Pornography, OnlyFans, and the Unraveling of the American Empire

In the twilight of the 20th century, the United States stood as the uncontested hegemon of the world a beacon of democracy, economic might, technological innovation, and cultural influence. Yet, as we approach the midpoint of the 21st century, cracks in this structure have widened into chasms. Central to this decay is the rampant sexualization of society, amplified by the pornography industry and platforms like OnlyFans. This phenomenon is not merely a cultural shift but a profound demoralization process that erodes the nuclear family, undermines social cohesion, and accelerates the decline of the American empire. The commodification of intimacy represents a self-inflicted wound, mirroring the moral collapses that have fallen upon empires throughout histroy. Far from womens empowerment, it is a symptom of systemic failure, where economic desperation has met a spiritual void, contributing to a rapid a civilization's collapse.

From Fringe to Normalized
The rise of sexualization in Western culture can be traced to the mid-20th century's sexual revolution, but its explosion in the digital age has been rapid. Pornography, once confined to seedy theaters and magazines, has become a multi-billion-dollar corporate industry accessible to anyone with a phone. By 2025, over 42 million Americans regularly consume adult videos, with 78% of men and 61% of the general population reporting pornography use(with more than half experincing symoptons of sexual addiction).

Globally, the industry generates staggering profits estimated at $76.17 billion, with forecasts to exceed $118 billion by 2030. For context; the NFL generates $23 billion, the NBA generates $11 billion, and FIFA projected $13 billion for its 2023-2026 World Cup cycle. Between 2004 and 2016, the number of people viewing online pornography has tripled, reflecting a 310% increase in prevalence.

Enter OnlyFans, launched in 2016, which transformed passive consumption into participatory commodification. By 2025, the platform boasts 305 million fan accounts (meaning aspiring pornstars) and generates $7.2 billion in gross revenue, up from $6.6 billion in 2024, a 9% year-over-year increase despite broader economic slowdowns. From 2019 to 2023, OnlyFans revenue skyrocketed by 2,233%, driven by 210 million users and 2.1 million creators, 70% of whom are female. What began as a niche for adult content has ballooned into a "creator economy” lifeline amid stagnant wages, rising debt, and fear of AI-driven job displacement. As one observer notes, OnlyFans is "the Uber of the human body," a survival mechanism in a system where traditional paths to prosperity have eroded. This platform, often framed as female empowerment, instead exemplifies hypersexualization: women monetizing their bodies in a digital marketplace, reducing intimacy to scalable content. Normalizing individuals to become pornstars and to create porn from home.

This rise is intertwined with media's broader sexualization. From hypersexualized advertising to social media algorithms prioritizing provocative content, youth are bombarded with distorted norms. Studies show that sexualized media consumption correlates with higher odds of sexual coercion, perpetration, and victimization among adolescents. For girls, it fosters self-sexualization linked to lower well-being, while boys internalize aggressive gender roles. The result? A culture where sexuality is decoupled from meaning, paving the way for societal demoralization.

The Bedrock of Stability Crumbles
The nuclear family once the cornerstone of American society has been systematically undermined by this sexual tide. In 1950, married couples comprised 78% of U.S. households; by 2025, that figure has plummeted to 47%. Marriage rates have halved since the 1960s, while divorce rates, though stabilizing at around 40% for recent marriages, remain elevated compared to pre-sexual revolution eras. Birth rates have similarly collapsed, dropping to half of mid-20th-century levels, exacerbating demographic crises. Cohabitation has surged as a fragile alternative, with dissolution rates four times higher than marriages.

Pornography plays a starring role in this erosion. Psychological research consistently links it to decreased relationship satisfaction, reduced positive communication, and heightened psychological aggression between partners. Users report lower sex-life satisfaction, distorted views of intimacy, and increased divorce risks up to 63% for frequent viewers. OnlyFans amplifies this by commodifying women, fostering "digital sex work" that prioritizes short-term gains over long-term bonds. As critics argue, it represents "commodified desperation," where economic pressures push women into roles that undermine fidelity and family formation. Men, meanwhile, are demoralized by porn addiction and video games, leading to delayed marriages and fertility declines. This breakdown has cascading effects. Children from unstable families face higher risks of mental health issues, poverty, and intergenerational dysfunction. The "gooner epidemic” (chronic porn consumption) exacerbates isolation, with billions diverted from weddings to platforms like OnlyFans. In essence, sexualization has transformed the family from a sacred institution into a disposable commodity, mirroring a broader cultural framgmentation, with no sign of healing, most likely leading to a complete breakdown of the United States.

