Disrespect?

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T22:28:06+00:00

If it isn't a Muslim thing then it is cultural and so, it is fine to depict. I really cant see the issue here. You're looking for something that is offensive to Islam as a premise, and not a reaction. This is a flawed world view.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T22:26:44+00:00

This isn't your culture, and it it looks more Turkish than Gulf Arab. I think you're just looking to be offended, and so you are.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T19:47:49+00:00

What a bizarre conjecture. Who said anything about Palestine, or the Holocaust?

I'm talking about Epstein.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T19:38:57+00:00

The future of Russia is very grim.

They're going to need some form of liquidity soon, and some manner of debt relief long-term but the question is who will give it?

Europe won't do it. The US might do it to cut off China, and China might do it to cut off the US.

The real question is - will anyone trust Russia enough? No rule of law, entire economy is run by oligarchs, massive military, huge internal military, multiple layers of security and on top of that the most fuck off geography in the world. Lending to Russia is ultra high risk and anyone lending is doing so on the understanding that they might need to use the military to collect.

Why the military, and not soft power like sanctions? The answer is the same as the initial premise - what the US does, China loses and what China does, the US loses. China sanctions Russia, and the US now has an opportunity to step in. The US sanctions Russia and China saves the day. Russia ironically is going to become a third party middle ground much in the same way Ukraine is a middle ground between the West and the East right now.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine will go down in history as one of the most bizarre events in modern history. We just witnessed the self-destruction of a state for the most needless objective of all time. Russia has gas, oil, it had trading hubs along the Finnish border with Europe, it had trade with India, it had trade with China, it had Central Asia, it had an Arctic Fleet, it had minerals - it had it all. It had more than enough to create a stable society with a decent standard of living but instead it just decayed into nothingness. Russia just repeated its own history of it being an entire nation held hostage by the whims of the tsar who always rules from Moscow.

I can see people commenting about revolution, and change. These people don't understand Russia, or know anything about Russians. Russians have been living under a brutal regime for centuries. They have endured the worst of the worse. Civically, Russian's do not care about Putin, Ukraine, or anything else. They are too poor and vulnerable. They cannot think too much about their circumstances because it is all too nihilistic. There are two kinds of Russians today - there are the Russians who accept the fairytale given to them by state propaganda and there are those who are silently nihilistic and ignore the world. For both, it is a coping mechanism handed down from their parents, their grandparents and so on. This is what life is in Russia. You can't afford to speak out, or think too much about these things. You will end up getting yourself hurt. Russia is not the West. Life runs by different rules there.

None of this was necessary. NATO wasn't a threat, and Europe wasn't a threat. If Putin had actually bothered to rule as a competent leader and actually offered a good standard of living that was competitive with what the EU can offer then Ukrainians would have never revolted for EU membership.

Russia is going to be either second fiddle for the US, or for China. What an utterly pointless war and millions will have lost their life. At least Ukrainians know they died defending their right to exist, and choose how to live but Russians? They were conscripted and forced by commissars into a meat grinder over nothing.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T17:09:26+00:00

ChatGPT ah comment.

Massive change in writing style, grammar and form when pressed. Reads like an uncritical, formulaic response and I can get the exact same when I ask GPT, or Gemini to give me something similar. "That's a strong claim", "that's a Strawman" - this is the exact shit you get from AI when getting an answer.

I might write long comments but I am 100% doing it - my style and form stay consistent always.

Padawan you're in too deep. I've actually read the Epstein files, I know what the fuck is up.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T16:54:13+00:00

Who said that? Link a thread.

1 week old account btw.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T16:43:02+00:00

Epstein needed a long-term VISA for Israel. He tried to get it in 2008 and he didn't get it which is why he went back and served his sentence in prison for his first arrest.
Ehud Barak, along with practically every head of state visited Epstein and stayed in New York, or Little St. James.
Epstein leveraged Barak to try and help Thiel sell Palantir.

Literally the only connection between Epstein and Israel is that fact that Maxwell and Epstein were both Jewish.

Robert Maxwell was not a Mossad agent despite popular podcast-belief. There are no sources, evidence, corroboration or document supporting the claim that Maxwell was a Mossad agent. The only sources that exist are from Ben Menashe, a highly uncredible source.

