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Originally Posted by Robbie
Aren't Democrats in power in California right NOW? And isn't that where all these new anti-porn laws are happening...NOW?
You really think that Democrats are any "better" than Republicans? I sure don't.
When they come out (like Libertarians do) and say that people should be FREE. And abolish drug laws that restrict ADULTS from living the way they please...and abolish all these "obscenity" laws that throw ADULTS into prison for filming ADULTS having consensual sex...then I'll believe it.
Until then...all I can tell you is that the 2-party system has ruled our country TOGETHER for a long, long time. And TOGETHER they are responsible for everything happening.
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Democrats are popular in California, they win elections, and they have a fairly open and transparent party process that could be engaged by people in or allied with the porn professions.
A couple years ago the Chair of the LA County Dems and Vice Chair of the California Democratic Party attended and participated in a session at XBiz360. I didn't get my exchange with him on video, but I did get him to spell out the steps that LA porners could take to defend themselves successfully from AHF/Weinstein tactics.
Libertarians are an ideological group that work for or are inspired by the Koch brothers and their money, and maybe a few extreme "cyberlibertarians" like the folks at EFF and the SilkRoad website.
I have helped both types achieve some successes in the election arena. I have occasionally had success in keep some individual from both camps accountable, too. Your odds of keeping parties that publish their own constitutions and bylaws, have open meetings in public venues at the advertised time and date are slightly higher, but only if you show up again and again, even if you feel unwelcome at first. Especially of you keep showing up in greater or equal numbers after years of feeling unwelcome and uneasy.
My sense is that Weinstein & camp are unwelcome, but they keep showing up. I am pretty sure most LA porners were more busy with XBiz and AVN plans than the recent endorsing conventions. They will get the same results they always have, for that same investment.
People with similar private & commercial interests in adult free speech in my area will do incrementally, progressively better at achieving representation while in LA they will continue to flail, unless there is some serious, new examination of why things are the way the are.