Epstein Files: The Veil Thins, But Transparency Remains Optional
The Hill dutifully reports that an Epstein victim finds the partial release of files 'incredibly frustrating.' One might wonder if this frustration is intentional, a feature, not a bug, in an opaque system designed to protect the powerful. We saw this playbook with the Panama Papers, the Paradise Papers – torrents of data, selective leakage, and then… a collective shrug from officialdom, while the
most connected names often emerge unscathed. The media's focus on a victim's 'frustration' is a neat trick, pulling focus from the systemic failures. It’s convenient for the powerful when the conversation centers on the emotions of the wronged, rather than the mechanisms of their own impunity. How many high-profile figures, from royalty to financiers, remain untouched while the public is fed a
slow drip of 'updates' that ultimately change nothing of consequence for the architects of these networks?