SCIENCE said:

So we’re still trying to understand a couple of things there.

One, how legit’ are these files, how much of it is fabricated evidence¿ Like, there’s a shitload of stuff there so it would take a damn heap of effort to just make it all up, but they have plenty of people happily manufacturing conspiracy theories so why not¿ On the other hand it’s so badly done that it’s quite believable that it’s a bunch of genuine horrible shit.

Two, how the fuck did this not become a problem much earlier¿ If it’s legit’ then clearly the abuse has reached every corner of the “free” world, so as we’ve previously asked, how has nobody been able to raise enough of an alarm to set it all on fire¿ We get that nobody listens to victims, but how passive must more powerful institutional bystanders be to not draw a serious amount of attention to this¿ Are the blackmail networks so robust¿ Obviously Democrats are gutless as well, “oh we won’t bring any cases against kkk because he might bite us for it when he gets stronger”, but it certainly lends weight to the idea that they’re just as guilty.

One plus two, what seems kind of interesting is that with all the people mentioned so far (and as above, we haven’t seen any screaming about Obama being mentioned, for example) is that they all double down or post some nonapology or try to discredit but don’t outright deny: if it was all fabricated bullshit then we would’ve thought they’d be all over that. So it’s not fabricated at all¿ How the fuck did they manage to keep a lid on this fucking horrible shit until now¿

My understanding is as follows: (and I am happy to be corrected)

1. So far it seems like Epstein was fastidious in note-taking and organisation. He documented freaking everything. Whether some of it is fabricated, who knows? How are we likely to know? There are certainly people out there who would rather their names not be mentioned in these files. And those redactions? What’s behind those?

2. Consider other sex offenders such as Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein et al. Hiding in plain sight. Courtney Love was ranting about Weinstein a decade (or two) before the story exploded. Bill Cosby was joking on his records about drugging and raping women thirty years before that story exploded. Many women had already come forward before, and weren’t heard. Comedians joked about Cosby’s “well-known” rapes. Watch the VMAs from 20 years ago to see jokes about Diddy and his sex parties. The point here is that there’s a vast network of people covering up these crimes. What’s hidden in plain sight requires a bomb to detonate, sometimes decades after the “jokes” appear. I don’t know why, perhaps we as humans are accustomed to hearing such things day in and day out and tune out until that bomb drops. Everyone involved in the covering up is complicit, and to an extent, I would argue that we as an audience are complicit as well. It’s horrifying, but interesting what is the trigger to detonate these things.

3. I believe Obama was mentioned in emails, but it was people talking shit about him. He wasn’t one of the “boys’ club”. Maybe because he couldn’t be bought. Maybe because he’s black. Maybe he’s just not cool. As I’ve said before, there’s a difference between being “in” the files, and being in the files. Epstein knew a lot of people through legit business dealings and being somewhat of a celebrity within certain circles. Some people are mentioned in passing, some people are emailed for legit reasons, and some are mentioned in flight logs to the island.

What I do think, however, is that what we’ve seen so far is but the tip of a very large, very deep iceberg. It involves a lot of people with money and power. It involves people blackmailed/threatened to keep their mouths shut. What’s going to come of it? Who knows.