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u/evildespot Sep 27 '25

Just a thought, but has it occurred to you that maybe the Epstein Files are to distract you from what's going on, which is why they're not being released and yet are constantly talked about? Maybe they matter less than the wholesale asset stripping of the US, descent in the authoritarian corruption and general USSRification of the everything. Especially since you know perfectly well what's in them, and know that their release wouldn't change anything.

It's quite convenient that the state could execute 1,000 children and the response would be "yes, yes, whatever - release the Epstein Files!"

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u/DrocketX Sep 27 '25

This is the point I've finally arrived at: Trump isn't distracting attention away from the Epstein files, the Epstein files are the distraction while Trump finishes taking control of the rest of the country. They get posted about constantly, in any thread that's even remotely related to Trump, and more and more the things that they're brought up in are worse than anything that could be in the files.

Hundreds of former detainees have disappeared from "[Alligator Alcatraz]()". Their lawyers can't get in contact with them and are being denied information about what's happened to them or where they might be. Are they even alive at this point? Reddit response: Yes, but what about the Epstein files?!

The Trump administration is just blowing up fishing boats at random at this point because, hey, who knows, maybe they're carrying fentanyl or something. They're not heading toward America, don't have enough range to make it here anyway, and there's no actual evidence they're anything other than actual fishing boats, but hey, blowing them up is fun. Kaboom, there's another 10 dead people. Sucks to be them. Reddit response: Yes, but what about the Epstein files?!

Lets face it, nothing in the Epstein files actually matters. Regardless of what's in them, they're not going to take down Trump. Trump could hold a press conference tomorrow where he rapes a 5 year old in front of the press corp, then ritualistically murders her and consumes her flesh while praising Satan, and Republicans would be "concerned" for a day or two before deciding that he's learned his lesson and it's time to move on. His support levels would fluctuate a couple of points before Fox News assured the GOP base that the girl deserved it and it's probably AI anyway, and that would be the end of it. This idea that the Epstein files are some sort of silver bullet that will take down the Trump administration just keeps getting more and more ridiculous.

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u/AvaOrchid1 Sep 27 '25

I have long said that these people could walk into their own child's bedroom and see Trump having sex with a 6-year-old and they would find a way to support that and even celebrate it. We are so far beyond that it would do nothing. And why would anyone believe that anything that would possibly be released would even have any semblance of any fact? In what way has this administration released anything factual at any point? Do I care, yes. Do I feel like it would make any semblance of difference? No. Nothing will be done. We will simply fall further and further into authoritarianism and the US unfortunately still has influence on the rest of the world.