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He got things for that money though. Epstein got to visit the MIT campus, with women in tow. Students were forced to make him a replica of the Disobedience Prize orb. He specifically cited scientists and tech people to intimidate his victims and persuade the police to leave him alone.

You have to look at the other side of the relationship when someone donates. It's not just about taking the money, the person giving it is getting something in return and that's not always a good thing. In Epstein's case, it was tragic.

But even the donations themselves are not black and white. He’s doing good things to one set of people to buy influence to do bad things to another set.

Maybe if we could be sure he couldn’t ever gain connections or influence through donations, but unfortunately we can’t.

It doesn't matter where the rockets land, your job is only to launch them. /s