• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    theater meant to placate the angry masses

    Thousands of years into our civilization and the oldest tricks still work the best. The more things change and all that.

    edit: that said, Epstein was almost definitely working as a double-agent between various organizations, maybe a quadruple agent or more, he wasn’t so well-connected and powerful just because he dealt children, he also dealt secrets between superpowers, so just having contact with him as a state official puts a massive spotlight on you as a security risk.

    National governments care a lot more about you being a security risk than they do about you hurting kids.