• freebee@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    Still trying to wrap my head around how at that time and in that context and when so many technology CEOs and celebrity/politically active people seem involved, they were all sending these plain text emails, didn’t bother the least to try to make communication more secure and private

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      2 months ago

      Rich people unfortunately don’t need to fear being prosecuted. They know very well that they are above the law.

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        2 months ago

        Ummm, you realize that all of this came about because a rich guy went to jail, right?

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          Epstein wasn’t a ‘real’ rich guy, he was an uplifted peasant fall guy. Dude was a fucking teacher until someone made him the designated head of the worldwide child trafficking ring.

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            2 months ago

            LOL you say that like any billionaires are “self made”. He was a billionaire who was closely connected to to elite people around the world. That’s the only reason this is such a scandal.

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              2 months ago

              Most billionaires either inherit obscene wealth or luck into an insane ROI by accident (or both, like Elon Musk)

              What I’m saying is Jeffrey Epstein was made a billionaire by other billionaires specifically to be the guy who takes the fall if the shit hits the fan.

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      2 months ago

      I mean none of them will face any real consequences from this because the American public are too lazy and stupid to make them, so why wouldn’t they?

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      Assuming it was the state-backed honeypot it seems to be, plus the fact that the rich don’t face consequences unless they turn on their own kind, that explains most of the wide-reaching clientele and the lack of concern for hiding it.