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      I call them the Epstein Class. It’s not just this administration, or even one party, or even just politicians in general. It is the global elite and their unjust system of exploitation called capitalism that has allowed Trump to do what he does with no consequences. As long as the Epstein Class exists, there will be more Epsteins.

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        capitalism

        Think Epstein’s network crossed economic ideological boundaries. Noam Chomsky considered Epstein a good friend while simultaneously being a staunch critic of capitalism. There are signs of being connected to the USSR, China, North Korea, … If Epstein connected with fame or power, it didn’t matter what ‘system’ was in play.

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          Chomsky only re-wrote theory available elsewhere. Wouldn’t surprise me if he was a plant all along.

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              Tell me one thing he said about politics that wasn’t said by somebody else before him.

              Not talking about his linguistic work, I’m not a linguist, but his radical ideas about politics? The mossad needed some woke cred.

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          Yeah unfortunately some people who were ostensibly on the side of the working class were also caught up with Epstein. There are evil people on every side. I’m not surprised by connections between Epstein and USSR/China/DKP. Epstein was primarily an asset of Mossad and the CIA, who used him to generate kompromat. Would you not expect that entities that are aligned against the western hegemony of the Epstein Class to try to gain access to the blackmail factory? Or it could also just be that they were all pedophiles, too. I don’t know.

          None of this changes the fact that the reason no one truly powerful ever faces consequences for things like Epstein or the Panama Papers is that the political-economic system is designed by the ruling class to benefit those few people lucky enough to own capital. Wealth = Power.

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      I like the Iranian ministers, they just casually walk with their people in the middle of a war and have the balls to call these guys out in front of everyone.

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          We murder ours for not putting out, and our information about other parts of the world is largely curated by a fascist regime. Let’s please not forget that

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            There doesn’t have to be a good guy in this story. It is perfectly plausible for this entire mess to be driven solely by villains while the innocents, who have no control over any of it, be its victims.

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              Yeah I don’t get why people are choosing sides when the sides are a Pedo-fascist regime and a theocratic dictatorship. This war is stupid af, but I wouldn’t shed a tear if the Iranian regime collapses due to it.

              R.I.P. to the innocent Civilians caught in the crossfire.

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                It’s like with gaza vs israel. Palestinians are very bad and deserved it, according to the israeli.

                How naive can you be

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                because iran is not the only place the pedo-fascists are destroying, have destroyed and are willing to destroy.

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                  You dont have to side with a theocracy that murders women just because the other is a bunch of pedophile war mongers.

                  It is possible to be anti-war and dislike both sides.

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                    the innocents being bombed by the empire have all my support, for i live in a country that was also ravaged by the empire.

                    no both siding a one-sided conflict here. iran has the right to defend itself, and the us is a common enemy to all of us.

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                    You don’t have to like Iran to recognize that the only reason this war is happening is because of the US, Iran didn’t start the war.

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              I kinda default to “underdog=good guy” in these situations. The people with trillions of dollars reaching across the globe to grub for more are typically in the wrong.

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              That is pretty much true throughout all of history. You almost never have “good guys”; it’s usually “bad guys” versus “worse guys.”

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                It’s usually “worse guys” saying “NO WE’RE NOT THAT BAD THE OTHER GUY IS EVEN WORSE THEY RAPED BABIES ON THE 7TH OF OCTOBER/KILLD!!! THEY DESERVED IT”

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          Yeah, let’s also not forget a US regime change is why Iran has the government it does. We didn’t like it when their more secular government took control of their oil.

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          And we murder transwomen for using a public restroom.

          Let’s please not forget that.