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>I often wondered where did Jeffrey Epstein get the idea to secretly record his elite pals frolicking with his harem of underage girls in order to blackmail the
by waste_monk 5y ago
>I often wondered where did Jeffrey Epstein get the idea to secretly record his elite pals frolicking with his harem of underage girls in order to blackmail them. Epstein wasn't even the first guy to come up with this idea. CIA did.
I would imagine the idea was invented around the same time as the first permanent photographs, and probably started happening in practice around the late 1800s when cameras started having exposure times measured in seconds, not minutes or hours. Blackmail is profitable, so it would make sense that photographic blackmail would happen as soon as the technology supported it.
- kadoban 5y agoI'd imagine this first happened quite a long time before photographs, like centuries ago. Photos definitely helped, no question, but it's far from the only form of evidence.
- sunshineforever 5y agoI think I have read some old source where this occurs. Possibly the Bible or Shakespeare. Get the mark to do their deeds while a trustworthy witness is hidden somewhere to watch.
- HyperCrowd 5y agoHere's a whole ass video dedicated to that history https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xlmhhh9HYqc https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xlmhhh9HYqc