Leaked documents indicate that Shuliak was the last person Epstein spoke to by phone hours before his alleged suicide in prison. It also emerged that Epstein had amended his legal will just two days before his death, in a seemingly deliberate move to ensure the young dentist received the largest share of his remaining fortune.

Despite their close association, US federal authorities did not include Shuliak among those involved or complicit in Epstein’s sex crimes. She also never described herself as a victim of his practices, nor was she subjected to formal interrogations by the FBI or the victims’ lawyers pursuing Epstein’s estate.

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    So she’s one of the network’s facilitators, right?

    There were a lot of victims from the ex soviet countries after the bloc fell, because there were a lot of orphans and a lot of people that wouldn’t notice the disappearances.

    Makes you wonder who else is continuing his work

    And what other entities are involved with a large source of disappeared humans

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    One of the neat things about billionaires dying it is makes a whole lot of new rich people who might not be the kind of total monster someone has to be to acquire billions of dollars. Food for thought.

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      Once in a blue moon a decent person does manage to acquire that level of wealth. Usually it’s because they obtain it suddenly. They create a company or app that becomes huge simply due to the innovativeness of it. They become rich because they came up with one very lucky good idea, rather than from years of ruthlessly exploiting workers and customers.

      The example I have in mind? This guy right here:

      You know who that is? It’s Tom from MySpace. He created MySpace and then sold it for $580 million. Not sure if he’s actually a billionaire currently, but he would be even if he just stuck his winnings in an index fund.

      Since selling MySpace, he’s basically just been living the dream. He’s been doing exactly what I think most people who aren’t complete psychopaths would do if you handed them that kind of money. He sold MySpace and just immediately retired. Musk, in contrast, got $180 million from the Paypal sale, decided a sustainable $5 million a year wasn’t enough, and used his earnings from that to make even more money.

      Tom’s been retired since 2005. He retired at 35. Since then, he’s just been hanging out with friends and family, traveling the world, and pursuing his passions like photography. He’ll gather a big group of friends and pay for all their airfare and hotel stays at some exotic location where he can practice his photography. He’ll do that, pay for everything, and ask for nothing in return.

      He honestly sounds like a pretty decent human being. Maybe ideally he would give away a bit more of his money to charity, but at least he’s not actively using his fortune for evil. He’s not a private equity ghoul. His greed is clearly not infinite. He’s not trying to buy politicians and rule the world. He seems like someone that just genuinely enjoys life, living, and the company of good people.

      So in some rare circumstances, a good person can become a billionaire. But you pretty much have to earn it by winning a literal or metaphorical lottery. If you want to earn it slowly by building up a business, you either have to be a monster, or you will become one in the process.

      But Tom? He just won the lottery and fucked off before the power could corrupt him. And that is what has saved his soul. Hell, just look how happy that guy looks!

      Normally get rich quick schemes are the purview of unethical people. But with billionaires, the opposite is the case. The only ones that aren’t complete monsters are those that make their money quick, decide they have more than they will ever need, and immediately retire.

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      I think they are if you watch the news. The last one was that dude in Paris and I’m sure there will be more as Trumps private black ops hit squad makes their way through the list.

      But what is of particular note is that she is Belorussian and the FBI didn’t even question her.

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            Yup. And those of us with nerve damage in our fingers exist and we use the s***** voice transcription software that our phones come with. Unfortunately when you’re doing it that way, the text comes out quickly and sometimes you don’t catch stupid s*** like that.

            I’ve actually had people get into long-winded arguments on Lemmy about why I shouldn’t censor myself on the internet, but the truth is I just couldn’t give a s***.

            Funny enough pointing out the nature of my disability often makes people on this site act like even bigger dicks.

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              I’m waiting for the day when I finally lose the last of my dexterity, gonna buy myself an old school phablet from the days when samsung were going balls to the wall on it.

              That or a physical keyboard to plug in. Might make me yap less on the internet, and by then the kids’ll be asking me why I didn’t get a neural lace jabbed up my eyesocket or something equally as douchey

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    In 2012, Epstein directly intervened to secure Shuliak a place at the prestigious Columbia University College of Dental Medicine after her initial application was rejected. The billionaire used his influence and connections within the academic institution, hinting at donations of up to $10 million, before actually paying about $210,000 to facilitate her admission.

    We call it “The Meritocrats!”

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    Anything that fuckhead had should be given to charities the world over. It’s the least that can be done with dirty money-- money used to traffic children for the trumpstein parasite class.

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      I guess you haven’t noticed that evil is running the world, and we still have “elites” being pedophiles, doing child sacrifice, serving Moloch.

      Its my honest belief that you have thousands of these people in very powerful positions around the world, and they do take part in satanic rituals.

      Which means they believe in Satan, which means God also exists right? Hopefully.