• pooh [she/her, love/loves]
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              1 year ago

              I remain convinced that Epstein’s entire fortune was given to him in exchange for his work as a pimp.

              I think you’re right, and didn’t Wexner give Epstein a lot of support early on?

              My grand (unverified) theory is that the whole thing was a Mossad op designed to blackmail the rich and powerful in the US and elsewhere not long after Robert Maxwell (Ghislaine’s dad and Israeli spy) was killed and a major Israeli spy ring was destroyed when Pollard was arrested.

            • alcoholicorn [comrade/them, doe/deer]
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              1 year ago

              Of course that's why he was elevated. But since he wasn't born there, he wasn't trusted. Ghislane on the otherhand was raised entirely in that society and would never betray them.

            • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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              1 year ago

              My only objection to this is that I think some of the money come from blackmail as well.

        • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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          1 year ago

          Apparently spez admitted in the most recent AMA that Reddit is not profitable, so I don't know how much longer he will have that new money

            • aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]
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              1 year ago

              Yeah he'll always be very rich, but there's no guarantee he'll hold onto his CEO status stuff forever. Like attending all the fancy events and mingling with the other billionaire parasites . Losing access to that would hurt someone with a CEO ego.

            • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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              1 year ago

              Uber had a business plan, though. They wanted to force all private transport and public transport out of business by underselling the market until their competition collapsed, then exploit their monopoly to squeeze people dry.