• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    I am a little dismayed that the world’s awareness of sex-trafficking and systemic child abuse seem to begin and end with Epstein.

    Does everyone think that this kind of vile luxury for the wealthy was centered around ONE person? There are billions of people on Earth, it’s not only still going on, but the ringleaders are celebrating that the world’s attention is on just one dude who was caught and killed for it.

    • scbasteve7@lemm.ee
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      12 hours ago

      My assumption is that he was the Tiger Woods of pedophilic sex trafficking. He was the best, most well connected, and most “secret”.

      Ofc there are others, but they probably don’t have the traffic and volume that Epstein did.

      That is just optimistic thinking of course. There is the possibility that he was the least known, and there’s bigger badder traffickers still hiding in the dark.

    • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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      13 hours ago

      Well it’s sort of hard to obsess over cases we don’t know about. What do you want from people, self-funded investigations?

      If you have evidence then obviously you know what to do with it. When it comes out people can talk about that case too otherwise I don’t really know what you want.

    • Gorilladrums@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I think people are obsessing over this case because a bunch of rich and powerful people got publicly exposed as a part of the same ring, but there’s certainly way more out there. I’m sure a bunch other politicians, billionaires, clergymen, celebrities, and a whole host of other people with influence has their own rings all over the world.

      • bier@feddit.nl
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        Also it’s not just a rich and powerful thing, there are unfortunately also middle class and poor people that abuse children. The thing about Epstein is that it’s mostly rich and powerful people that should be exposed and prosecuted. It sends a good message, even the richest and most powerful people can’t get away with it.