Mastodawn

"Most of us do not have dark triad traits, and this makes it difficult to comprehend and accept that those who DO exhibit them are irredeemable.[…]

"The Epstein Files and the Architecture of Impunity

"[…] why are we seeing so many of them [Dark Triad psychopaths] now, compared to the past? The answer is disturbing. In the past, dark triad personalities in power tended to HIDE their depravities because they knew there would be consequences if they came to light. But we are living through a moment in which such monsters have consolidated power at the top of nearly ever institution in the United States that might hold them accountable, and when that happens, such people actually take pleasure in displaying the full spectrum of their depravity to the public, because it traumatizes us. They like that. […]"
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Are There More Evil People In the World Now Than There Used to Be?

What science tells us about conscienceless personalities, why they suddenly seem to be everywhere, and how women of conscience are leading the way out.

Alisa Writes

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Third Foundation Mar 4

"Journalist and scholar Sarah Kendzior has spent years — long before mainstream media would touch this story — documenting the Epstein network and its deep entanglement with American political and financial power. Her books, including __They Knew__, laid out in documented detail what many in positions of institutional power either refused to see or actively worked to conceal. For her trouble, Kendzior was dismissed, minimized, and called alarmist. She was, of course, right."

#DarkTriad #TheyKnew

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Third Foundation Mar 4

"Kendzior’s argument about the timing of the [Epstein] files’ release is one that deserves to be taken seriously rather than dismissed. She contends that the documents are public not because accountability is winning, but because the networks they expose have consolidated sufficient power — across politics, media, finance, law enforcement, the judiciary, and technology — that exposure itself has become affordable. They are not afraid of what we will do with this information, because they have spent decades ensuring that the institutions capable of acting on it are either compromised, captured, or rendered inert.[…]

"They were also waiting, Kendzior argues, for one more development: the maturation of artificial intelligence capable of generating realistic video, audio, and photographs that are functionally indistinguishable from authentic documentation."

#AI #generativeImages #EpsteinFiles

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Third Foundation Mar 4

"there is the growing ecosystem of former corporate journalists who’ve gone independent as an act of resistance against the evil machinery — including the one writing these words. We are going directly to readers and viewers, with no gatekeepers, no advertisers, and no publishers with complicated relationships to complicated people.

"This all terrifies the dark triad bros. It’s why they are working like mad to buy social media outlets and, well, this platform here. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who pushed for the recent right-wing takeover of TikTok, called the social media platform one of his most important weapons, describing the takeover as one of the most important things in his agenda."

#Media #SocialMedia #EpsteinFiles