Machinery of Demoralization
This sexual onslaught aligns eerily with Yuri Bezmenov's framework of ideological subversion, a KGB strategy to destabilize the West through four stages demoralization, destabilization, crisis, and normalization. Demoralization, the longest phase (he said 15-20 years), targets education, religion, and morals, rendering societies unable to discern truth. In the U.S. this manifests as the erosion of Judeo-Christian values, replaced by hyper-individualism and hedonism (a philosophy holding that pleasure, or happiness, is the highest good and ultimate goal of life). Pornography and OnlyFans accelerate this by desacralizing intimacy, normalizing sex work/porn, fostering addiction (affecting 11% of men and 3% of women, most likley much higher), and promoting loneliness, depression, and self-doubt.

Social media exacerbates the issue, with algorithms pushing sexualized content that warps youth perceptions. Early exposure, around 79% of young men view porn monthly distorting gender roles, leading to violence, eating disorders, and reduced sexual agency. As Bezmenov warned, demoralized societies prioritize base desires over collective good, weakening institutions like family and faith. This "decay" is not organic but amplified by economic incentives stagnant wages force "survival sex work," while cultural narratives frame it as liberation. The outcome? A populace too fragmented and hedonistic to sustain empire.

Internal Rot to External Fall
Demoralization's toll on the U.S. empire is profound. Family breakdown strains social services, reduces workforce productivity, and accelerates demographic aging, birth rates below replacement levels, signaling a shrinking tax base and military pool. Economically, porn addiction costs billions in lost output, while OnlyFans diverts capital from productive investments to ephemeral consumption. Culturally, it fosters a "disposable" mindset, easily upgrade your relationships via apps, eroding loyalty and resilience.

This internal rot invites external vulnerabilities. A demoralized society lacks the moral fiber for sustained defense or innovation, mirroring Bezmenov's crisis stage where destabilization leads to collapse. Rising child abuse, linked to porn's normalization since the 1960s, further fragments cohesion. Politically incorrect as it may be, this sexual havoc decoupling propagation from ideology acts like a virus, dooming unsustainable systems. Without reversal, the U.S. risks implosion, ceding global primacy.

Echoes of History
History shows us the future. The Roman Empire's fall in 476 AD is often attributed to moral decay rampant prostitution, sexual excesses, and family disintegration weakened social bonds, making it vulnerable to barbarian invasions. Emperor Caligula's depravities symbolized this rot, eroding civic virtue and military discipline. Similarly, ancient Greece's decline post-Peloponnesian War involved hedonism and demographic slumps, as Plato lamented the loss of familial piety.

The Byzantine Empire, Rome's successor, succumbed in 1453 amid internal decadence, including widespread corruption and sexual scandals that fractured unity. The Ottoman Empire's 19th-century "Sick Man of Europe" phase featured harem excesses and moral laxity, contributing to territorial losses and eventual dissolution in 1922. In each case, sexualization signaled deeper entropy: when empires prioritize pleasure over purpose, they invite conquest.

Orientalist literature even highlights how "deviant" sexual fantasies in declining societies masked structural failures, much like today's digital porn. These patterns substantiate that moral decay manifest in hypersexualization undermines empires by sapping vitality, much as it does the modern West.


Reclaiming the Sacred or Embracing Oblivion
The rise of sexualization, pornography, and OnlyFans is not mere cultural evolution but a demoralizing force dismantling the nuclear family and precipitating America's imperial decline. Backed by statistics, psychology, and history, this analysis reveals a civilization commodifying its soul, echoing the falls of Rome, Byzantium, and others. Yet, history also offers hope revivals through renewed virtue. Whether the U.S. reverses course reprioritizing family, faith, and meaning or succumbs remains an open question. In this eclipse of virtue, the choice is ours, but the hour grows late, very late indeed.

Analysis By The Societal News Team 23DEC2025