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A tradition here is: there is always a controversial loli thread. ALWAYS.

While that may be true of Neoliberalism and the radical Left, I think you’re caught in a bit of a catch-22. The very word liberal means to be in favor of more freedom for individual people, and the fact that there are people who call themselves that but they are pedantically fighting for a fascist nightmare doesn’t change what the philosophy originally stood for. Go back and read the founders like Rousseau, Locke, and Thomas Jefferson and compare that with the “liberalism” of today. It has been corrupted into its equivalent opposite.

I am now curious to read upon evolution of (american) liberalism. It's amazing how the american leftist stereotype is so radically different as opposed to the 2000's. Back then it was more like "we're against the man! stick it to the man, man!" now it's like "waaahhhh we can't have sexy women anymore! it promotes body harm!" There has to be some studies on this.

Possibly. It's already illegal in many countries like Canada. But I don't think that will stop anyone really. I wish it would not be illegal so importing/exporting loli content could be done with no worries and artists could sell loli art in those countries to make it without any worries. But really if I'd get arrested for it then so be it and it wouldn't be without a fight. Laws aren't going to stop me from enjoying what I like when there's no harm in it.

Loli is already Illegal in Australia, people really have been fined for the possession of drawings. But the only reason anyone ever gets caught is because the border force opens all our mail, so just don't import anything.
I've followed plenty of loli artists on fanbox for years with no worries, the government may have some awful authoritarian ambitions but their rampant incompetence wins out every time.

Are fines the only/most common thing that gets handed? Do they also get registered as a sex offender or not?

the whole world is recognising the dangers of lolicon and its "subcultures" like shotacon and are actively trying to outlaw it (most recent was Taiwan, the "number one export of anime and manga" apart from the U.S.). if I remember right, lozer said that only out of 200,000 requests made to this site, only 25,000 were for lolishit, so i'm suprised he hasn't purged it from here yet lol. gonna become a huge legal risk in the next 1-3 years I reckon

"""dangers"""

The possibilities are greater than zero