respond to corporate pillaging? Let’s take Canada, the erstwhile 51st State as a possible example. Recent tit-for-tats on tariffs have been like watching two table tennis masters at the Olympics. It’s an on again off again approach that has the markets in turmoil, business fretting over the coming quarter, and politicians worried for the next election cycle.
One begins to ask oneself how tariffs and/or corporate pillaging can be used to national advantage. Much like the TikTok ban back in 2024, the US, with its revived nationalistic MAGA fervour and conservative gait, could kill two metaphorical birds with but one stone. How can you promote family values while helping to Make America Healthy Again? Well, you could start by getting your young men out of their parents’ basements reducing their need for Kleenex and helping to get them laid. A simple ban the Canadian-owned purveyor of adult entertainment, Pornhub, would practically do this overnight.
Banning the plethora of porn ’tube’ and ’hub’ sites would have a dramatic effect on the US male population and thereby its economic, spiritual and physical potential. As illegal migrants are removed, and new job opportunities emerge, young men (and women) will begin to emerge from their self-imposed, self-pleasuring isolation in search of excitement and fulfilment of the carnal kind. They may decide to find a girl or boy, settle down and maybe get married... Cat Steven’s lyrics might once again lead the call to breed. And what better place to meet a mate than at work? Work, don’t wank could be the campaign slogan. Or more aptly Wank don’t work....
An American friend once proposed something similar. When complaining about Middle Eastern violence, he suggested that the US government (probably via USAID) provide free internet access, free game consoles, and free access to paywall porn to the young Islamic men who were creating trouble on the streets. The bonus would be a new market for Kleenex and reclining gaming chairs, and a fapped-out Caliphate-in-waiting.
On a more serious note, social decline, falling birth rates and apathy in the face of the coming AI overlords, needs to be overcome. Society will not change by itself. We need to engage in nudging behaviours that encourage change. As the saying goes, if you don’t like your life, change it. Surely, we have the technology to help us do this!
