• Th4tGuyII@fedia.io
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    Entirely this. Using “protecting the children” as a platform to gain more surveillance powers comes off real fucking deadpan when there’s the whole exposed rich cabal of paedophiles operating basically in the open that nobody’s doing anything more than symbolic gestures about…

    Even if their names aren’t public due to all the redactions, the Governments of the world most certainly know who these people are and could absolutely pursue their arrest, but simply just won’t.

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      Indeed. No action was taken when minors were abused. But now it turns out Andrew shared confidential information with Epstein, all of a sudden the coppers appear at his domain. Very peculiar, the difference in priorities here.

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    The movement of sugarcoating the “internet age verification laws” has to stop. It is a weapon in disguise, and it uses minors as bullets.

    Now, we have a rapist cabal, the trump/Epstein ring, and who is getting prosecuted - no one. The government cares for the minors as much as the people on that island cared for minors’ wellbeing.

    It is all a play. And the fact is, age has no meaning here - no matter if you’re a child, teenager, young adult, or other - we all will be driven to submission.

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    It’s clearly a moral panic. Refocusing the energy generated by the Epstein revelations into something that will only make kids more vulnerable.