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I don't care about the Epstein Files. (kbin.melroy.org)

submitted 18 hours ago by Fyrnyx@kbin.melroy.org to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Just as much as I don't care about Epstein himself. He was a billionaire who, unsurprisingly, had his finger in the child sex trafficking ring or whatever the hell he was doing. Whether or not he killed himself, I'm just glad he is dead at all, one less billionaire crooked piece of shit is a nice checkmark in my book.

And everyone has been clamoring for weeks and months now about these Epstein Files to be released. I know why people want them released, but at the same token, it shouldn't be a shock to anyone that nothing is off the table when it comes to being a crooked criminal when it comes to the higher hierarchy.

I mean, how much evidence do we need as a society, as to how corrupted rich people, politicians, religious figures even are? Look at how they all behave, do you really need these files released so that you can just have yet another confirmation on a mountain of other confirmations as to how corrupt and criminal these people are?

Especially Trump of all people, the guy has not been hiding it since the day his fat-ass sat back in office. He's dodged impeachments, he's dodged numerous times of being jailed, of course he's convicted but what good is that when the fucker never saw any harsh punishment for it?

So no, I don't care about the Epstein Files. I'm annoyed so many people invest all of their time and energy into them so far. When, the clear cut evidence is there about how these people operate and the measures they take to dodge any and all accountability. Why do you yet need another confirmation?

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[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 13 points 18 hours ago

My personal theory is that Trump isn't implicated in them. The reason he's fighting so hard to keep them secret is that there are names in there that the public has never heard of. The oligarchy hides behind figureheads like Trump and Musk and Zuck. Those dipshits are nothing without the finaciers getting rich behind their political cover, and those are the people that Epstein would want to blackmail.

Nobody will be surprised if Trump is implicated in the Epstein files. Supporters will continue to reject reality, and critics will simply have yet another confirmation that Trump belongs in prison.

But those other names, the multi-millionaires and billionaires who don't have a rabid cult of followers, they will quickly find themselves under the bus when the files are eventually released. Those people write big checks to corrupt politicians and judges so that they can avoid consequences, but that grift only works if there are no eyes on the process.

Releasing the files will expose countless child rapists, and that's going to hit Republicans right in the war chest. It will hit some Democrats, too, I'm sure, but the Republicans are the ones with the most to lose.