The final victory of pornography in the United States lies not in the ubiquity of hardcore porn on every phone but rather the extent to which society tolerates it. We have laws against obscenity on the books in every state and at the federal level. But prosecutors everywhere find excuses not to bring obscenity charges.
They cite First Amendment concerns. They worry about shifting community standards. They plead limited resources. It’s always someone else’s job to enforce the laws — feds wait for the states, states wait for the counties, counties for the cops.
