• SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    Honestly Musk is a security risk for other pedos. Epstein’s handlers probably warned him off Musk because the idiot can’t keep his mouth shut. As much as the current US president flaps his jaws, he still manages to keep it at the innuendo and plausible deniability level. (Well, until the senility started catching up to him anyway.) Musk, on the other hand, is as subtle as a chainsaw and doesn’t know there is a quiet part to say out loud. It’s just stream of consciousness with him

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    He wasn’t ghosted too by other pedophiles who are in the epstein files. The guy keeps hanging out with them even knowing they are pedophiles.

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    I remember, back in the days, when everybody was like Elon is gonna save the world, he’s doing so much good for humanity, blah blah, and I was like “this fuck is fraud” and everybody was like “boy why are you so jealous?” or “why are you so mean, he’s a genius” etc.

    Failed Wannabe Pedo was not on my bingo card back in the day, but oh boy, who’s laughing now?

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      Same, I always knew Elon was a fraud. I always called him the 21st century’s Thomas Edison. They would steal the ideas of other people and stand on their shoulders and call themselves tall.

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        I was indifferent, although I thought he was doing good on the electric car front at first. When he went full projection by calling a rescue diver a pedo I finally saw him for what he was

        Never defended him tho, but I can see why people did. He marketed himself well during the early Tesla days. I also didn’t realize at the time how evil a person has to be to acquire that much wealth.

        Congrats on being ahead of the curve, i guess

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    If you ever saw that clip of him talking about grok ai on jre where he says that “if you’re at a party, you should use it to roast someone because it’s so cool and fun” it’s clear to see why Epstein said, “Leave me alone,” lol.

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      I HADN’T heard that clip actually. Doesn’t surprise me though. He just seems like the type to belittle someone for “fun”.

      Personally, I grew up believing in what my grandma taught me as a kid. She said “Anyone can attack someone else. Bigger or smaller. Anyone can do it. Attacking them doesn’t make you strong. It makes you weak. You need to rely on attacks on others to feel strong. What really makes someone strong is being kind to all around them. If you develop bonds with everyone you meet, then they will defend you against attacks. They’ll feel hurt that you’re being hurt. Now it’s no longer 1 on 1. It’s 50 on 1. When you command kindness, you command the bond of everyone who cares for you.”

      And that’s what we’re seeing right now in the streets. ICE is trying to divide our communities, but what we’re seeing in cities all over America are people banding together as one against ICE. Refusing them bathrooms. Refusing them service. Driving them out of cities.

      History has taught us that this type of occupation can last a long time. For some, it is deadly. But history also teaches us, it can’t be forever. Their resolve is not absolute. Their power is centered on an unpopular idea. It won’t be forever, but only because there will always be resistance.

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    The fucked up part is there was probably a shit ton of people who were trying to go, knowing full well what happened there.

    Not even just because they want to rape children. Just because it’s exclusive.

    When you have that level of wealth, even 2011 Elmo level of wealth, your brain chases anything exclusive because you can buy anything else.

    A secret cabal of world leaders into shit that would make their most feverent supporters disown them?

    That’s like the most exclusive club in the world, and lots of people want to rub elbows regardless of activity. Or even just need something to try for, drawing them to any exclusive club like how Maxwell was a reddit powermod.

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      The other thing Epstein offered was connections to the other ultra-wealthy. He was basically a “socialite” who knew “everyone worth knowing” and could make introductions.

      These ultra rich people have armies of personal assistants whose whole job is to keep the riff-raff away. Without someone like Epstein to introduce you, your attempts to contact some other rich dude are likely to be caught in this human spam filter.

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      Yep I remember reading about this. Rich value exclusivity; upper-middle class value brand exhibition; poor value community/relationships (trends, not absolute).