Comment on Why are Americans so hung up on Epstein and his egg head island and "the files"?
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Because if you look at any local news anywhere, poor people are being jailed for decades for merely looking at CSAM. And I’m not saying that shouldn’t be illegal. But we have proof the rich and powerful are actually doing the things in those photos and videos. It’s shocking, and it’s still shocking, that they’re getting away with it. And that people are still supporting them.
That should bother anyone regardless of what country you’re from.
sbeak@sopuli.xyz 4 days ago
Fair enough, everyone should be upset that the uber-rich can evade the law as they are now. Yes, they are horrible people. That I can understand.
What I don’t understand is why many people (not all people, but some certainly) bring it up in off-topic internet discussions.
cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Oh, the off-topic “release the Trump-Epstein files” memes (or tongue-in-cheek references to them)?
I guess it’s to remind those at the top that we still haven’t forgotten.
Like the whole post-9/11 thing, “we will never forget.” Except a bunch of similar things happened around the world, Hollywood started cashing in on 9/11, and bringing it up while worse shit was going on kinda faded, but the “pride” of remembering 9/11 stuck around for about a decade. These things have a long shelf life.
DScratch@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
IMO it’s because they are pissed off. And the longer it takes for justice, the more pissed off they get.
Couple that with Congress ordering the release of all the documents, then the justice department dragging its feet. Everything the us government does that isn’t just releasing the docs is seen as a distraction. Delay until people forget or stop caring, so to counter that people refuse to stop talking about the files, to keep them in the conversation.