• 4grams@awful.systems
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      I hate you for this.

      (I don’t hate you, I just hate how right you are good person).

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    Remember the Panama Papers?

    Yeah…

    As for the 9-5ers, how else are they gonna live? Just existing costs money in the US, and refusing to run the rat race still carries a social stigma in many places. The ideals of rugged individualism and the nuclear family as the base unit of society have eroded communities and people are somewhat isolated even in urban centers. Social media only fuels this effect by giving people a synthetic sense of community and belonging.

    No one’s likely to make waves until they see a direct threat to themselves or a community they identify with is at their doorstep.

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    Bottom line: NOBODY will be arrested as a result of the Epstein Files, and if they do, they will never be convicted. The “Epstein Files” have been through so many hands, all of which are reviled by one side or the other, that the chain of custody is irretrievably broken. None of it is reliable, and no jury would convict based on any of it as the sole evidence.

    I hate the whole situation, and would love to incarcerate any of them, but as a juror, I could never trust any of the evidence.

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        It’s been in the Biden administration hands, which MAGA doesn’t trust, and it’s been in MAGA hands, which nobody trusts. ALL of it is compromised, and I wouldn’t trust the validity of a single document from it as evidence strong enough to survive a courtroom challenge.

        As an internet commenter, I might accept it enough to make some nasty comments against PedoCons, but I would never rely on it to take away someone’s freedom, even if they are monsters.

        It’s okay, these MAGA Morons have all committed plenty of other crimes we can convict them for, if we can only show a little courage. A year in prison for corruption feels the same as a year for pedophilia, so it doesn’t really matter which crimes we convict them of, as long as we convict them of something, and they all offer a range of choices for indictments.

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    This is exactly why people attack the system and capitalism. They are not “extremist” they just understood the problem.

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    Do you think that anyone who’s part of the working class (yes that includes these 9 to 5’s you’re denigrating) has any power to actually do anything to the people that spent decades abusing war orphans, abducted kids and anyone they could get their hands on?

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    You know the people who had the files this whole time are the same people that would be the ones doing the arresting right?

    How many of these releases do we need to have to realize that the truth being either exposed or rumored doesn’t change anything.

    We had the Panama Papers. There was the Snowden leaks. The Chelsea Manning leaks. Hell, the fucking CIA admitted they were secretly drugging civilians with LSD just to see what would happen.

    If you are surprised that this time is any different, you aren’t paying enough attention.

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      Thank god. Please stop using US tech. I have changed my search engine to France based Qwant search.

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    Do we have concrete incriminating evidence of wrongdoing? Like, even if you have written extensively with Jeffrey and visited his Island, that still doesn’t prove that you’re guilty of anything. I think probably you are, but it’s very difficult to prove.

    Sure, you might even admit that you slept with women on the island - but again, how to prove that these women were not of consenting age, or that they were not on the island by their own free will?

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      How about this, anyone associated with him any way get the fucking ax. Once we have done that for anyone in the files as even meeting with the guy, we can sift through the ashes and apologize to the 3 people out of thousands that didn’t know anything was happening.

      I don’t even care to hear their testimony. They would lie. They would cover. If we give these parasites the benefit of an actual trial, nothing will ever happen because they control the courts. They control the law enforcement.

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      Be a good boi and bend over like a lil 9-5 that takes orders from their master and obeys it.

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        Bro, using 9-5 as a derogatory term is the most brainwashed classwar self-own I’ve ever seen.

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          9-5s are the problem. If they do their shitty job properly none of these would have happened. Also self own? Lol I was a 9-5 but found is really degrading and mostly people with no skill and self respect do it so said goodbye to 9-5.

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        Uh. Wow okay. like everyone else except people associated with Epstein, I’d like these people to be brought to justice. But justice takes time AND ACTUAL EVIDENCE. Guilty by association is not a thing in modern societies.

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        Well again probably but not verifiable without a reasonable doubt. If you wanna institutionalise your association bias and kill them all anyways, I’ve heard North Korea has great frameworks for this sort of thing

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        just my random opinion here…i have a feeling a lot of people out there probably feel the same way, but (the ones actually capable of carrying this kind of stuff out, atleast) they’re just waiting for this upcoming midterms to play out, see if dems/progressives really do sweep it then they get 1 more chance to actually hold these animals accountabile…and if they don’t, then people start getting executed in their beds/out on the streets

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          Given that there was a period of four years where the dems had full access to release every piece of evidence relating to the files, but didn’t; I don’t think the people in power would actually let the guys that wear a different coloured badge will do all that much.

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            they didn’t have a majority, nore did they expdct trump and co. to win again. they fully expected a “return to normal” where them and their crony buddies could ratfuck in peace.

            is why i say one last chance

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      Yes and its horrific what they did to little kids. I have posted a page to make the public especially 9-5s aware that if you dont stand up now tomorrow they will come after your kids while you’re slaving at work.

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      I’m sure MINE would be shocked. He’s one of the good ones.

      I hope everyone hears the sarcasm.

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      The CEO of our company is also a stupid 9-5. He doesn’t own the company so gotta slave for 10 years. He’s lucky as he won’t be slaving for 30 years just to pay of a mortgage on 1 home.

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        Seems like you’ve got the shittiest CEO not taking advantage of all these sheep willing to do your job for pennies.

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          Yea he makes like $600k . I dont understand why that fucker slaves everyday. Work for 8-10 years and then retire but 9-5s are too stupid to live a decent life. Love enjoying being dominated and degraded lol

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        Are you saying that you have been alive on this planet for more than a few years and you didn’t know the elites were demons who fed on human suffering and flesh?