Not in charge.
And I’m not saying that isn’t important! The sexual abuse crimes matter. The individual names matter. But the story is the system, and the system’s about to get dragged into daylight in a way it hasn’t been in decades.
Buckle up I guess.
/fin
And I’m not saying that isn’t important! The sexual abuse crimes matter. The individual names matter. But the story is the system, and the system’s about to get dragged into daylight in a way it hasn’t been in decades.
Buckle up I guess.
/fin
Once the institutional connections start landing in public consciousness, it’s going to get messy. Not because one guy did something awful, (even though he DID) but because the rot touches places people desperately want to believe are safe and neutral.
Once the institutional connections start landing in public consciousness, it’s going to get messy. Not because one guy did something awful, (even though he DID) but because the rot touches places people desperately want to believe are safe and neutral.
And here’s why people cling to individual names: the systemic version is too big, too bleak, and too familiar. We’ve seen versions of this before (Iran-Contra, COINTELPRO, Watergate, etc) but this one mixes sex crimes, money, and intelligence. It hits every political nerve at once.
And here’s why people cling to individual names: the systemic version is too big, too bleak, and too familiar. We’ve seen versions of this before (Iran-Contra, COINTELPRO, Watergate, etc) but this one mixes sex crimes, money, and intelligence. It hits every political nerve at once.
So what is about to happen is BIG. Think of it as the bizarro version of McCarthyism. What if, instead of his paranoid red scare fantasy, there was a real web of power to go after where everyone protects everyone else because the whole thing collapses if anyone tells the truth.
So what is about to happen is BIG. Think of it as the bizarro version of McCarthyism. What if, instead of his paranoid red scare fantasy, there was a real web of power to go after where everyone protects everyone else because the whole thing collapses if anyone tells the truth.
Instead of being a single predator with high-profile friends it is an ECOSYSTEM. And it is an ecosystem that enables sexual abuse, obviously, but also financial crimes, corruption, blackmail, and likely state-level information trading.
Instead of being a single predator with high-profile friends it is an ECOSYSTEM. And it is an ecosystem that enables sexual abuse, obviously, but also financial crimes, corruption, blackmail, and likely state-level information trading.
Here’s the uncomfortable part: the unsealed material points to a network that spans politicians, judges, intelligence contacts, finance elites, and institutions with reputations so polished they practically squeak.
Here’s the uncomfortable part: the unsealed material points to a network that spans politicians, judges, intelligence contacts, finance elites, and institutions with reputations so polished they practically squeak.
What’s unfolding is less a scandal and more a structural autopsy. The scale is so big that people literally can’t picture it, so they keep shrinking it down to the most familiar frame: celebrity gossip + political ammo.
What’s unfolding is less a scandal and more a structural autopsy. The scale is so big that people literally can’t picture it, so they keep shrinking it down to the most familiar frame: celebrity gossip + political ammo.