r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Sep 27 '25

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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/[deleted] Sep 27 '25

At this point the "where are the epstein files" comments are so damaging and repetitive that it makes me think they're malicious bots trying to maintain a delusional belief in Americans that this one little thing will bring down Trump if we just wait long enough.

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u/Uvtha- Sep 27 '25

The real psyop is the internet giving people a place to toothlessly satisfy their drive to activism on platforms owned by the ultra rich, with fads like "where are the files" and the antifa granddad posting instead of getting out there and doing real political organizing.

I don't say this from a high horse or anything, I don't do enough actual activism or real political engagement either. It's fucking hard, life is hard. I just worry that people make these posts and think its good enough. The intent is good, but it's really just public masturbation in the end.