With all the hype about the Epstein files, I can't help but think that there may have been a symbiotic relationship between

At least some of these girls, those who are over 18, and Epstein, and all this self-righteousness and this indignation on behalf of the people who are grandstanding is somewhat sickening to me. Don't you think some of these girls felt that it was a good deal for them for what they were getting out of the deal?

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Punxi · F

It’s understandable to question performative outrage but reducing this to a “symbiotic relationship” misses the power imbalance at the heart of exploitation I'd think.

Even when someone is legally an adult, coercion, manipulation, money, desperation, trauma, and unequal power can strip real choice away. When one person controls access to wealth, safety, opportunity, and escape, consent becomes deeply compromised.

Feeling conflicted, ambivalent, or even temporarily benefiting doesn’t transform exploitation into fairness....it just shows how survival can masquerade as consent.

The real sickness isn’t moral outrage.

It’s how easily power convinces people they chose what they were cornered into.