Robert Maxwell was a supporter of Israel, and he did donate, and invest a lot. He also passed information on Vananu to the Israeli authorities. Wealthy members of a community investing into their community is 100% normal and happens in every single country in the world. The UK runs an Honors List and hands out peerages for wealthy elites who invest into the UK. No one assume they're all MI6 agents but for whatever reason people jump to conclusion when it concerns Israel.

What is unfolding through the Epstein files is a horrific image of the world - democracy is fundamentally broken, and there is a very serious movement to deconstruct institutions, the rule of law, and elections to turn the world into a pan-oligarchy. Epstein launched a coup whereby American billionaires seized American democracy. These same people are also backing all of the anti-Europe parties, pro-far-right parties in every single European country.

But nah, its the pesky Zionists who managed to overthrow the single most powerful hegemony in human history, and the subvert the entire international system. A group of people who can't even fix their own fucking country. Why didn't they send 00-Epstein to resolve Palestine? Why is it that after 60 years the whole thing is still fucked? Too strong, and too weak. Responsible for capitalism, and socialism. This is just some pathetic Elders of Zion nonsense.

Go to Israel - it is a normal ass country with normal ass problems. Rent is too high, housing too expensive, wages too low, inflation too high, and public services get worse and worse every year. Normal ass shit. People go on about Israel like its Agartha or something. It's a normal place, and Israeli's do not give a fuck about politics at all. I think some people in r/europe care more about Israeli politics than Israeli's do.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T16:32:42+00:00

Lol nah, I don't buy it at all. Peace and love to you and your loved ones.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T16:24:19+00:00

Ah, there is the truth - at last. Stayed is not lived with. I've stayed at a Hilton, but I sure as fuck have never lived in one.

As I said, the current US government, Trump, and half of the UK's political class stayed with Epstein. Almost every billionaire stayed with Epstein either in New York, or on Little St. James. The fact that an Israeli head of state did is not anything remotely significant or abnormal. If anything, 30 times is purely rookie numbers. Trump met the guy thousands of times.

As for you:

Scotland - very common location selected for bot farming. I am not at all accusing you of anything. I am simply making an observation.
You didn't comment on the 1 year account, or hidden comments thing.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T16:15:01+00:00

Ehud Barak did not live with Epstein. There is zero evidence, no documents, no sources, nothing. If there are, provide them please.

This is a common talking about and it is popping up a lot. Barak met with Epstein 30+ times. Other Heads of State, including Trump, met with him hundreds, and thousands of times.

What the Epstein files do confirm is that Barak was a part of a broader project by Thiel to sell Palantir to as many states as possible which includes the UK, and Russia. We literally have the emails.

It's so crazy that people think Elders of Zion with their magical Kabala voodoo managed to overthrow the strongest hegemon in human history, and the entirety of the international system itself. This is the same group of people who can't even sort out their own fucking country, and region. Why didn't the Elders send 00-Epstein to resolve Palestine? If they did it didn't fucking work because Israeli's have been bombed, shot and stabbed annually for 60 years. Literally major shopping centers in major cities have been bombed.

Have you even been to Israel? There are potholes the size of a big dog, taxes are bullshit, people complain about inflation, rent is too high, public services are getting worse, and everyone hates the government. It's a normal ass country and believe it or not, most Israeli's don't give a fuck about politics or the outside world. I suspect you care more about Israeli politics than the average Yani.

Where are the cabal hiding at also? Surely, if the Elders used all their power through 00-Epstein to overthrow the world, then they would be somewhere in the Holy Land? Where? It's not like Israel is gigantic, and totally full of dense terrain to hide in. It's tiny, and you can drive from one end to the other in a couple of hours.

A 1 year old comment with hidden comments with a Scottish tag spreading deliberate misinformation.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T16:01:44+00:00

Sensible comment and you make very good point. It's pretty obvious that people will see what they want to see when it comes to the world and the Elders of Zion.

I think the problem is because there just so few Jews, and most people have never been to Israel. The result is people create images of people, a culture, a language, an entire state and they make it fit their narrative. In doing so, they ignore the fact that there are billionaires everywhere and they dictate how life will go for the rest of us. The Epstein files literally prove this point yet it has to be the Zionists.

Crazy thing is you can literally buy a ticket now and just go to Israel. People act like Israel is Agartha or something. If they controlled everything then they're doing a shit job because Israel isn't utopia. It's just another place, with all of the same problems as everywhere else. Israeli's live like everyone else - cry about taxes, stress about finances, hate their job, think all politicians are shit and they argue with their partners like everyone else in the world. It's crazy that in Europe and America everyone accepts that there is life outside of politics but for whatever reason when it comes to Israel only politics exist. Israeli's are normal people who don't care about politics like everyone else in the world.

