We are the boiled frog (Epstein files)

⚠️ Warning! - This post deals with disturbing and extremely violent topics. I do not recommend reading it if you are easily impressionable.

The boiled frog. How many times have we heard this metaphor used to describe one of the preferred methods of those in power to gradually make people accept measures that, if introduced all at once, would have sparked public outrage?

The reference is to an old cooking method once used for frogs: they were placed in a pot of cold water and the fire was lit underneath. The poor animals slowly grew accustomed to the rising heat and when it became unbearable, they no longer had the strength to jump out and avoid their fate.

Well, dear friends, judging by the immense landfill that has emerged from the so-called Epstein files (300 gigabytes of judicial documents and alleged evidence) and by the limited—if not nonexistent—reaction these revelations are generating on our side of the world, we can say with certainty that those boiled frogs are now us.

The Epstein files are said to contain some of the most disturbing, immoral, and grotesque allegations imaginable. Actions that we were used to considering pure fiction in horror movies or modern TV series, which at this point may even seem designed to accustom us to every kind of wickedness, every form of evil.

They allegedly involve politicians, Hollywood actors, financial magnates, extremely wealthy and powerful men and women who, bored with money, pushed beyond it—seeking to buy the only thing they still did not possess: human life. There is talk of adults, young people, and especially children (millions of children disappear worldwide every year), abused and exploited, in accounts describing horrors said to have taken place on remote islands where rules did not exist.

The accusations also extend to claims of engineered crises and pandemics, terrorist acts, rigged elections, and targeted eliminations of individuals inconvenient to those in power. Names that circulate in online discussions include former U.S. presidents such as Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, the Bush family, members of the British royal family, and public figures often described as philanthropists, such as Bill Gates or Al Gore.

Much of the American entertainment industry is frequently mentioned in online narratives surrounding the scandal, alongside athletes and well-known models such as Naomi Campbell. Lists of alleged names can be easily found online, and if you think of a prominent public figure, chances are someone, somewhere, has linked them to this story.

Meanwhile, we continue arguing about right or left, funding film and music industries, spending heavily on fashion, or defending the honor of large corporations—while all of this supposedly unfolds behind the scenes.

So why does the truth that has emerged not seem to provoke greater consequences? Because, like the frog mentioned earlier, we have become accustomed. This does not mean we consider evil good or justify it, but simply that we no longer have the strength—or perhaps the will—to react, to rebel.

Many comment that such things were “well known” or at least “imaginable,” yet at the same time “larger than us.” We observe, judge, feel scandalized for a moment, and then move on, because “that’s just how the world works.”

In other words, one spoonful at a time, even filth no longer seems so unbearable. We have grown desensitized and, without believing it to be right, we accept it as inevitable. And that is when we understand how this confused society—watered down in its values and accustomed to considering everything permissible—has definitively lost the game.

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