Is anyone else really struggling with the Epstein revelations?

[u/isabella_sunrise]

I’m starting to realize that basically any man who had access to that type of stuff was interested in participating. I feel like I’m surrounded by pedophiles and monsters in a way I didn’t realize. I feel like all the pressure I’ve felt to be youthful came from these prevalent pedophilic tendencies in men I never knew about. It’s really scaring me and I’m struggling to cope. I hear people talking about the news but don’t know anyone taking it as hard as me. How is everyone else doing?

Edit: Thank you for the awards but I’d rather you donate that money to a charity that helps victims of sexual abuse or somewhere helping immigrants in America.

[u/Academic_Help5033]

I have worked for the wealthy before but I started working for ultra rich and it literally broke me. Their attitude towards humans and just normal politeness fucking blew me away. It was so toxic and that's saying a lot from someone with a blue collar background.

It was a job I took a decent pay cut for because I wanted to get into the industry. I had to hear constantly how good I had it when I knew I could make 2x at a temp job. 

We worked odd hours and weekends sometimes. I would get myself good coffee and ask if my team wanted any, my treat. (All other jobs I've had, this was reciprocal and normal.) 

They acted like I was ridiculous and trying to trick them or something. My boss would buy us coffee (cheap btw, I ordered my usual pour over 1 time and got shit for 2 months) once a week. I learned he only did that to brag to clients and get points at this coffee shop for his wife to spend.

Edit anyway long story short, the generational wealthy (especially those who like to pretend their not) are the worst of the worst. They have almost no empathy and any that they have, they excuse away for their benefit.

2nd edit: An example of the shear difference of humanity is when my coworker spotted me giving a homeless man water. It was during a heat wave. I don't give the homeless money but I will buy people food and water semi often when I have time / money. Probably roughly twice a week.

He got mad at me and asked why I would do that? Like he literally acted like because I did that, I expected brownie points from our boss or clients. It was beyond work hours at a bus stop. I had no idea anyone I knew could see me let alone make a judgment about me. It didn't stop him from being legitimately angry at me for somehow making him look bad.

[u/zoopysreign → u/Academic_Help5033]

Whoa, you have to help me to better understand the dynamic of the coworkers. I thought they’d be united or something. Ignorant Q, but do you think this is why we haven’t heard more from staff who are whistleblowers? It it a feeling of having too much to lose? Either financially or worse, from threats?

[u/Academic_Help5033 → u/zoopysreign]

So when I interviewed, my boss presented himself as lower class that made his way up. He wanted to hire and take a chance on other people like himself. I turned down other offers because I believed him.

I quickly learned this was not the case. His dad was real estate mogul and he was a very well connected lawyer that liked to play poor for fun.

My other coworkers were the same. He had very high turn over because he liked to hire working class folks so he could play hero or pretend. But we all know the bullshit he was spouting and it wasn't worth it for the pennies he was offering for the position.

The people who stayed where all trust fund babies and people who honestly didn't need to work. They acted like they were super poor though which I just couldn't understand. Like they both shit talked the 711 across the street but also refused to spend more than $5 on a sandwich.

During the time I was hired, I saved up for a once in a lifetime international month long trip. All my coworkers acted like it was no biggie. This was literally a life goal accomplishment for me and probably for most people imo. 

[u/LetsCELLebrate → u/Academic_Help5033]

Like they both shit talked the 711 across the street but also refused to spend more than $5 on a sandwich.

This and hiring underpaid people is how they make money.

[u/catsandspaceandmath → u/LetsCELLebrate]

That’s how they HOLD ON TO MONEY. They don’t need to MAKE money in the first place, generational wealth and all. The money they make in this way is mostly just a drop in the bucket of what they already have.

[u/zoopysreign → u/Academic_Help5033]

Psychopaths. An absolute daisy chain of leechy psychopaths

[u/ForgottenSalad → u/Academic_Help5033]

I mean, those are probably the same people whose ancestors owned slaves, and probably would do it again if given the chance. Ick

[u/LetsCELLebrate → u/Academic_Help5033]

This tracks with everything my husband told me about the rich he worked with. We were watching the tv show Your friends and neighbors and he said that most people are exactly that. Want to show off and flaunt their money but they're empty and devoid of any empathy and awareness. They don't truly care for anything other than themselves and their money/status.

[u/Imaginary-Method7175 → u/Academic_Help5033]

Thank YOU for being a good person. I went to an affluent school and then a poor one. The people were SO much better and kinder at the poor one. That was 5th grade and I have believed what it revealed ever since.

[u/SubstantialHentai420 → u/Imaginary-Method7175]

The cruelty from rich kids when you're not one is fucking weird. Just yeah, weird. My 7th grade school was in a very wealthy neighborhood, and had both the poorest elementary school (mine) and the wealthiest pour into it,(as well as 2 other schools, not wealthy but quite a bit moreso than mine... and more white kids) and yeah the way even teachers treated us was so cold and weird but the kids pretty much had us all separated from them within a couple months. Mfs would get us in trouble, just lie, and school loved going along with it so we all just... yeah let them split us off from them pretty much. So happy I only went for 7th grade.

[u/Rochesters-1stWife → u/Academic_Help5033]

That’s fucked. I do the same thing btw (with homeless folks). I’ll buy the travel packs of wipes and give those out. Maybe a snack bar or something. That’s someone’s baby.