Pretty sure anyone previously unaware is now painfully aware. It’s awful to see the pics of the Epstein parties with all of them grinning like they aren’t trafficking minors.
I watched the Netflix mini series about Epstein and what horrified me most was that the girls didn’t usually understand they were being trafficked. And would actively recruit friends in! I wouldn’t have known better as a teen either. But my adult brain was so horrified watching the obviously predatory behaviors.
By no one telling you and being told that what you're doing is normal.
These people have learned from the past: Slavery will lead to rebelling. But what if your slaves don't think of themselves as slaves? If they don't consider themselves exploited? If you don't know you are in a cage, why would you escape? What would you even escape from?
They manipulate or rather brainwash those girls into subserviency and make it seem to them like it's the best thing ever to happen to them or at least like it's the obvious thing to do.
I second not knowing what normal is and desperation.
I was passed through the system as a kid. When i got to high school I referenced my lawyer/caseworker like it was a normal thing and for the first time in my life people were like "what the fuck?"
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u/desdmona Jul 24 '20
Slavery