• Ephera@lemmy.mlEnglish
    71·
    9 days ago

    I’m genuinely baffled how many oligarchs had contact with Epstein. I do believe their primary job qualification is a lack of morals, but there’s so many ways to be amoral, you don’t have to all be friends with the guy that offers pedophilia.

    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
      571·
      9 days ago

      What this whole thing has taught me is that there is a market among billionaires for someone to peddle enslaved kids.

      Now epstein is gone, and has been for years, but that demand doesn’t just die. I don’t have proof, but there is zero doubt in my mind that epstein is not a one and done. There’s either another epstein, or more likely a dozen smaller epsteins out there.

      There’s a part of me that thinks all these ICE abducting kids is being done at trumps order, specifically as a means to replace epstein.

      • Duamerthrax@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 days ago

        I don’t think there’s any reason to find a replacement for Epstein. There’s almost certainly other people already running those sorts of events. Jared Leto has a sex cult island. I think they’re all consenting adults, but you know he’s trading favors to producers that want to visit so he can keep getting movie roles.

      • Avicenna@programming.dev
        1·
        8 days ago

        Epstein was likely embedded into this system as a black mailing agent by someone who already knows it.

        The ICE part seems a bit extreme though. I think the whole reason ICE is allowed to act like this is to terrorise immigrants, ethnic minorities etc so they leave the US in their own accord. And what easier way to terrorise people than to stalk their kids like a bunch of pedos.

    • herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml
      30·
      9 days ago

      Epstein was not just a pedo pimp. He was a power-broker and a fixer for the American and Israeli rich elites. Not everyone was in for the girls, some of them were in for the other illegal stuff.

    • Avicenna@programming.dev
      8·
      9 days ago

      Just oligarchs? Oligarchs don’t suprise me at all. The more surprising aspect is so many artists, scientists etc. I guess humans have a weakness for someone who makes them feel like a privileged member of a boy’s club.

    • merc@sh.itjust.works
      6·
      8 days ago

      Epstein’s “day job” was being a socialite. He was the guy who knew everybody. If you wanted an introduction, he could do it. He was the guy who made sure that the riff raff stayed out, even if they were rich.

      I’m pretty sure that everybody knew he was always around “young women”, but I strongly suspect that most of the people he interacted with didn’t know about the child sex abuse. They were there for his “rolodex”.

      But, the end result is that because he was the guy who knew everybody in a position of power, his network shows who has the power. My guess is that at least half the people he had in his network were not into child sex abuse, and didn’t know that he was involved in that. But, I have only the world’s tiniest violin to play for those people. I think they’re guillotine-worthy because of their abuses of power, and how they hoarded obscene amounts of wealth. For far too long, the ultra rich have had a good public image in the US. People should have been furious with them just for hoarding all that wealth. And, the Epstein folks are the ones who not only hoarded the wealth, but spent it to gain power, which they used to warp society to benefit themselves. So, now everybody’s disgusted with them and hates them, it’s for the wrong reasons, but at least they’re hated.

      • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        Epstein’s “day job” was being a socialite.

        …

        because he was the guy who knew everybody in a position of power, his network shows who has the power.

        Exactly. He was actively seeking out wealthy and influential people to add to his circle of influence.

  • CaptDust@sh.itjust.works
    28·
    9 days ago

    If he’s in the files it’s strictly to tear Jeffers apart for submitting a shit code patch and wasting his time.

      • HereIAm@lemmy.world
        11·
        8 days ago

        Jpeg XL is such an unsexy name though. (In my opinion) JPEG is already seen as an ancient format, there are plenty of even main stream memes about it’s artifacting quirks. And now you just want to slap more stuff on it? Make it extra large. Sounds like bloat to me!

        To be real for a second; I’m sure it’s a fine format and suited for the future, but the name really does put me off it a bit 😄

        • pineapple@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          8 days ago

          I do kinda agree. That’s everyones first impression when I talk about it. So you want bigger jpeg?

          Just call it jxl I think.

  • morto@piefed.socialEnglish
    5·
    9 days ago

    Be careful. People are so dumb that they might misread or misinterpret it and create some hoax