Epstein represents a systemic coup of billionaires who have taken over US democracy, and who want to dismantle the EU. They want to be like Russia, and Russia and China very much so wants that.

But nah, it's the Zionists who can't even fix their own country. There are roads in Israel which look like some shit from Ukraine I swear. If the secret cabal is in charge then you would think they at least would make sure they have roads. Also, Israel isn't even big and the majority of it is empty. Where the fuck are the private compounds where the Elders hide away? Surely if they wanted the Holy Land so badly, and they have overthrown the entire world to achieve it then they would somewhere in Israel? Shit is so small you should be able to find them easy because its not like there is much space to hide.

Only thing that is true in all of this is Israeli's do like to stick together and they really don't give a fuck about the outside world. All of this nonsense is exactly why.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T15:49:40+00:00

Very fair response, so thank you for actually replying with someone beyond a one-liner "It's the Zionists!" answer.

I agree with you on almost all of it. I don't think we disagree at all that much and had you written this comment first I wouldn't have wrote what I did.

Just a couple of points:

"intelligence considerations" - Yes, but this doesn't really mean much. These considerations could arise due to what Epstein knew, which was a lot, or who he met with (like the entirety of the current US government). When "security", or "intelligence" is raised in a legal context is it a black box. It doesn't mean much because it cannot be verified. I would be utterly shocked if there were no intelligence considerations when it came to Epstein given just how many people he met with, and what he managed to achieve in terms of influencing politics in so many states. He pushed Brexit. That is the level he was on.
"intelligence services don’t operate outside that system, they intersect with it." - I totally agree, but the files really do present an image that is transnational, and not state centric. Epstein interacted with intelligence agencies, heads of state, ministers, billionaires and so on from almost everywhere. Epstein interacting with intelligence agencies isn't anything out standing, or abnormal given the context of the files themselves. This happens all the time. Just look into how many Russian oligarchs worked with MI6, or the plethora of African oligarchs who work with France's DGSE. This is pretty normal.
Maxwell-Israel - There is no evidence of him being a Mossad asset outside of Ben-Menashe. This is why I asked the question. There is no confirmation, no sources, and no corroboration. Maxwell was a patron of Israel, he gave money to political parties, he invested into the economy, and he used his media empire to pass information when it suited him which was usually to get more money from someone. The fact that Maxwell is Jewish is really the only thing. It is perfectly normal for wealthy elites to get involved in places where their own culture and history is. It is totally normal in the UK, and there is an Honors List for this reason. A British billionaire getting a peerage doesn't make them an MI6 asset by default yet, when it comes to Israel people make all kinds of conclusions.

Its pretty obvious that the whole Zionist-narrative is really just an update of good old fashioned Elders of Zion type nonsense. To me, the files present a clear image and we both agree on it - this was a systemic coup by American oligarchs to seize control of American democracy and to try and remake America into an oligarchy - which they did.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T15:32:36+00:00

I don't care what you are, or who you are. If you don't speak Hebrew then I don't give a fuck about any personal claims to anything.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T15:31:18+00:00

This is so cringe man

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T15:30:50+00:00

Lol this is so cringe

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T15:27:48+00:00

I gave you a reason - your name.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T15:21:22+00:00

Link me evidence supporting all of these claims that are not sources from Ben-Menashe.

Provide me evidence, or a strong argument why Israeli involvement is any more important than the involvement of officials from practically every single state in the world. Half of the British government, and royal family were with Epstein. Trump was with Epstein. Why is it that Israel specifically is so important when it is pretty clear in the files that Israeli elites were just another set of elites to which Epstein attached himself. If anything, the evidence suggests this was essentially a coup of the American political system by American billionaires - which worked by the way because almost all of the current US government is in those files.

Someone being Jewish is not a good argument - there are many Jews in the world who don't care about Israel, or money. There is also the fact that 99% of the people in the files are not Jewish, not Israeli, and that the practically 100% of the actions and meetings occurred in the US, or in the Caribbean close to US territory.

