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PurgedVoter

(2,707 posts)
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:33 PM 13 hrs ago

The Epstein File are showing how stupid rich people can be

Between Krasnov's placement of rich idiots and the Epstein letters, the consistent pattern is stupidity. Looks like the rich get that way by being willing to do what no decent person would ever do.

The fact that the Republicans in power are continuing to support this regime is pretty good evidence that one by one or in groups, Epstein like parties have managed to have a bedroom free with things going on that decent folk would not have done and wicked folk don't want revealed. Think about it, Jim Jordon is one of the ones they put in charge of things.

The Epstein files make it pretty clear that someone has no problem sharing sources with the worst of the worst at Langley, Moscow, Riyadh and Jerusalem. They also had no problem channeling a fortune into the hands of a man who was apparently pretty good at weaseling things out of rich idiots while being a rich idiot.

Those nasty folk behind all of this are apparently doing fine and keeping their positions. Note that we have seen some of the files, but the videos are not even being asked about. The whole point of the Epstein operation was the videos.

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The Epstein File are showing how stupid rich people can be (Original Post) PurgedVoter 13 hrs ago OP
Did anyone canetoad 13 hrs ago #1
Our JB Pritzker is a kind billionaire. murielm99 13 hrs ago #5
"Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality.... dedl67 13 hrs ago #2
"Behind every great fortune there is a crime" Honore de Balzac dedl67 13 hrs ago #3
I think excessive wealth makes people stupid VMA131Marine 13 hrs ago #4
Question - Mme. Defarge 13 hrs ago #6
It's bad enough that so many rich and powerful people are stupid. What makes it 10 times worse is that these idiots have Fil1957 13 hrs ago #7
When you have the money to pay off the law, you get away with crime in broad daylight. usonian 12 hrs ago #8

murielm99

(32,934 posts)
5. Our JB Pritzker is a kind billionaire.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:58 PM
13 hrs ago

His family has funded a holocaust museum and a university law school. There are some entertainers who are billionaires, through hard work and intelligent investment.

dedl67

(212 posts)
2. "Wherever there is great property, there is great inequality....
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:43 PM
13 hrs ago

For one very rich man, there must be at least five hundred poor, and the affluence of the rich supposes the indigence of the many."

Adam Smith, "Wealth of Nations", pp 709-710

VMA131Marine

(5,257 posts)
4. I think excessive wealth makes people stupid
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:56 PM
13 hrs ago

Actually, I’m convinced it’s a mental illness.

There are a few exceptions; I think Warren Buffet has remained fairly normal or at least not prone to the delusions of people like Trump and Elon.

Mme. Defarge

(9,002 posts)
6. Question -
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:00 PM
13 hrs ago

can a person running for office as a Republican receive large campaign contributions if they are NOT vulnerable to blackmail? Inquiring minds want to know.

Fil1957

(678 posts)
7. It's bad enough that so many rich and powerful people are stupid. What makes it 10 times worse is that these idiots have
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:06 PM
13 hrs ago

been convinced by their own outsized egos and the sycophants they surround themselves with, that not only are they intelligent, but they are the smartest people to have ever walked the earth!

That, combined with their massive level of arrogance is to the detriment of us all. Prime example: Donald Trump.

But there are many others.

usonian

(24,811 posts)
8. When you have the money to pay off the law, you get away with crime in broad daylight.
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:28 PM
12 hrs ago

Signed
Anonymous Mafia Don

Indeed, videos are the real key.
The "problem" is that they are illegal for anyone but the government to hold or show. (Think about that ... )

How bad?
THIS bad? (conjecture)


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