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A certain unknowable % of the population is afflicted with pedophilia.
If you give a random person enough power (money/authority/prestige/etc.) to take advantage of children, there is approximately that same % chance of them exploiting that power, minus whatever fear they have of consequences.
Parents, please monitor your children's social media. If you're too busy, don't let them be on social media. They might face a bit of social stigma for not being on the latest brainrot app, but it's better than them being in the DMs of their favorite video game creators.
I think that's a partially false equivalence. Acting on those feelings would require that you be OK with harming another person, and a child, no less. Most people aren't. The overlap comes from the fact that the rich and powerful often are, because that's how they got rich a powerful.
But the same way a normal person can be attracted to adults, but have no desire to rape, most pedofiles will have no desire to hurt anyone. (That, not the law, is why I think it's so rare).
Not hurting anyone and respecting consent is the easiest thing ever. Have you ever be so horny you'd fail at those things? I haven't. And I am a VERY horny person.
Nothing about pedofilia changes that part of how human self-determination works.
You only get the worst of the worst when the type of person that would rape, overlaps with pedofilia. The ones that act on it, DO choose. They are the literal worst among us.
THE most dangerous part of Roblox. The child dev studios led by adults are fucking horrifying. "Developers" becoming well-known Roblox game creators has given credibility to some absolutely horrible people to be around kids in ways that should never have been allowed.
And Roblox basically enables it with their Roblox -> Private Discord integration.
Because these child-labour powered "dev studios" is how they get their freaking games!
Also, many child molesters aren't even specifically attracted to children. These types commit their crimes because children can be easier targets than adults at times.
Yeah I admit my comment didn't get into the nuance of "pedophile" versus "child sex predator" and thus has gaps to fill, but one can only spend so much time on the internet.
Plus I'm used to Reddit (and other, more normie spaces) where making that distinction tends to bring on pedophile accusations.
The easiest way to climb to the top is over other people's backs.
IIRC the majority of child molesters are non-pedophilic in the clinical sense and I'd imagine this is even more true for post-pubescent minors. Additionally there have been neurological findings that differentiate offending vs non-offending pedophiles, mostly to do with risk-taking behaviors (as in, pedophiles that are generally risk-avoidant are also less likely to offend). So just being a pedophile might not be as strong of a prognostic factor for predicting abuse as one would think.
Yeah I admit my comment didn't get into the nuance of "pedophile" versus "child sex predator" and thus has gaps to fill, but one can only spend so much time on the internet.
I mean the Epstein class made sure the CIA and G7 only captured child rapists below a certain income.
I suspect the exclusivity is part of why they enjoy it. See POTUS's handwritten letter to Epstein on his birthday.
The Epstein class would much rather stay out of the reach of the law even if it means some of their cohorts get away with rape.
I bet thats why Elon Musk was so angry. He wasn’t exclusive enough to be a part of the Epstein class so he’s making up for it by supporting Trump.
Imagine being left out of the sexual predator club and being upset about it.
It goes up with money and power. Why else is literally every single billionaire a pedophile?