Although in some situations it is rhetorically useful to remind people about the pedophilia, etc, and to draw those connections. But constantly doing it is lazy and with over use, will lose effect. Just as for the catholic church, or boy scouts. Sort of a joke.

We don't refer to "the Regan class" even though virtually every problem on planet earth has some roots in Ronald Regan Regime. Without Regan there is no Epstein.

Class > Individual

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[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 12 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

i agree it's obviously not materialist on the face but don't think it's particularly useful rhetorically either. prefer seeing people just say USIsrael or the imperialists. we need to be teaching people what imperialism is and this isn't a step towards that

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

i refer to them as pedophiles sometimes when i'm also talking about capitalism, both online and irl. sounds impactful and drives home how evil they are.

i find it useful and seize the opportunity. the epstein shit shocked regular people worldwide to the evils they are capable of, and it's the perfect hook to enlighten them on more of the heinous shit they do that makes everyday life worse for all of us.