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No matter what the final conclusion is, this case has been surrounded by so many powerful people, contradictions, and years of public distrust that half the internet was never going to believe any official explanation anyway.
I don't care about an explanation at this point. I just care about justice in a broad reaching sweep. This is one of those instances that the normal structures of the justice system is incapable of handling. And the consequences of leaving the perpetrators in power far far outweighs any collateral damages.
I am willing to accept any collateral damage of "innocent" rich and powerful people named in the documents as having any relationship with Epstein. Ranging from a removal from any political position, wealth and property seized, life in prison, or a guillotine (depending on the evidence). But, a simple evidence of a relationship alone is enough that they should be purged from their positions of power in private enterprises or public institutions.
This is a case in which we need to purge the rot from our society at a fundamental level. It is more important to me to purge pedophiles from our institutions of power and influence. If this results in the majority of the ruling class being purged, well, that's a happy little side effect.
Epstein should wake people up to the absolute failures of how our justice system and society at large functions and who it functions to protect. Hoping for the "smoking gun" evidence for prosecution is a distraction from this larger issue. Ironically, I see the Epstein files as nothing more than a distraction from this. The false belief that "if we just have all the files unredacted" that then justice can be served. It would not be, not even if we had all the evidence and names. Because the same systems that black out those names would still just work to protect them.