to point out a few things....

"pederasty can enjoy a renaissance through some sort of extension of market logic strikes me as implausible." -- I think that from the perspective of those living in the reality of what pederasty has been (not pretty), I can see where the other poster is coming from. Especially in the light that Roger Moody wrote about (i think either in "Minor Problems" or "The NAMBLA Journal")(Or was it "Pan"??) Where he said that many of the "boylove beauty spots" have been in places where u.s. dictatorships reign. Or at least where neocolonialism has laid a heavy burden. I think of Hondurus (spelling?) and Sri Lanka. In the former, Tom Reeves wrote about. In the latter, i think it was "PAN", about Sri Lanka. Of course, i think what you aim at is a place where EGALITARIANISM runs the day with boylove. Well, most BLs probably have no or little experience with that (whom are voiceferous anyway). Tho i do know of some ex-pats who went and lived in the way Roger Moody promoted (living in the way of the Natives, not flouting one's Western Privileges) (a hard swallow for most Settler people world-wide, i suspect.) What do you think? "And this is where we come to the movement that we're seeing rising around the world for a genuine people's democracy that seeks to repair community in the wake of the devastation left behind by decades of neoliberalism, and to repair nature, and our relationship with nature." -- Yes YES!! You and me want to side with the OPPRESSED OF THE WORLD, add to their momentum!! And join with the HONORABLE WHISTLEBLOWERS (i.e. some awarded prestigious medals before taking on politically incorrect positions on broad terms!). While many (likely most) BLs/MAPs have been misled about this approach and consciousness. They seem to believe that power resides with the thugs and their owners. With tyranny, since tyranny has so often trespassed on their lives. What i've always counseled has been to bring the YOUTHIC SPLENDOR OF YOUNG PEOPLES' AWESOME CREATIVE INTELLIGENCE to the 'political'/public 'fore'. And NOT be Tooled by the beliefs that we "Must" Follow What Other (more privileged persons) have Done Before Us. Sure, complementing whistleblowers and oppressed groups is one way of doing just that; what i'm saying tho is that YOUNG PEOPLE TEACH in their ORGANIC EXCELLENCE, what groanup response ability CANNOT (and has not, for some 3 thousand years!). AND have ways of TEACHING in their example!! Recalling a quote, but cannot find it; something like: "If violence could change anything we would have long ago been living in the New Jerusalem." i could certainly dive back into your post and find other stuff to reply to but for now i'll leave it at this.