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> ruin political candidates, powerful CEOs, and wealthy people

This is mostly fantasy propagated by works of fiction. In the real world release of any evidence of sins has practically zero impact on the wealthy people and when it very occasionally does have an impact it just happens in cases of people who weren't wealthy enough for the circumstances.

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The government can do a whole lot more than embarrass CEOs and powerful people they don't like. Look at how China controls its tech CEOs by making them disappear until their views align.

The Epstein Island isn't just a fantasy playground for sickos.

Every single one of those people has a noose around their neck and is being told what to do. They have a gun to their head now.

The intelligence apparatus has been exploiting dynamics like this for a long time.

The west runs on blackmail. If they can't find any dirt on you, you're not getting into power, and that's a fact.

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