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  • Thebestposter [she/her,they/them]
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    2 years ago

    I mean sure it's just direct evidence that more than one US head of state and multiple billionaires were child molesters, but you're bored now I guess.

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Yes.

      I mean, we're never gonna know any more details on it. And I think it's pretty clear what was going on: if you're rich and powerful and you were are pederast, Epstein would hook you up. And eventually the CIA approached him and he provided them with blackmail material.

      And that's, I think, the story. These notions that Epstein was at the center of some conspiracy that would bring down the capitalist class was always (IMO) the drug-fueled vision quests of guys like Matt Christman and Brace Belden.

      I'm just not interested in giving it more of my mental energy. Uncovering the people involved isn't gonna bring around some revolution or even move the needle one bit. I'd love to see the people involved faced consequences but that's a fantasy at this point.

      (All this isn't directed at you, of course, just venting my feelings on it).

      • pink_mist [she/her]
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        2 years ago

        So did the rich and powerful just stop fucking kids cold turkey after he got arrested? Shouldn't we be asking who the new Epstein is?

        • DinosaurThussy [they/them]
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          2 years ago

          I think a less :grillman: way to say the same thing is that Epstein was not the lynchpin in the conspiracy and the alternative to him getting suicided was not “the entire operation falls apart and we have an international reckoning with the fact that anyone with 8 figures or more in their bank account has fucked a child without exception”. This stuff was true before Epstein, we had a moment where everyone happened to really latch onto the story, that moment passed without any major organizations seizing it, and now this stuff is still true. These articles have come out periodically for decades.

          “Hey, the elites are fucking kids.”

          “Hey, rich people are doing sex tourism.”

          “Hey, we busted a pedophile sex ring and there’s almost certainly way more of them we didn’t bust.”

          “Hey, yet another celebrity has credible accusations of abusive pedophilia going back decades.”

          “Hey. Hey. Hey.”

          It’s yet another issue that is enabled by capitalism. I think if a rando on the internet has the interest and time to do original research on this issue, it would be a good use of their time. Personally, I am far too triggered by the subject to immerse myself in it to the extent that would be necessary.

        • ElChapoDeChapo [he/him, comrade/them]
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          2 years ago

          I wouldn't think there's a single new Epstein as much as there always were others doing the same job he did

          Maybe it's just one of the cushier retirement packages for aging :cia: agents that lets them have fun while continuing to serve the capital and :epstein: was just the one sloppy enough to get caught one too many times

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        1 year ago

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      • TankieTanuki [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        some conspiracy that would bring down the capitalist class

        I never heard Matt or Brace say this.