[He] identified himself as being a "libertarian hawk". [...] Epstein has defended Israel's policies vis-à-vis Palestinians, calling allegations of apartheid a canard. In January 2025, Epstein argued against birthright citizenship in the United States, a right enshrined in the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

And the fuckers are super-wrong but it never matters because capital loves them. Emphasis mine. 500!

In March and April 2020, Epstein wrote several essays published by the Hoover Institution giving a contrarian account of the COVID-19 pandemic and warning against extensive containment and mitigative United States responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, which he called an "overreaction". In a piece published on March 16, he argued that the word "pandemic" is not to be used lightly and that the virus should be allowed to run its course, predicting there would be 500 U.S. deaths

[–] Johnny_Arson@hexbear.net 38 points 3 days ago

Libertarian Zionist named Epstein?

rust-darkness

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 25 points 3 days ago

"I believe we should have a weak state, except for the cops and military, which must be omnipresent and as violent as possible!"

A very serious person

[–] Rod_Blagojevic@hexbear.net 26 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm having flashbacks to all of the dumb conversations I had with liberals that were simultaneously mad that the US didn't really do intervention to contain covid, but were also maf at China for doing an intervention. Anyway, I didn't know anything about Epstein's intellectual qualities, but now I know he's really fucking stupid.

Edit: Different Epstein, also stupid

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 14 points 3 days ago

what an absolute gobshite.

[–] RamrodBaguette@hexbear.net 10 points 3 days ago

Epstein has defended Israel's policies vis-à-vis Palestinians, calling allegations of apartheid a canard

"Indigenous rights" for me, not for thee

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 3 days ago

Like I don't want to be disparaging about anyone's looks, but damn does he look like the stereotypical libertarian