Is the Epstein Affair a Watershed Moment?
Is the Epstein Affair a Watershed Moment?
By Charles Hugh Smith
Perhaps when we look back on the Epstein Affair, we’ll understand that it broke the back of Americans’ faith in their political and law enforcement institutions.
We’re being told the Epstein Affair is old news, nothing to see here, move along–but I’m not so sure.
It could be the opposite of old news, a watershed moment in American history.
Watershed moments can be sudden, dramatic events that we all experience as “nothing is the same after this,” or long-brewing crises that we only discern were watersheds when looking back.
The Epstein Affair may be the second type of watershed, only recognized in the rear view mirror. In his post Jeff Epstein, MAGA, and Monopolies, Matt Stoller made two noteworthy observations:
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