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Attacking Iran ‘won’t make the Epstein files go away,’ Republican lawmaker warns Trump
(www.the-independent.com)
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I think the downvotes are from people with good intentions but haven't been able to give up on their ideas of what America is.
It's a means of identity that they have. They feel the insult is directed at their position as "an American". It's something that has been told to them since birth. It's hard to disconnect that from what "America" is to the rest of the world.
They focus on Epstein alone because it gives them a means in which to maintain that identity and focus it on "the elite" or whatever. They think "The system is capable of justice. We just need to fight within it".
But, what they don't understand, is that that's exactly what "America" is. They don't control America as "an American". They Iran war is not a distraction from the Epstein files. It is an EXTENSION of them. It serves the same interests of the ruling class.
It feels comforting to focus on a single issue. It makes the problem seem fixable. We just need to stay focused and bring justice to the pedophilic elite.
Well, I think it's clear at this point that the entire ruling class of our nation are built upon the structures that allow an Epstein to exist.
Epstein is not the entire iceberg. We have a president in power that is rounding up children with ICE. ICE is not a distraction from Epstein. It is an EXTENSION of it.
No one that understands this is "distracted" by something. They are working for the revolution that would require a justice to occur.
We will not get justice for the victims of Epstein. We will not get justice for the children trafficked TODAY by those same powers. Do you think these pedophiles stopped when Epstein was exposed? No. They have no fear. They have no fear because "Americans" are still believing that the current systems of government will bring them to justice. Stop believing that lie.
Please don't be distracted by your hyper-focus on Epstein. You are missing the forest for the trees and we won't ever have justice under the power structures we have today. Stop waiting for "the evidence" for that justice to come. It will not come. This "America" is not capable of that until you as "an American" understand this; and you fight for a revolutionary change.
Well it's not just America, that's just a symptom.