"He might be dead, but it sure seems like Jeffrey Epstein won. Sure, Epstein was arrested on charges of sex trafficking minors. Sure, he died in jail. (I am not going to wade into the debate about how.) But he subscribed to a racist, misogynist ideology that meant rich white men like him could do whatever they liked. And it seems he took measures to spread it."
"The latest tranche of Epstein documents made it obvious. Consider all the "contrarians" and "anti-woke" warriors who show up in the latest dump: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Larry Summers, Steve Bannon, and of course, Donald Trump. With apologies to George Carlin: It's a big club, and the worst people are in it - because their interests are all aligned. Pushing back on social justice, it turns out, was coordinated."
"The "anti-woke" movement was not a genteel intellectual inquiry, made by disinterested parties who cared deeply about free speech. It is a social circle of powerful people who feel threatened by #MeToo. Reading through the emails, it's possible to see that Epstein himself coordinated pushback against #MeToo. Looking back, it seems obvious that sinking #MeToo also led to where we are now: a place where laws simply don't apply if you have enough money and power."
Jeffrey Epstein subscribed to a racist, misogynist ideology that empowered wealthy white men to act without consequence and took deliberate steps to spread that ideology. Newly released documents show prominent figures — including Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Larry Summers, Steve Bannon, and Donald Trump — appearing in coordinated "anti-woke" networks. Email correspondence indicates organized pushback against #MeToo, with Epstein helping to coordinate efforts. The campaign against #MeToo contributed to a culture in which legal accountability erodes for the rich and powerful. Public commentators and intellectuals associated with the "intellectual dark web" were implicated as correspondents in these networks.
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