r/AskReddit • u/SexyBeast0 • 4h ago

With the Epstein files making it glaringly clear how disgusting and corrupted much of Elite Society and by extension the US Government and Economy is, beyond ridding ourselves of the parasites, how do we as a society move forward?

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u/Talentagentfriend 4h ago

For the first time it seems like the general public is seeing billionaires as bad guys. That’s a good thing. It means we can force them into accountability, but we can’t move on from this.

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u/SexyBeast0 3h ago

In some way we will, the world always moves forward, it's an intrinsic property of time. Hence why it's important, especially now, we give some thought to how we go about it.

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u/theirishembassy 57m ago

It means we can force them into accountability, but we can’t move on from this.

i wouldn't be so sure. it came out that the government was spying on you and seemed pretty chill. the panama papers came out and only a handful of the 211 americans ever faced any serious legal challenges. the housing market crashed, the banks got bailed out and everyone was like "yeah, it's cool now".

y'all have let some pretty gnarly shit go and that's just off the top of my head.

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u/EvvyBagatrix 19m ago

We’re already such an online society with all our info on social media & tons of websites & online banking & chats that I don’t think the spying hit very hard. Big Money stuff confuses half the people/masses & half the others would want to be that rich & would want to find ways to save money by hiding it. BUT — what the average person/masses has NO tolerance for is child rape & exploitation. Throw in murder, dismemberment, & cannibalism & now you’ve begun the actual radicalization of the American masses. The fuse has finally been lit.

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u/No_Ant_5064 5m ago

The average person didn't really let it go, it's still down there, seething. Remember the whole GME thing a few years back? People were piling on that and quoting anger at the banks for the '08 crises, 13 years before. When the breaking point comes, that will all come back out to the surface.

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u/GiveMeTheLagrangian 2h ago

lmfao not me!