The big, unsolved mysteries of the Epstein case are perfect fodder for anyone with a paranoiac’s view of the world, writes TAFrank—but, increasingly, that’s all of us
to have visited Epstein’s ranch in New Mexico multiple times, but the source is one guy who says he was told about it by another guy. Pulitzer won’t come a-knocking.
The other problem with our new predilections toward self-directed detective work, the tragic one, is that conspiracy theories are the product of lost trust. When you have reason to doubt the official story, or even the basic decency of those telling it, you’ll be hard-pressed to avoid formulating alternative possibilities. Because the reputation of our press has been as much in decline as that of any other authority, it can do little to quell even the stupidest ideas.
When you lose faith in your institutions, the world looks sinister. Sometimes this leads to political revolution and the rise of a strongman. Fortunately, Donald Trump has more in common with than with effective dictators, who tend to be disciplined fanatics. The more prevalent response is apathy or cynicism, and both are tempting, especially amid an abundance of laugh-or-cry-style news. It’s altogether perfect that lawyerfamous lately for having done his best to bully anyone who got in the way of sociopaths likehas now switched into the reputation-washing lane for a spell and begun to represent some of Epstein’s accusers, albeit not without.
There isn’t much evidence to suggest that lost faith gets restored or that paranoia fades away, at least not for the individual. It looks more like a new generation comes along and, in blissful obliviousness, sets a happier mood, at least until it, too, gets walloped by some ugly reality. In China, one generation felt betrayed by Mao Zedong and another felt betrayed by Deng Xiaoping, but both are now old, and they were superseded by a nationalistic cohort that’s far less resentful.
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