It's truly been fascinating watching the dialogue over some of the recent issues.
As a thought experiment: millions of Americans wished for the death of Osama Bin Laden and cheered about his death. Bin Laden plotted and oversaw plans which, when carried out by others, led to the deaths of thousands.
Health insurance CEOs have plotted and oversaw plans (such as updating tooling to increase the rate at which healthcare coverage is denied) which led to the death of tens of thousands (quite possibly orders of magnitude more) and the suffering or bankruptcy of millions, and yet it's not OK for people to be thrilled about their death?
This is evidence that pple connected to law enforcement can hold (hypothetical) exponentials in their heads (but not from their pants).
Underlying the difference is the notion that what ObL did was difficult to replicate (or at least straightforward to stymie) but what LM did was the opposite.
If plotting to kill thousands is evil and should lead to an international manhunt to bring you into custody or kill you, plotting to kill tens of thousands should have consequences at least as severe, even if (especially if) you're hiding behind a corporation.
I and everyone I've talked to thinks it's fine as does independent journalists. However, there's a class divide here that people fail to accept. There's also the mechanics of how class works which explains both of these.
Bin Laden being from a billionaire oil family gave him the protection needed to orchestrate the attack. The same kind of protection that Epstein enjoyed.
Whenever someone becomes a much bigger news story, this is usually why. Take Jamal Kashoggi for instance - he was the nephew of the billionare adnan kashoggi. If you think his death would have received equivalent international coverage had he not been connected to multiple billions of dollars, I'd have to disagree.
This is insanely sticky. Take Ruja Ignatova or Jho Low for instance, criminals that stole billions that you've probably never heard of. The first one, top 10 fugitive, $5 million reward, on the FBI most wanted list. Somehow stealing a billion puts you in the media protection club regardless.
The phenomenon is real. Sean Combs is another example. Or how the people imprisoned for running the scams leading to 2008 is a solid Zero.
As a thought experiment: millions of Americans wished for the death of Osama Bin Laden and cheered about his death. Bin Laden plotted and oversaw plans which, when carried out by others, led to the deaths of thousands.
Health insurance CEOs have plotted and oversaw plans (such as updating tooling to increase the rate at which healthcare coverage is denied) which led to the death of tens of thousands (quite possibly orders of magnitude more) and the suffering or bankruptcy of millions, and yet it's not OK for people to be thrilled about their death?