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 Everything is a scourge on society besides eating and working. Every decision people make that deviates from the prescribed life path is a "scourge on society." Premarital sex, alcohol, any and every drug, loud music even. All scourges on society.

So who gives a fuck about society? "Society" is a propaganda term invented by governments to get us to behave like cattle. The perfect member of society is a cog in a machine. The logical conclusion to prioritizing society is authoritarianism. Society, the real thing and not the propaganda term, is an emergent property of human socialization. It doesn't need to be directly managed.

Prioritize yourself and you family, that's all it takes. Porn is bad for you, so teach your kids not to watch it, don't let them watch it, and don't watch it yourself. If you don't even have the strength to do that then you've got no business deciding for the whole world what they should be doing. 
 Telling the world what to do and succeeding is a strength.  You capitalists are full of contradictions because you can't think beyond step 1, maybe 2. 
 Seeking power over others is a character flaw, and indicator that a person is subhuman. People like this need to dangle from a rope.