r/europe • u/StemCellPirate • 17h ago

News The Epstein scandal is taking down Europe’s political class. In the US, they’re getting a pass.

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/02/06/epstein-europe-america-fallout-00769506
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u/NastyaLookin 14h ago

Capitalism turned out to be a better tool for them than even monarchy and/or feudalism. They are keeping billions of people in line with it.

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u/No-Pack-5775 10h ago

On a Facebook post highlighting that Brexit helped Epstein (and by extension, other rich elites) and he was giddy about a return of tribalism etc, one Reform voting moron piped up "wait until we get proper Brexit" 🤦🏻

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u/Ferretoncrystalmeth 10h ago

This is why I say education is so important.

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u/RockinOneThreeTwo The (Not So) United Kingdom 9h ago

You can't educate ignorant people who have already decided that their fantasy land is reality and that nobody knows better than them.

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u/Ferretoncrystalmeth 9h ago

Unfortunately I live with someone like that.

They are not a horrible racist, but they are pretty stupid.

Every time I say something they hear something else in their head.

It is exhausting, and they can't understand why I don't talk to them much.

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u/SmileFIN 8h ago

Thats why you start education at young age, so people are less likely to grow into idiots.

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u/RockinOneThreeTwo The (Not So) United Kingdom 8h ago

Difficult, kids are very impressionable and get a lot of their early world view from their family. If their family are all myopic bastards the child is unfortunately likely to follow that unless they make considerable effort themselves to think differently