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I feel like the safe bet is to just remove anyone that is named in the Epstein files from having the ability to hold public office or a high position in any company. Sure, some collateral damage, but really, it's the only solution.
I know that would literally take a revolution and a change of government to achieve. But, we just purge everyone named in it that wasn't a clear victim.
I'm even for the extreme position that if you were a person in a powerful position and your name is listed we just put you in prison for the rest of your life. Sorry. It's my new revolutionary government and I'm making the rules. We're not risking anything. The collateral damage of some "innocent" rich people is far less concerning to me than our new society letting rich pedophiles be free.
We can be slightly unjust for a generation while we figure out our new revolutionary government.
We'll also reform prisons to not be complete shit holes where we let everyone get raped and treat them like animals. So, it won't be so bad. We'll let you read books and watch TV and shit.
Collateral damage by blunt force of law without trial is tyranny. I fully support trying all people named, but I don't want to trade the restraints we hold on the government for an emotional attack on people who may or may not have participated in an evil conspiracy. When you surrender such protections you don't get them back without a long and difficult fight
We try people, by jury, with firm rules. And we accept that some guilty free are better than some innocent punished.
In my fantasy where I make the rules; the tyranny would clearly be only on those of the capitalist class. This is tyranny that is required when the ruling class is literally hiding a large pedophilia operation and protecting all involved.
You can live in your philosophy of idealism and call it tyranny if you want. But, Liberal Idealism is what brought us here.
This is class WAR my friend. I have no patience or pity for those in the ruling class the associated themselves with Epstein. They can all enjoy the rest of their lives in a nice air conditioned prison after my fantasy of a revolution.