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Explain Like I'm Five

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Why or how do people become sex traffikers like Epstein? Did he and his wife wake up one day after work and say hey lets traffik teens? Or was he or she forced into it? or something else? (lemmy.world)
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I cannot fathom doing that to another human being let alone teenagers. Not really asking for a how to guide but more like do people like that have a disease or something?

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[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago (4 children)

The truth is the billionaires want nothing more than something they can’t buy. Someone will always be there to provide it for them as long as money is more important than people.

~~These two just happened to be funded by the terrorist state of Israel, which allowed them to expand and fester longer than anyone else in history~~ Proof of this won’t come out for another 20-50 years, so just take my word for it I guess.

[–] Patnou@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Where would you like me to take your word to? lol sorry I will see myself out

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

oop

[–] ReCursing@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Close, they were funded by the terrorist state of Russia

[–] Arcane2077@sh.itjust.works -3 points 6 days ago

Invading a neighboring country, while evil, doesn’t make you a terrorist state. Making terrorism of the indigenous people of the land you live on mandatory does

[–] toiletobserver@lemmy.world -1 points 6 days ago

I haven't been reading closely apparently, because ewww. But, do you have a source for the Israel thing?

[–] Sgt_choke_n_stroke@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

The worst part of being right is being early