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I mean, this could mean something, but it's hardly surprising that Epstein would have wanted to meet with him. Epstein met with lots of rich people, it was sor

I mean, this could mean something, but it's hardly surprising that Epstein would have wanted to meet with him. Epstein met with lots of rich people, it was sort of like meeting with a salesman. It doesn't mean you like the salesman, or even are interested in buying what they're selling, it just means that the salesman is persistent and skilled at getting a meeting. Now, if Thiel "bought" what Epstein was selling, or even just continued to meet with him after he realized what Epstein was selling, that would be a story. So far, this doesn't seem like a story.

VagueMag 3y ago
Is this a common thing among billionaires? Like, any random guy with a few hundred million dollars and a sex trafficking conviction can just say, "I would like to meet with all of the powerful billionaires of Silicon Valley" and make it happen? It's very interesting, even the NYT seems to be at pains to frame this as "Epstein met with so-and-so," as though he was their patron and not the other way around. But what reason do we have to believe that was so?
- rossdavidh 3y ago
  I have no direct knowledge of how easy it is to meet with billionaires, but Epstein made it his top priority apparently, and I do expect that billionaires (and current CEO's no less) do meet with a lot of people, so if you are good at getting to meet them you may know how to do that. I mean, I doubt that he got all of his other clients by just saying "hey I run a sex ring of underage girls, you want to meet and talk?" Presumably he had some playbook of pretexts to get the initial meeting or three, and then brought up his actual purpose once he had gotten the impression that it was safe to do so. Thus, he must have had some ability to get on rich people's schedules.
- ashwagary 3y ago
  >Is this a common thing... "I would like to meet with all of the powerful billionaires of Silicon Valley" and make it happen? Not impossible to pull off but probably much easier once you have enough key people blackmailed.

VagueMag 3y ago

Is this a common thing among billionaires? Like, any random guy with a few hundred million dollars and a sex trafficking conviction can just say, "I would like to meet with all of the powerful billionaires of Silicon Valley" and make it happen? It's very interesting, even the NYT seems to be at pains to frame this as "Epstein met with so-and-so," as though he was their patron and not the other way around. But what reason do we have to believe that was so?

rossdavidh 3y ago
I have no direct knowledge of how easy it is to meet with billionaires, but Epstein made it his top priority apparently, and I do expect that billionaires (and current CEO's no less) do meet with a lot of people, so if you are good at getting to meet them you may know how to do that. I mean, I doubt that he got all of his other clients by just saying "hey I run a sex ring of underage girls, you want to meet and talk?" Presumably he had some playbook of pretexts to get the initial meeting or three, and then brought up his actual purpose once he had gotten the impression that it was safe to do so. Thus, he must have had some ability to get on rich people's schedules.
ashwagary 3y ago
>Is this a common thing... "I would like to meet with all of the powerful billionaires of Silicon Valley" and make it happen? Not impossible to pull off but probably much easier once you have enough key people blackmailed.