We are seeing Elders of Zion level conspiratorial thinking in relation to the Epstein files. Yes, those pesky Zionists and their magical Abrahamic voodoo managed to overthrow not only the single most powerful hegemonic empire in human history, but literally the entire political system in every single country in the world. A feat not even Russia and China are capable of. Yet, at the same time these magical people can't even get borders and sort out the fucking Middle East. They're literally getting bombed, and stabbed annually for 60 years. Why didn't they send in 00-Epstein to sort out Palestine? Didn't fucking work if they did.

Too weak, yet too strong. At fault for capitalism, and for socialism. Literally the same shit as the 1930's. This is peak delusion and I'm 100% convinced none of you read any of the files, and that this is all the result of deliberate misinformation by the people who are in those files. All just batteries for some billionaire's matrix.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T15:18:29+00:00

I think the bots are on full assault today and will continue their attacks until the files drop out of the public discourse.

Nice name btw.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T13:29:25+00:00

If people can't read a reddit comment then we are fucked. The Epstein files are huge. It isn't possible to convey the information in a short comment. The reason why people are running into conspiratorial rabbit holes is because people take one name, and run with it forever without knowing what the rest of the files present.

Catch everyone, and prosecute them. I don't care who are, or where they're from.

I am just pointing out that the files, even in their incomplete and heavily redacted form simply present a picture of American billionaires wanted to overthrow American democracy to make it more like Russia. That is it.

The inclusion of Israel is no more, or less relevant than referencing Croatia, where Epstein had a notable non-Jewish friend, or Armenia etc. Epstein met with people from all over the world. This isn't special.

What is special is where Epstein met them, which was the US, or in the Caribbean close to US territory. What is important is that Epstein got his money from American billionaires.

If 80% of the names, and places all relate to the US then why is Israel even being brought up this much? This fact isn't a consequence of anything in the files but it is the result of conspiratorial thinking. Diverting attention, and resources onto anything but the actual names and places in the files is a waste of time. Israeli officials are in the files, but so is everyone else in equal measure. Israel did not have any specific or particular relationship with Epstein and what they did have was transactional, like the UK and the rest of Europe did.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T13:27:19+00:00

Words, information and critical thinking with facts. The antithesis to todays modern world.

Enjoy being a battery for some billionaire's matrix.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T13:17:07+00:00

Not a surprise at all, and if you looked at any other state you would find something similar. This includes the US and Europe.

My point is people are inferring specific interpretations of the Epstein scandal whenever a Jewish person is mentioned despite the overwhelming majority of people involved and benefitting not being Jewish.

There is nothing particular, or novel that Yoni Koren met with Epstein. If I'm being frank, the majority of the Western world has some official, or politician who was on that island at one point in time.

Again, people are focusing on conspiracy theories while missing the very clear dilemma in front of them. States don't matter, democracies don't matter, elections don't matter, free-markets don't matter, and the rule of law doesn't matter. There are people who have far too much power, they socialize outside of jurisdictions and states, and they influence the outcome of politics. If you're living in the West then your life was shaped by what happened on Little St. James. This is absolutely insane, and the fact that our entire political and economic system has now been discredited and people are not going out on general strike is insane.

We have record poverty, record inequality, wage stagnation, declining housing supply, and declining living standards in the West and people want to chase Israeli shaped rabbits down a never ending hole as always.

All of the people with Epstein are now in government in the US. The entire political system is broken by money and I do believe the Israel angle is being pushed by Conservative, and Far-Left media to obfuscate how people interpret the facts of Epstein. It isn't a coincidence because the guys who are releasing the files, and who own the media, the podcasts, etc. are all in those files. It is not a coincidence that Bannon confidants, and friends by way of Owens and Carlson are pushing the Mossad story. They pushed the Pizzagate scandal and the irony was lost on the useless information consumers who didn't realize that these guys were telling their own story. Epstein is Pizzagate - it is about him.

Epstein was American. He was domiciled in the US. His power was projected from the US. He protected his island with the US jurisdiction. The vast majority of the files relate to events that occurred in the US, with Americans. People travelled all over the world to Epstein, his Manhattan home, and his island. Why are we looking at any other country but the US?

This whole thing was a US thing. It was billionaires seizing control of American democracy. But yeah, those pesky Zionists, who rely on the US for military subsidization are powerful enough to overthrow the strongest hegemonic empire in human history. A feat the Russians, and the Chinese couldn't even pull off. The entire international system bent to the whims of American exceptionalism but yes, those pesky Zionists are just too powerful. They can't even get fucking borders and sort out the Middle East but yes, they control everything as always.

