I think they are more or less. Like everything in them is monstrous and the people who perpetrated it deserve to be uncovered, but its also dangling the ‘easy’ solution to Trump in front of people. You’re less likely to do something substantial to resist the admin if you think any day now the bombshell is going to shatter their hold on power. Doesn’t matter how real the bomb is if waiting for it to go off stops you from using other means to save people now.

The more power Trump amasses through ICE, the less likely the Epstein files will ever make an impact. I guess my real thought is that getting justice for the crimes in the Epstein files depends on breaking their hold on power first, and not the other way around. Its real, its important, we should care about it, but it is not a means to also defeating fascism

Mostly just check the sidebar of any particular community before you post. There are upvotes/downvotes but no persistent karma. There are some communities and instances that are heavily moderated, try not to be offended if you catch a ban without ever participating its probably not personal. Also you can block users, communities, or entire instances, so you’ll have pretty good control of what you want your feed to look like if you familiarize yourself with those.

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