Epstein was an amateur rapist, not a pro rapist. His cabal—the parts of it that are actually confirmed and not just speculated about baselessly—seems extremely limited in scope compared to the kinds of industrial conspiracies that people propose about child sex work. Most of epstein’s victims only ever had sex with Epstein, and only one of them—Virginia Giuffre—ever appears to have publicly claimed being passed around to many of Epstein’s friends.
What I am referring to are claims an underworld industry for exploiting children the primary purpose of which is making money. For example, in the Sound of Freedom, a large part of the plot hinges on the idea that there are professionals who literally bring kidnapped children from South America into the United States so that pedophiles here can have sex with them. I submit that this industry in particular does not exist, or at least would be a terrible way to make money on a risk-adjusted basis compared to drug dealing.
Epstein was an amateur rapist, not a pro rapist. His cabal—the parts of it that are actually confirmed and not just speculated about baselessly—seems extremely limited in scope compared to the kinds of industrial conspiracies that people propose about child sex work. Most of epstein’s victims only ever had sex with Epstein, and only one of them—Virginia Giuffre—ever appears to have publicly claimed being passed around to many of Epstein’s friends.
What I am referring to are claims an underworld industry for exploiting children the primary purpose of which is making money. For example, in the Sound of Freedom, a large part of the plot hinges on the idea that there are professionals who literally bring kidnapped children from South America into the United States so that pedophiles here can have sex with them. I submit that this industry in particular does not exist, or at least would be a terrible way to make money on a risk-adjusted basis compared to drug dealing.