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by verdverm 24 days ago
Europe is prosecuting the Epstein Pedos. Trump is protecting his friends

Corruption is everywhere and varies in degree. The US likes to claim a mantle of superiority when it seems quite the opposite. We have a bully/greatest conman ever in the white house
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lostlogin 24 days ago
> Europe is prosecuting the Epstein Pedos.

Are they?

Price Andrew got a name change, but hasn’t had any real penalty to date. He had the Queen protecting him. Mandelson probably will end up in court but it won’t be for anything related to child abuse.

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ceejayoz 24 days ago
> Price Andrew got a name change, but hasn’t had any real penalty to date.

For the British Royals, I suspect becoming persona non grata is more impactful than a jail sentence.

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batch12 24 days ago
More impactful than prison? Nah. Why not both?
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ceejayoz 24 days ago
> More impactful than prison?

Class-based systems get pretty weird at the top.

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lostlogin 24 days ago
Yes, but also, for Andrew to have behaved this way, a lot more people than him had to be involved. It appears they get no sanction.
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