Me, I'd just as soon have my MGB fixed and get to wear a shiny hat. The truth doesn't change anything.
But the truth about the Epstein files is, the people with the most power -- not necessarily in the files themselves and possibly entirely unconnected from that sort of wrongdoing (or maybe in the thick of it) -- are busy, in a kind of jostling and organic way, picking out patsys from the next ranks down, most of whom will have been up to some kind of Epstein-related lawbreaking anyway. They'll throw 'em to the wolves, er, public (and courts) and those malefactors will get whatever they get, based mostly on how good their lawyers are.
That's it. That's what will happen. No matter what's in there or how damning it is. The highest and mightiest will not be felled, unless there is also some enormous national-security stuff involving the U.S. and/or the UK and Europe, or staggeringly huge sums of money. Because none of these politicians -- not one! -- gives a single, solitary gosh-darn-it over what happened to a bunch of cute girls at the hands of creepy, wealthy men. They all know in their grisliest viscera that's just the way of the world: girls and young women are a consumable commodity to the wealthiest people.
I'd like to tell you different. I'd like to, but I can't.
Well, perhaps not in the US, but the former Prince Andrew has just been arrested. That, in itself, says something.
ReplyDeleteA piece they were willing to sacrifice; he was already damaged.
ReplyDeleteI am afraid you are correct. No one will pay for this lots of hnd wringing and no actual law and order. You only get that on TV.
ReplyDeleteCreepy Jeff in finance/politics is kinda like Diddy in music or Weinstein in Hollywood. Notice that we really haven't seen a whole lot of people indicted from close association from those two exemplars of human morality either?
ReplyDeleteBut to be fair, if one was high enough on the ladder in those industries, one was basically required to associate with those creeps in some way. And to keep one's mouth shut, if one knew what was good for them- even if they didn't participate. This is itself an indictment of those institutions- they're too big, too powerful, and too tightly knit.
I just find it kinda nice that "Randy Andy" is finally getting the "attention" he deserves. ;-)
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