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Why is everyone a fucking pedo?
When it comes to 14-17 year olds, I'm not sure if it's the youth per se that attracts so many of these people rather than the utter exploitability of someone that young and naive. Of course, my reasoning is somewhat motivated by really not wanting to believe that pedophilia itself is so widespread.
Having large amounts of money and power has similar effects as brain damage, so I could see this as a similar situation as the guy who had a tumor turn him into a pedo.
I think this is probably one of the most insightful comments.
Like, there is probably darkness in everyone. And I think I would be a good person with power but maybe it would be just as damaging for me and make my darkness rise too.
Still, fuck this shit and it’s good to be angry at people for treating vulnerable people like things.
It’s so hard to understand! Like it seems so obviously gross. But why is it ALL OVER THE PLACE‽
Is there something in the kind of brain that makes you take artistic risks that allows you to more easily think of people as things?
Why do we propel them?
That's a bit of backwards thinking imo.
They didn't get propelled because they're pedos.
And we, as a country, apparently elected one.