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I don't care about the Epstein Files. (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by yesman@lemmy.world to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
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All anyone cares about is which powerful man gets embarrassed. And I recon it's more likely that Maxwell will get out early than any predator gets jail.

There were HUNDREDS of victims; it went on for decades; and nobody gives a tiny shit. Have you heard anybody propose a law, a task force, even a blue ribbon commission to find out how this happened or make sure nobody does this again? Are their any more resources for victims because of this?

Our society accepts that men of wealth are entitled to abuse people. And sexual abuse is all in the game. Because at the end of the day our legal system is constructed to protect these people from the rabble, not hold them to account.

A pedophile is political designation to strip rights, dignity, and legitimacy from enemies. Children being harmed is beside the point.

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[–] Aedis@lemmy.world 22 points 6 days ago

This isnt just an unpopular opinion, this is an uneducated, ignorant, dangerous and simply idiotic point of view that would change if you had spent more than 2 seconds thinking about this other than consuming garbage media.

Have you heard anybody propose a law, a task force, even a blue ribbon commission to find out how this happened or make sure nobody does this again? Are their any more resources for victims because of this?

Where do you think the files came from? Someone just anonymously left them on the doj's/fbi's doorstep?

Also what the fuck. Just because our government or elite get away with something doesn't mean its not wrong and we shouldn't be outraged by it.

This opinion is garbage complacency. Get Out.

[–] BryceBassitt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 6 days ago

People like you are the reason nothing ever happens

[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As I said elsewhere, pedo cabals are a founding, fundamental issue of MAGA politics. It’s the movement’s foundation.

Nothing else Trump (or big billionaires) do will ever punch through the conservative media ecosystem, but Epstein is like backdoor. A “hack.” It’s the only issue that can get through the noise, and that’s why it’s so important it to hammer it every other breath.

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Billy Big D is very implicated too... this is way deeper than MAGA, it's part of the daily life of the American political and otherwise powerful classes and has been for decades.

[–] 6nk06@sh.itjust.works 6 points 6 days ago

You seem to care since you believe that men are responsible for this while citing Maxwell.

[–] MyMindIsLikeAnOcean@piefed.world 2 points 5 days ago

Some of these replies are odd and out of place, considering the OP very obviously cares.

[–] mrdown@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I care about them but i hate when fools keep claiming that every goddamn thing that happen in the usa is a deflection from them

[–] Devial@discuss.online 1 points 5 days ago

How do you expect an investigation into how it happened to occur without the files ?

[–] ArgumentativeMonotheist@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago

I don't care about it simply because I know nothing useful or moral is gonna come from it, it's just gonna be used for more spin... but it's still good that at least some people (some Americans in particular) are aware of the horrors and depravity of the upper echelons of (mostly Western) society.