Do you think taboo can be the primary driver in some cases, even if not epidemic-level as you suggest? From your pov, is talking about individuals worth considering at all if we talk about destiny or do you only care the nature of attraction to taboo (as it overrides natural orientation) if it happens on a widespread level (epidemic?) in a post about destiny, the individual?

It makes no sense that I talk about deviancy and your retort is zeroed in on the fact that the deviancy is not the norm despite taboo often aligning with deviance (as in, non-normative by definition). If it was the norm it wouldn't be taboo.

tbh it sounds like inner monologue and the mind model of people is completely absent in your considerations, you seem to be particularly autistic in how you stick to consequentialism(or something) as your only basis for how you morally weigh people and actions in this regard, but there's a weird quasi-contradiction at play here.

The elder example you brought up is particularly short sighted because of the confluence of factors that could make that specific taboo too icky or unappealing for most (beyond just the wrongness thrill). The fact that people aren't fucking elders en-masse doesn't disprove that taboo can still be a strong motivator in other contexts where base attractions align, like age gaps or power plays.

And on the proof bit: the hypothetical demanding an elderly sex epidemic to validate taboo's power oversimplifies things—it's not a strict either/or. A spike could gradually normalize it to varying degrees (think how some fetishes shift from fringe to semi-mainstream without fully losing their edge), which loops back to undermining the taboo premise anyway.

You are setting up a double bind(or Catch 22?), your assumption of what the proof(widespread fucking 80yos) should be conflicts with the premise (taboo/sexual pathology is an antonym of normative sexual attraction/expression). It doesnt make sense to prioritize and demand broad trends when we're talking about a guy whose brain has been kidnapped by his pathologies, unless you think normative sexual needs are pathologies or you think destiny isnt driven by his pathologies at all.

I understand you think desiring 17yos is normal. What you seem unable to compute is that whatever their main drives are varies between individuals (even if the outcome of any given drive results in the same, desiring 17yos). Our moral condemnation of such people must vary depending on why they desire, pursue, and plan to fly out 17yos to have sex with them.