This guy Epstein modus operandi of cozying up and becoming wingman to powerful people confirms that he was some kind of spy. But it's still weird to see a well known professor of 61 years texting about gurlz to his middle aged wingman. Who does that and is this really what millionaires do, reliving high school?

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jeffwask 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think it depends on how they got rich. From the outside to me it looks like the ones who sacrifice their 20's to the grind and getting rich never get that shit out of their system like the rest of us do and end up as emotionally stunted adults trying to recapture their lost youth.

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fakedang an hour ago | parent [-]

What the actual fuck logic is this?

I grinded fairly well enough in my 20s, just as many other people I know who did. We're much better off than 99.99% of the world. That doesn't make us think of sexually abusing children and adolescents one bit because we need to "flush that shit out of our system" and "recapture our lost youth". I have better ways of recapturing my lost youth, by computer games, more time for hobbies and fucking closer to my age like rabbits.

PS:- being in the upper echelon does mean you have a somewhat easier access to the circles that engage in these vile activities, and yes you'll be completely excluded if you say no to them. Many are okay with that, while those who aren't are the ones in the files.

	▲	ben_w 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		I read that as being more a claim about the "professor of 61 years texting about gurlz to his middle aged wingman" rather than how old the girls were.

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gtowey 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Money and power have been seen as corrupting influences since the dawn of humanity.

Those who seek those things -- money for money's sake, power for power's sake -- often tend to see their success as somehow making them "above" others. They derive perverse pleasure in seeing just how much they can flaunt society's rules. 'The rules don't apply to me' is like a drug in itself.

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kenjackson 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I really think there is so much variance to how people live. Looking at some of the Epstein emails I'm floored by the behavior. It really seems like middle schoolers. And the racist chats that came out from the Young Republican group earlier this year -- I can't imagine ever being a part of a chat group like that. I would literally think I was being pranked or they were genuinely crazy racists, but they were actual early leaders of one of our two major political parties.

The thing that perplexes me is that these people aren't in poverty or victims of some violent trauma. They are among the elites of the country -- and yet this is still how they behave -- are these people a niche group or am I?

	▲	reverius42 38 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		> they were genuinely crazy racists, but they were actual early leaders of one of our two major political parties Why not both?
	▲	braebo 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Most people are followers whose belief systems are spoon fed to them by the largest village willing to accept them. Understanding cult psychology and the agendas of the people driving the bus is typically enough to understand their worldviews and subsequent behavior. That’s just my gut read on it..

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frmersdog 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

High school never ends.

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tclancy an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

>This guy Epstein modus operandi of cozying up and becoming wingman to powerful people confirms that he was some kind of spy

Ah yes, no one else has ever tried to ingratiate themselves into the world of the rich and famous. It's spies all the way down!

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aborsy 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

He was killed in maximum security custody, so an Intel operation.

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freejazz 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I think you mean forever trying to be cooler than he was(n't) in high school.

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renewiltord an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

A thing to remember is that Chamath Palihapitiya is a billionaire but spends his time on Twitter trying to convince people he has a big dick[0].

> i'll bet your entire net worth x 10. the anaconda is the worst kept secret of silicon valley...

I think the truth is probably that insecurity does not prevent success. Some argue that it might be the source of it. But probably the truth is there are secure billionaires and insecure billionaires and the latter are very obviously insecure because despite their success they do things like this.

0: https://x.com/chamath/status/1931039584672186651?s=20