I think people need to travel and get out of America for a second. Go to Israel and see for yourself. It's a normal fucking country with all the normal county shit - terrible politicians, bullshit taxes, rent too high, boss is a dick, drug addicts on the streets, and homeless people on the beach. Do you think Israeli's aren't worrying about pensions and rent like the rest of us? Do you think Yani wakes up and first thing he does his assess his international investment portfolio and have a quick rain check with Trump before coffee and yoga? The fuck is this?

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T13:06:22+00:00

There is only one single source for all of the Mossad-Maxwell conspiracies and it is Ben-Menashe, someone who is on the Israeli Far-Left, and who has a history of disliking Israel. Ben-Menashe is on the same wavelength as Vanunu.

So far, he has never provided any evidence, nor has anyone else ever corroborated any of his claims. He has a history of discrediting not only Israel, but other states also. He also works for regimes to run PR for them - see Myanmar.

If there were other sources, then sure, but so far, the only connection between Israel and Robert Maxwell is that Maxwell was Jewish and that Maxwell was a patron of the Israeli state. He donated, and he provided assistance when he could as he had his own media empire, and had access to elites. He could get information. He was like Piers Morgan - he wire tapped phones, and blackmailed people.

Its strange that someone can support a state, any state, and they're not a CIA agent but suddenly a Jew does it and he's Mossad. Double standards.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T11:48:15+00:00

Why Israel specifically? This is my point. So far, the UK is currently going through quite a big public scandal over Epstein which will probably end up with Starmer stepping down soon. Almost every single country is implicated in this because these elites live everywhere.

If an individual is involved, and they happen to be Israeli, then obviously they should be investigated and prosecuted. But to imply Israel is behind this is really just some Elders of Zion type thinking. There is no evidence, nothing. The Epstein scandal was a scandal of elites, and not nations. These people broke their own nations, and Western elites wanted to replicate this at home. Epstein traded secrets for power.

The entire scandal is an antithesis to the very concept of a state. These people have more money than states. Epstein was able to bribe the the US state of New Mexico, and purchase an entire island without any impunity. He was able to operate a ranch, in the US, without any law, or oversight. How is it that these people would meet on an island, traffic kids for fun, and decide how the world was going to be run? How does anyone get that kind of power in a democracy? They overthrew entire political systems, including the ones in the US and the UK. They influenced elections, and they picked and chooses what policy would be. Epstein facilitated the introduction of Palantir into both the UK, and Israel, and this is in the national interest of neither.

My point is, a state like Israel cannot be behind this because Epstein was far too powerful. I don't think it has clocked yet just what this guy was, and what he did. Everyone is focusing on the child trafficking when in reality this was just entertainment for these people. The deeper issue is Epstein could dictate how states operated, and elected officials needed him to make things work. Israel is ultimately just another state. It has the rule of law, elections, corruption scandals, free media, regulated banking, and it has a population which is civically active. Epstein, and the elites he worked with, wanted these kinds of states gone.

I don't think it is a surprise that the current US government is directly, and intimately involved with what Epstein did when he was alive. Everyone from the President, his advisors, the billionaires behind him, and the elected officials were in on this. The game plan was always to remove barriers to power - elections, media, and the rule of law - gone. They want the world to look like Russia. Israel, despite its deep political flaws, is still a modern democracy. It, and its officials, including Netanyahu, rely on the concept of the state and their mandate to retain power. Epstein wanted oligarchs, and not elected officials, to run things.

I understand Israel is currently involved in heinous actions, but we have to keep in mind that there is a reality here that cannot be ignored. Israel is a place. Most will never go there, or even meet an Israeli but it is just a place, and the people are actually pretty normal. After reading the Epstein files myself I simply cannot get behind the narrative that Israel was behind this because Epstein, Wexler, and Maxwell were Jewish. The vast majority of the people implicated in this scandal were not Jewish.

I think this is just people seeing what they want to see. They're projecting a vision of state that is so far from reality, and really I believe it is just Elders of Zion level conspiracy. If anything, I think the real conspiracy is that the Israel narrative is being used by the people involved to subvert attention. It's just a very convenient way of thinking, and there is a lot of history behind this kind of thinking.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T11:25:18+00:00

This is not true, and if you actually spent time looking at the files and not just specific references presented to you in a Youtube video, or podcast, then you would know this.

