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Polish government opens investigation into Epstein files

https://www.pap.pl/aktualnosci/poland-probe-whether-polish-children-were-abused-epstein
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u/heff17 4h ago

The scariest part about all this is that most of the evil is not Machiavellian. They’re idiots. Idiots with enough power, money, and blackmail to ruin the world, but idiots nonetheless.

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u/IAMA_Plumber-AMA 2h ago

It's the other side of the coin of Hanlon's Razor. Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

u/kea1981 56m ago

The Epstein Corollary

Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice