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Bandwagon

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It's pretty simple to show how incredibly unlikely the thing is with some simple maths.

Here's a report ( from 2020 ) that estimates the worlds net wealth at 510 trillion dollars, so that's 510,000,000,000,000


Our little mate Elon Musk is currently estimated to be the richest fella in the world, with a net worth of 241 Billion. so that's 241,000,000,000


Let's take our 510 trillion, @ 90% which gives us 459 trillion, so if the ten richest families in the world held 90% of the wealth 459 trillion would be their combined wealth.

How many Elon Musks can we fit in 459 trillion, ( 459t/241b ) that gives us 1905 Elons.

So if the worlds top ten richest families each had an average of 190 members, and on average each of them held the same wealth as the purportedly worlds richest man, then we'd have the conditions to say that the top ten richest families held 90% of the wealth.

How likely does that look?

Now admittedly all those numbers are pretty rubbery, and they may or may not be accurate, they may even be wildly inaccurate, but you can see by the sheer scale of those numbers how incredibly unlikely it would be, even with a huge margin of error.
 

Bandwagon

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Of course you could increase the size of each family until a point where the average individual wealth becomes realistic enough so as the claim becomes feasible, but in the context of wealth and power that would seem to me fairly meaningless, because you'd be getting to the point where you've got a family where most of the merkins don't even know each other, let alone pool their wealth in the pursuit of power.
 

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there are wealthy pedos right? ..... or do we believe epstein and his grooming squeeze were only doing it for epstein and horny prince andy? - no one else involved, nothing to see here ..... interesting how no one else ever got exposed after maxwell got found guilty - wonder why
Have you never heard the saying that absolute power corrupts absolutely? It exists for a good reason. And yet you want to label the people pointing out bad people doing bad things as nutters. Why were no visitors to Epstein island charged? Why aren't you concerned about that?
Unsure why the overlord Deep State topic has found sole focus on Epstein. Anyway so far the only link between victim and perpetrator that I know of is Prince Andrew and it seems that the civil case has been settled out of court (which is rumoured to be $US28m).

I guess the allegation now is that the FBI will fail to follow up and extradite Andy. From what I understand about the US system, their investigations are undertaken very much on the low down and then the evidence is tested behind closed doors via a Grand Jury. Time will tell if they have confidence of conviction as we all know that historical sexual assault is very hard to nail.

As for the other mekins in Maxwell’s black book or in Epstein’s flight logs, you don’t have to be Lionel Hutz to work out that circumstantial evidence is not enough to put anyone away. You will need victims, witnesses etc to achieve a beyond reasonable doubt conviction.

We in Australia have witnessed first hand how merkins can weasel and grift their way to avoid jail. Both of our high profile bishops who were found guilty by courts based on evidence gathered during the Royal Commission ultimately had their convictions overturned purely on the argument of reasonable doubt, notwithstanding actual witnesses attesting to their personal abuse.



Thankfully some convictions stick here in Australia and in the USA where we have merkins like Harvey Weinstein in big house until 2040 earliest.


What ^^^^ does prove to me is that there is no deep state pulling the strings of society, but moreso that “justice” looks different to us normals compared to the cashed up who have bottomless $$$$ resources.

What seems to be lost here is the irony of the Sky News grab that I posted, where the Murdoch lady suggested that there was “a group of unelected faceless power brokers who really call the shots. There is a clandestine operation of individuals and organisations who have the power to influence elections, dictate foreign policy and control the economy for their own gain.”

Deep state ? Try Murdoch, fossil fuel lobby, gambling lobby, big pharma, gun lobby, environmental groups, big religion, gun lobby, international espionage via social media exploitation and manipulation and recently the antivax lobby. Everyone is having a turn to create noise, doubt and sway opinions through promoting falsehoods.

Call it for what it is, a bunch of non aligned greedy merkins who give no f**ks provided that they get what they want. It’s not a bunch of suits who meet every year at Davos to pool their thoughts and refine their cunning plan. It’s just a bunch of selfish agenda driven pricks that come from all sectors.

 

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BTW ... i still find it incredibly odd that there has never been a photo or video of Maxwell since she was arrested.
 

Gronk

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BTW ... i still find it incredibly odd that there has never been a photo or video of Maxwell since she was arrested.
I reckon there are two answers to that. One is she is in jail. The other is something something pizza gate peodo protected.

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Gronk

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BTW that seems to be they way they do it in the states. Some cases are live on TV and some are closed court. Probably depends if you got bail and if the victims are of adult age ?

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Are you asking who I think is right out of you and Bandy on the wealth thing?

These merkins take life to seriously. Wna bet who will perish first?
I'll bet you a pineapple. You can take first pick. And when I say pineapple I don't mean a $50 I mean an actual f**king pineapple.
 

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Yes i am well aware they do drawings in court rooms
I was addressing why you haven’t seen her in the flesh. Cos she’s in jail and because the proceedings did not permit photographs.

You reckon she’s been whisked away to live her life out in luxurious anonymity in the french countryside?
 

Gary Gutful

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These merkins take life to seriously. Wna bet who will perish first?
I'll bet you a pineapple. You can take first pick. And when I say pineapple I don't mean a $50 I mean an actual f**king pineapple.
What am I going to do with a pineapple FFS?!!
 
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