Epstein was a very smart man - he knew that he could amass great wealth by luring privileged/wealthy men into a blackmail trap. The bait in the trap was girls and young women.
The Brazilian girls were the ones described as "under 9." Were they white? There seem to have been a number of Latina girls and/or women in the mix. I think arguing that this was never really about sex is like arguing that alcoholism is never about the addiction. They were all fellow sex addicts, and the money is what made the deviant sex possible and palatial. The sex is what many of the players wanted; otherwise they could have just inside-traded via email.
Epstein was a very smart man - he knew that he could amass great wealth by luring privileged/wealthy men into a blackmail trap. The bait in the trap was girls and young women.
The Brazilian girls were the ones described as "under 9." Were they white? There seem to have been a number of Latina girls and/or women in the mix. I think arguing that this was never really about sex is like arguing that alcoholism is never about the addiction. They were all fellow sex addicts, and the money is what made the deviant sex possible and palatial. The sex is what many of the players wanted; otherwise they could have just inside-traded via email.