The year 2024 has begun with the opening of the summary of the Jeffrey Epstein case, businessman, child trafficker and sexual predator who hanged himself in prison in 2019. Thanks to the federal judge in New York, Loretta Preska, details and names are beginning to become public of their sex parties. It's going to give you a lot to talk about. So we couldn't resist the temptation to comment on it. In fact, we are launching a (pseudo)scoop, the Roman historian Titus Livy already warned about characters like Jeffrey Epstein even before Jesus Christ was born. I mean, many, many years ago...
The files of this dirty case name more than 170 people, such as former US presidents Bill Clinton and Donald Trump, or the already defenestrated Prince Andrew of England. Now, in some cases, being mentioned does not necessarily mean that you were involved in something punishable, but there are nearly 200 celebrities who are tempting right now just to have their name related, even in passing, to Epstein. At the level of public image, the righteous can pay for the sinners, especially in these times when everything spreads at the speed of light through social networks. And, yes, Titus Livy already warned us about it too.
One of the first details that have been made public is that Epstein said that "Clinton likes them young." There was no need to wait that long to find out either, since the former US president already admitted to having had an "inappropriate relationship" with Monica Lewinsky when this young woman worked as an unpaid intern at the White House in 1995 and 1996. There was even an impeachment (impeachment) of Bill Clinton, known as the "Lewinsky scandal." So the Epstein case does not reveal anything to us that we did not already know about the former president, who was very fond of playing the saxophone (literally).
Epstein, surely, was the reincarnation of one of the rich organizers of the Bacchanals, popular Roman festivals of Bacchus, unofficial and financed with private funds, who arrived in powerful Rome around the year 200 BC. C. from Magna Graecia or through Etruria influenced by the Greeks. In our imagination, when someone tells us about a bacchanal we quickly think of an orgy. Titus Livy, who wrote about the Bacchanals about 200 years after they were so popular, was scandalized by the sexual rites in both sexes. So much so that Titus Livy would point out that this sexual debauchery had been an indication of Rome's moral decadence. Today, Epstein and his followers would therefore be a representation of this drift. And, when limits are crossed, consequences come.
But, let no one be fooled, in the 21st century, dominated by influencers, porn, unicorn companies and the cult of success at all levels, that phrase from Melanie Griffith in the film Women's Weapons prevails. "I have a mind for finances and a body for sin. Is there anything wrong with that?"... Well, apparently not, as long as you don't end up appearing on a "list" like the one being made. now starting to go public in the Epstein case. But, it is not the only example, far from it.
Does anyone remember Heidi Fleiss? A pimp, she was known as the Hollywood Madame. She rose to fame (with film included) after being accused of sexual crimes (and convicted of tax irregularities). But, the curious thing is that he made the most of having "a mind for finances and a body for sin", because he had in his possession his own list, known as the Black Book, where names of actors appeared (the of Charlie Sheen, for example), athletes and businessmen. And she, she was neither quick nor lazy, she decided to do business and put it up for auction for a starting price of $75,000.
The nocturnal version of the Bacchanals in ancient Rome took place by getting drunk and freely mixing sexes and classes, enlivened by vigorous live music. In Epstein's world it is based on the power exercised over others with sex and money as an instrument. If Titus Livy traveled back in time and saw this 21st century, he would put his hands on his head and quickly exclaim like an enlightened man: "The list!"
