Well he's right that the legal fiction that a minor below the age of 18 in some countries and 17 and 16 in other countries can not consent is arbitrary. And tha

Well he's right that the legal fiction that a minor below the age of 18 in some countries and 17 and 16 in other countries can not consent is arbitrary. And that logically taken at face value the only way to consistently justify the gap between different legal systems to acknowledge that they are in fact legal fictions and if the lesser of those ages can consent in some jurisdictions and it's acceptable then it should be the case that anyone that age or older can consent. But we don't live in that world, we live in a world of legal fictions which are then used to punish those that transgress against the laws. At the end of the day all of this drama is about money and power and its distribution among the rich who exploit and the poor who are exploited and feel that they deserve a greater piece than they got. This though is different from Epstein who was allegedly a much more dangerous predator going after young children who are not considered to be able to consent in any jurisdiction. At some point it's not longer arbitrary and highly wrong, and he was squarely in that camp if the reports and accusations are to be believed.