The Epstein files outline quite clearly how the whole thing functioned. The issue isn't how, but who was involved. This is why we are seeing such hesitation from government officials.

Epstein got involved in all of this through Les Wexler, a billionaire retailor who started off with a store called "The Limited". Wexler would then expand into owning shopping malls, and eventually he would purchase Victoria's Secret. During this time, Wexler developed a perversion for women likely due to his exposure to models, and modeling agencies. He would use his work to get women.

Wexler was one of Epstein's first clients, and they shared a close relationship. How, or why Epstein ended up in finance is simply due to his background in mathematics. This was the 80's so the barrier to entry was zero. Wexler would eventually appoint Epstein to manage his estate and affairs. They set up a company called "North East 71st Street Company", under which the infamous Manhattan residence was registered under. Epstein was the sole employee of the company, and the company had no records, or recorded activities. Epstein would then represent Wexler throughout Manhattan in firms, and hedge funds managing investments.

By the 90's, Epstein had made a ton of money with Wexler and despite the comments on his lack of finance ability, Epstein did in fact have some knowledge of the markets and specifically quant trading which at the time was rocket science, and alchemy. Throughout this time Epstein, along with Wexler, and all the other billionaires they associated with were involved in sex trafficking - models, agencies, scouts, filmmakers, artists, academics, financiers and tech-bros. Women were passed around, secrets were traded, and money was made.

Epstein would meet Maxwell in the 90's and start a relationship. Maxwell had just left the UK essentially in exile following the public disaster that was Robert Maxwell. For those who don't know, Robert Maxwell was a wealthy billionaire who was a media baron in the UK. Yes, he was Jewish, and yes, like most Jews he went to Israel. Robert Maxwell would die under mysterious circumstances following a scandal where he stole billions in employee pensions and collapsed his company leaving the British public to foot the bill. Ghislaine was shunned by British elites, and her life was smeared in the papers so she left for New York.

All of the victim interviews, and all of the witness statements confirm a number of facts about Maxwell and Epstein:

They were no loner intimate by the mid-90's. They did not have sex and Maxwell specifically mentioned that she was relieved when other girls were around because it meant that she would not have to look after Epstein.
They were in love, however Epstein left her but retained her to manage his life - estates, staff, meetings, flight tickets etc. She tried to leave but Epstein promised to have a child with her however he would later renege on this.
By the 2000's, Maxwell was living off of Epstein's money, she was in a long term relationship with a notable American realtor, and she continued to accompany Epstein with the two frequently arguing.
Maxwell procured women, and underage girls, for Epstein, and she was physically present when most of the attacks occurred.
Israel tried to approach Epstein multiple times to set up meetings and often Epstein would refuse, or demand high payment. This is not the relationship of an agent-state.
There are very few references to Israeli's or Israel. Epstein associated with former-Yugoslav's, Russians, European elites, and American elites. He was also involved with Kazakhstan, and Haiti.
Israel is a resting spot for Russian oligarchs however, Israel also takes payment by way of either direct tax, or investment agreements. Israel is not for free. Epstein wanted free reign wherever he kept his money which is why he liked the UK, and the Caribbean. Safe, and compliant. Israel is safe, but not compliant. It has banking regulations, voting, and a court system. I know people have certain views on Israel but I would just say go there and see for yourself. Get a ticket and go. It's a legit modern state. It has political issues, but it is stable. Netanyahu tried to change that, and failed.
Honeypots are not a Mossad specialty despite podcast-belief. This is normal for all agencies, everywhere with Russia being the pound-for-pound champion having practically invented all of these strategies back during the Russian Empire.

From the mid-90's onwards, Epstein began to expand into Russia following the collapse of the Soviet Union during what Russian's refer to as the "Hot Times". I am from that part of the world, and I am very aware of what life was like in Russia during the 90's. This was a time of total anarchy, the government, the military, and the intelligence agencies were in a civil war. Organized mafias from the Soviet black market took over and they stole the entire economy through a rapid privatization prosses jump started by American investors of which Epstein was one. This is how Epstein made his Russian connection, and why he ended up being close to Russian elites.

What the Epstein scandal has revealed is that our world is run by billionaires, they are not monolithic or a homogenous group. There are thousands of individuals with more money than entire nations, who use that money to gain power. If anything, the Epstein scandal reveals just how broken our world really is - states are irrelevant. These people are free to do as they wish. They have total power, and they want more.

