Comment on How has there not yet been a leak of the Epstein files? Surely there is someone with access to them that could have been subject to worldwide pressure to let something out.

BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

• it_depends_man@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Worse, Snowden did leak an absurd amount of gov details and documents and info and it did nothing to stop what’s happening. People barely acknowledged it.

  Maybe someone would martyr themselves. But doing it for nothing? Not appealing.

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  • birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It did actually have some effect, though. The GDPR and countries reducing their dependence on the USA’s intelligence services are part of it.

    I’m also reminded of the Panama Papers, which did make some bankers in Iceland step down.

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  • quick_snail@feddit.nl ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Dude, it changed a ton. Facebook was http only back then. Huuuuuge roll-out of encryption followed the Snowdon leaks.

    It lead to massive increases in secured public infrastructure.

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• toothpaste_sandwich@thebrainbin.org ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I like your username. It paints a picture.

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• shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Epstein was allowed to kill himself. Someone whispered in his ear that he should do the right thing, hint, hint, or face monstrous consequences.

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  • frizzo@piefed.social ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    The monstrous consequences more than death? This is a bad take. Zero people have been arrested and charged with soliciting the humans he sex trafficked. Maxzine gizzwelle is in a Texas prison with special privileges , he is rich and connected he would have been innocent or pardoned eventually.

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    • thatonecoder@lemmy.ca ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, there is worse than death.

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  • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    having actually read more of these files as they’re released…i’m kind of in this camp now, epstein didnt think he was some monster…he just “like em young”, they were (supposed) to have atleast had their period.

    even a monster like epstein was disgusted with trump being an actual pedo

    which reminds me of a joke that goes something like there’s 4-5 different types of pedophilia, but only pyschiatrists and pedophiles know the difference

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  • Iheartcheese@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    This is one of the dumber conspiracy theories I’ve ever heard

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  • Randomgal@lemmy.ca ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    You mean the consequences that all his rapist friends faced? Oh… Wait.

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