there’s more than one epstein and more than one blackmail book. weird rich guy sex stuff is about power and control more than it is anything else. the centers of these rings just also enjoy power and control over victim and direct perpetrator in a form of violent sexual hierarchy
Is there another Epstein? I’m sure someone is trying recreate his special “Concierge” service, but it would be difficult to do that today. It took him many years, and potential clients today would be far warier.
It’s more likely those services will be decentralized, like the Fediverse. There will be multiple concierges around the world, not just one big service that handles everybody.
In 2020 there were some tweets from Jenna Jameson saying that there were many Epsteins, and that he was almost an amateur in comparison to some. She was a porn star so the credibility is not the same as a Nobel Laureate, but she also has probably seen into the “underworld” more than most of us.
That’s interesting. I’m sure there are lots of scummy pimps around the world, but I doubt many of them have the same level of connection to politicians and Oligarchs and intelligence agencies that he had.
Her characterization of him as an amateur is overstated. Now that we’ve seen some of the documentation, we know he was anything but an amateur. She may have crossed paths with some awful people, including a lot of Sociopathic pornographers with no morality at all, but I doubt any of them were at Epstein’s professional level. He seems to have been a singular character in that world.
The CIA was complicit in Epstein, moreso they were active conspirators. They can absolutely do it again, and we shouldn’t assume this is the only blackmail they have either. Head should roll for compromising our own people to a foreign interest.
CIA, Mossad, Russia, etc., they were all tied to Epstein, and many claim one or the other was operating him. I don’t think it was that simple.
I believe Epstein was more of a independent operator of an extremely high-end specialty concierge service, and he had two types of clients - those who engaged his services, and those who purchased information about those paying clients. Why get paid by one employer, when you can sell the same info to multiple parties?
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
there’s more than one epstein and more than one blackmail book. weird rich guy sex stuff is about power and control more than it is anything else. the centers of these rings just also enjoy power and control over victim and direct perpetrator in a form of violent sexual hierarchy
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Is there another Epstein? I’m sure someone is trying recreate his special “Concierge” service, but it would be difficult to do that today. It took him many years, and potential clients today would be far warier.
It’s more likely those services will be decentralized, like the Fediverse. There will be multiple concierges around the world, not just one big service that handles everybody.
RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 day ago
In 2020 there were some tweets from Jenna Jameson saying that there were many Epsteins, and that he was almost an amateur in comparison to some. She was a porn star so the credibility is not the same as a Nobel Laureate, but she also has probably seen into the “underworld” more than most of us.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
That’s interesting. I’m sure there are lots of scummy pimps around the world, but I doubt many of them have the same level of connection to politicians and Oligarchs and intelligence agencies that he had.
Her characterization of him as an amateur is overstated. Now that we’ve seen some of the documentation, we know he was anything but an amateur. She may have crossed paths with some awful people, including a lot of Sociopathic pornographers with no morality at all, but I doubt any of them were at Epstein’s professional level. He seems to have been a singular character in that world.
teyrnon@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
The CIA was complicit in Epstein, moreso they were active conspirators. They can absolutely do it again, and we shouldn’t assume this is the only blackmail they have either. Head should roll for compromising our own people to a foreign interest.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 day ago
CIA, Mossad, Russia, etc., they were all tied to Epstein, and many claim one or the other was operating him. I don’t think it was that simple.
I believe Epstein was more of a independent operator of an extremely high-end specialty concierge service, and he had two types of clients - those who engaged his services, and those who purchased information about those paying clients. Why get paid by one employer, when you can sell the same info to multiple parties?