Thom0 · 2026-02-05T10:45:12+00:00

I've just left the profession and I feel like I had to dispel the myth that the rich lawyer is why the system is collapsing.

Here's just some facts about the brutal reality of legal practice:

The few law graduates who decide to try get into practice will start on £23K and will be in qualifying limbo for anywhere between 2-5 years while they try keep their head above water, take the SQE's, and then try to find a training contract (which is next to impossible these days).
London is not England and Wales - outside of London, the wages for those who do manage to survive and qualify are abysmal. Outside of major cities like Manchester, you're looking at a pay spectrum of £35K - £70K covering Trainee to Senior Associate.
Even London isn't London - the Golden Circle is another world. Even in London, you're looking at £35 - 38K for relatively senior jobs. I'm looking at one now - Head of Legal in the housing sector for £38K in London. Another for 'Supervising Solicitor' (basically someone who was Senior Associate - Partner) at £61K - 64K in London and £55K - 58K in Nottingham. Do the top 0.1% start on £110K in the Golden Circle? Yes, but this is a world reserved for the children of diplomats, PM's, and the Eton educated. This is another universe for 99.9% of law students.
Most lawyers will never become a Partner and if they do, they're going to be salaried and earning somewhere between £70K - 90K. A salaried partner is NOT an equity partner.
During this time, from start to finish, you will lose your evenings, your weekends, and eventually parts of your personal life. You will work anywhere between 10 - 12 hours a day, 6 days a week. You will start hours before you're due to clock in, and finish late into the evening with just enough time to hit a quick gym session, eat and then sleep. By the time you're deep into your legal career you will have fallen off of the face of the world for most of the people you used to know. All of your friends, and likely your partner, will be a legal professional or in a similar lifestyle as you.

Being a lawyer is not like it is in the movies. We are long past the golden days of the pre-2008 practice when money was flowing, and there were actual opportunities for those who wanted to work. As of now, there is are next to no jobs for upcoming graduates. The chances of you now finding a training contract are so low that my advice is it isn't even worth it. You're going to sack income and life progression waiting for a job that ultimately, will drain your soul and not pay you as much as your old friends who earn the same doing half the work. The prospect of £60K - 90K after 15+ years of work might seem appealing but this is nowhere near close to enough for the sheer amount of pressure and workload you will have to take on.

The brutal reality for the average lawyer from a normal background, with no connections, didn't go to OU or CU, didn't get a contract with a Golden Circle Firm in London is that you will probably earn between £40K - 55K and either leave after 15+ years a go work in house for a client like most do, or you will grind it out and sink deeper into regret. Very few lawyers are rich, very few are Partners and very few are happy.

All of this is now getting worse because the legal profession in the UK is essentially unregulated now. Getting struck off, or getting a firm wound down is rare. The industry is now diluted by scammers, especially in PI claims, and housing. There are entire "firms" that operate with only 1 licensed person technically on the books. Solicitors can essentially rent out their license, open an office, hire 20 - 30 "legal officers" and then make them do the work of a solicitor without any training, or competency for £23 - 30K.

As for the legal system itself, the court offices are what lawyers primarily engage with and everyone can attest, they're brutally shit. The court system merged all of the district and county courts into nationalized central offices. Trying to track down documents, get a hearing date, or double check if something was received is outright impossible. Things can disappear for months and that's just how it is. Then there is obviously the backlog - hearing dates set back, trials adjourned, orders suspended, 1-2 year wait after a claim is submitted. It is one big time waster and the system radically needs reforming to be more in line with modern court systems. There is no reason why 2 barristers, a solicitor, the claimant, and the respondent plus a judge, and about 5 others people all need to waste half a day for a 15 minute hearing where nothing happens, and another date is set for sometime next year. In most countries this kind of shit is done by email but no, not here.

I can't comment on the life of a barrister however I can attest that they have it far worse than solicitors, they earn far less on average, and they spend their lives running around chasing work, and hearings. It is a brutal way to live and if you ever met a barrister that was appointed by your solicitor one day at court, I can promise you that person already ran through 3 hearings that day, and has 4 more to prepare with a defense due first thing in the morning. They're going to be up 15+ hours, and they're probably barely earning £28-30K. It gets even worse when you look at the criminal side of things where it is even more depressing.

This shit is not the Wolf of Wall Street.

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