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.
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.