This is why the Epstein files story does matter, beyond just Trump's involvement. This is why so many Silicon Valley billionaires went fascist. #MeToo instilled this fear that rich men may have to lose their boys club where women are objects for trade, instead of people.

For well over a decade now, the Republican Party has been less about using state capacity to enforce bigotry than using the power of the state to *crowdsource* bigotry, to make life harder and less livable for disfavoured groups. Make bigotry less shameful, make bigots openly proud of their bigotry.