THE EPSTEIN DISTRACTION

 

THE EPSTEIN DISTRACTION

We have bigger fish to fry.

 

Since time immemorial the wealthy have always indulged in fantasies that the average person (That will be most of us) can’t afford.  There are few innocents in this game, except for the underage victims of sex crimes.  Rich people hide their sins and shady shindigs behind convenient walls of silence and complicity.  Money doesn’t just talk, it also buys silence.  Not that the wheels of justice don’t apply to them, but within that sheltered club of privilege justice is either delayed or woefully lacking in a meaningful pursuit.  Power, intimidation, corruption, the Ultra-Rich can purchase immunity and escape prosecution.  Amongst our species a mob mentality is ever present and you don’t have to look like a gangster to be one.  All around the world unscrupulous characters cater to the whims and wishes of those who can afford to indulge or who can’t resist the lure of the illegality on offer.  Our fragile minds and bodies are an easy prey and does it really matter what the addiction or attraction is?  What we fall for?  Opportunity?  Temptation?  Forbidden fruits?  Indulgence?  Sex, food, gambling, illegal drugs, alcohol?

Media fodder.

But every now and then we get all fired up by a case, especially when it concerns the rich and powerful.  You and I wouldn’t be news, but they are!  All of a sudden we’re obsessed by human vices as if righteous virtue is the only thing that matters.  And we pursue it with a passion until it peters out as a newsworthy item.  Will this obsession with outstanding morality and ethics make a difference in regards to what we are doing, and have done, to each other and a planet we share with millions of other lifeforms?  Will it put a dent in the myriad of environmental, social and financial dilemmas our species faces?

Epstein is nothing more than a salacious distraction as leaders around the world are grappling with issues far greater than the sexual perversions of a bunch of out-of-control rich sex addicts.  How about keeping a leaking global ship afloat on a sea of challenges?  Throwing a few of these shady characters under the wheels of the bus, is that really what we’re after, or is it all designed as an old fashioned Roman spectacle to massage the minds of the masses and lull them back into a state of complacency?

No bigger fish to fry?

Just to name a few issues deserving of our attention that are currently flying under the radar of global attention.  How about Trump denying the people of Cuba the basic essentials and necessities to survive by instituting a punishing embargo on oil reaching the shores of the island nation?  Under president Obama relations between the two nations were being normalized to put an end to a childish preoccupation with past grievances.  Cuba is a small, island nation and it is not a threat to world security or to the United States.  Trump has turned this into a political pissing contest, all part of Trump’s ongoing vendetta with everything Obama has been involved in and with everything Obama accomplished.  Trump, true to form, is moved by pettiness and an intense hatred for a man who dared crack a joke at Trump’s expense during a public gathering of the press and the White House.  A vindictive personality that likes to dish out, but with a rather thin skin when it concerns his own persona.

Tens of thousands of innocent men, women and children are suffering because of the childish, churlish, narcissistic personality of a pathetic leader.  Tourism has become Cuba’s main source of income and it has been devastated by Trump’s irresponsible actions.  Resorts are closed due to a lack of food and power.  People are starving and plagued by ongoing power blackouts.  How pathetic can you get in your quest for revenge?

The victims deserve justice.

The only persons deserving attention and justice in the Epstein saga are the underage young girls who were subjected to submit to sex acts with spoiled, rich men who get their rocks off by diddling young underage victims.

The world has bigger fish to fry.  Ukraine, Iran and Gaza come to mind, and all the other hot spots in the world where misery is king and people suffer.  How about the ongoing degradation of the ecosystems we all depend upon for survival and the squandering of resources and the horrific pollution of our lakes, rivers and oceans?

Billions of people are living in poverty and are lacking essential services.  Lives lacking hope and opportunity.  Quit obsessing about rich people sticking their willies where they shouldn’t and get on with all the things that really matter.

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