The rotten Epstein class
Millions across the UK, and billions worldwide, are stuck in the same grind: struggling to pay the rent; choosing between heating and eating.
‘Tightening our belts’ somehow only applies to ordinary people. The rich are having the time of their lives. And when they commit crimes – even sickening ones – they dodge the consequences entirely.
The Epstein scandal is the purest example of this rot. A global network of power, money, and child abuse. And what has come of it? One major conviction: Ghislaine Maxwell.
Even she is enjoying cushy treatment in a minimum security prison. And what about the powerful men around her? All of them are protected by titles, lawyers, and silence. Prince Andrew loses a few honours, but nothing else.
It’s not by mistake, it’s by design. It’s a class. An Epstein class: billionaires, royals, bankers, and politicians who live by different rules.
They attend the same parties; sit on the same boards. They shield one another. They own the media and almost everything in society. They drift between government and corporate power like it’s one continuous job.
The Labour Party purged socialists, only to fill their ranks with the Epstein class – people like ‘Lord’ Mandelson.
Something has to give. Change won’t come from polite appeals to the very people benefiting from these crimes, however. It comes from organisation, solidarity, and refusing to play by their rules.
We need to rise up and overthrow these scum. We need revolution.
Rab, Harrow
Drawing revolutionary conclusions
About a year ago, I swapped details with someone I met, after making it known that I am a communist. They weren’t that interested in discussing politics then. But this has changed drastically since.
“I now think I am a communist,” they recently messaged me. “Originally I identified with democratic socialism. However, the release of the Epstein files has made me realise that a peaceful transfer of power to the working class is impossible.”
And more: “The Epstein files have singlehandedly radicalised me towards communism. There can be no peace with capitalists.”
Finally: “I really hope we live to see a revolution in our lifetimes.”
I’m sure there’s thousands of others drawing similarly revolutionary conclusions on the back of the Epstein revelations.
Maeve Hanley, Sheffield
Spare a thought for Andrew
Poor Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor can’t seem to catch a break.
He faces a barebones existence as part of his official exile: his new home in the Sandringham royal estate has just five bedrooms – a big drop from his former 30-bedroom residence in Windsor.
His new neighbours, meanwhile, have offered nothing but hostility, postering the area with warnings of a ‘sweaty nonce’.
Worst of all, he faces mutiny within his own (taxpayer-funded) home, with his staff refusing to serve him and instead going on strike!
Harvey Tingle, Norwich
Anger in the classroom
Sitting in the school staffroom recently, my colleagues became incensed upon reading about the sudden resignation of Starmer’s aide Morgan McSweeney – another crony embroiled in supporting Epstein’s pal ‘Lord’ Mandleson.
The conversation quickly moved from the corruption of the political elites and their protection of predators to their stirring up of hate against immigrants. And from there, connections were made between the ruling class’ lack of morality and their wealth, to the lack of funding in the NHS.
It wasn’t long before we were discussing the urgent need for teaching staff to organise against the increasing demands placed upon us.
Instinctively, my colleagues made link after link between the symptoms of decaying capitalism – all expressed with class anger.
This shows the dramatic impact that the Epstein scandal is having on consciousness.
Tara Desai, Birmingham
All that is holy is profaned
For many working-class Muslims, visiting the Kaaba in Mecca is a lifelong dream. But the cost of Hajj is immense. Making this pilgrimage means years of enduring financial strain.
So imagine the rage of Muslims worldwide when it emerged that an Emirati businesswoman sent a piece of cloth from the Kaaba to Epstein – a man entirely unconnected to Islam, yet deeply connected to wealth and power.
Under capitalism, items that are considered sacred by millions are reduced to status symbols for the degenerate elites. In the words of Marx and Engels: “All that is holy is profaned”.
Said Moredi, Milton Keynes
