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Epstein Files: An Opportunity for Libertarians [RON PAU]
ronpaulinstitute ^ | Feb 23 | Former Rep. Ron Paul

Posted on 02/23/2026 5:09:24 PM PST by RandFan

Those who have examined the Epstein files have seen information about how connected Jeffrey Epstein was to members of the political, business, and academic elites. Many of these connections started after Epstein’s 2008 conviction.

The Epstein files support claims that Epstein worked with intelligence agencies, in particular Israel’s Mossad and the American CIA. Yet the mainstream media and most politicians seem uninterested in whether Epstein used underage girls in a scheme to blackmail powerful individuals on behalf of intelligence agencies.

Fortunately, the alternative media is not afraid to discuss Epstein’s intelligence connections or any other matters related to Epstein, including suspicious circumstances surrounding his death.

The Epstein files and the Justice Department’s failure to let the people see the full files present an opportunity for libertarians. The belief that government agencies used the sexual abuse of children as a means of ensuring rich and powerful people did their bidding will increase distrust of government and the interests that profit from, and often control, the state. The Trump administration’s failure to release the files until forced to by Congress will further increase the distrust of government.

This distrust can lead to support for liberty if those of us who know the truth explain that the problem is a government that tries to run the economy, run the world, and run our lives. This type of government will inevitably attract unscrupulous individuals. Therefore, the solution is to limit the government’s power. The first step is to build a critical mass of people committed to restoring liberty and able to see through the propaganda used to convince us government is taking our liberty for our own good.

Following the Watergate scandal, Murray Rothbard wrote that, “[i]t is Watergate that gives us the greatest single hope for the short-run victory of liberty in America. For Watergate, as politicians have been warning us ever since, destroyed the public’s ‘faith in government’ — and it was high time, too.” Unfortunately, the people’s distrust in government did not last. However, Representative Thomas Massie, who is leading the fight to make the files public, has argued that abusing minors in order to blackmail wealthy and powerful individuals, along with the refusals to expose the full truth about these horrific crimes, is bigger than Watergate.

The controversy over the Epstein files comes at a time when the US is on the verge of an economic crisis. This crisis is rooted in President Nixon’s 1971 abandonment of the last link between the dollar and gold, giving the United States a purely fiat currency. This fiat money system, combined with the dollar’s reserve currency status, made it possible for the government to run up huge debts. Today the federal debt is almost 39 trillion dollars and is increasing quickly. This exploding debt, along with resentment of America’s hyper-interventionist foreign policy, is leading to increased international support for abandoning the dollar. These factors all suggest that the next crash could end the welfare-warfare-fiat currency system.

If those of us who know the truth can take advantage of the growing distrust of government to further spread the ideas of liberty, the next crisis may lead to a return to limited constitutional government, liberty, and peace.


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1 posted on 02/23/2026 5:09:24 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

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2 posted on 02/23/2026 5:15:33 PM PST by madison10
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To: RandFan

Watergate was a takedown of the President by the establishment. Ditto JFK Jr.


3 posted on 02/23/2026 5:17:16 PM PST by alternatives?
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4 posted on 02/23/2026 5:17:46 PM PST by Bikkuri ('China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention)
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The Watergate did not give us anything!
Watergate applied only to Republicans. Media will still do the cover up for Dems.
Politicians just learned not to tape anything, erase their brain memories, save data on private servers, etc.
Basically the rulers learned a lesson what to do and how to do it!
As far as the low class masses, we are being fooled even better!


5 posted on 02/23/2026 5:22:36 PM PST by AZJeep (sane )
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To: RandFan

Yes, we live under a huge, bloated government, which gives rise to a permanent deep-state, all kinds of massive corruption, and even outright satanic behavior by insiders.

Like the Roman Empire, they will feed off printed, fiat money and massive spending and debt, until they destroy the country

Tell us something we don’t know.....


6 posted on 02/23/2026 5:24:50 PM PST by PGR88
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A good summary and comparison

However not many people can spot this until it’s too late (general public). We live in a vapid world


7 posted on 02/23/2026 5:26:41 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan
If the Rats and RINOs care so much about children, why do they say nothing about protestors defending foreign pedophiles?


8 posted on 02/23/2026 5:30:30 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda (As long as Hillary Clinton remains free, the USA will never have equal justice under the law)
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To: All

What could be more libertarian than paying women for sex ?


9 posted on 02/23/2026 5:34:17 PM PST by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: RandFan

I’m sorry, but I feel the need to ask this, for clarification’s sake. Are you a member of the Ron/Rand Paul family or do you rub elbows with them?


10 posted on 02/23/2026 5:37:30 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: RandFan
Following the Watergate scandal, Murray Rothbard wrote that, “[i]t is Watergate that gives us the greatest single hope for the short-run victory of liberty in America. For Watergate, as politicians have been warning us ever since, destroyed the public's ‘faith in government’ — and it was high time, too.”

And that was just as much bull shit as this article from Paul the assistant democrat.

11 posted on 02/23/2026 5:37:49 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The tree accused of killed Sonny Bono was planted.)
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"The Epstein files and the Justice Department’s failure to let the people see the full files present an opportunity for libertarians. The belief that government agencies used the sexual abuse of children as a means of ensuring rich and powerful people did their bidding will increase distrust of government and the interests that profit from, and often control, the state."

Any party who thinks this way is wholly undeserving of my support. Disgusting.

12 posted on 02/23/2026 5:43:26 PM PST by Terabitten (Our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor...)
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To: FamiliarFace

No I do not

I’m thousands of miles away from them

Your supposition is absurd


13 posted on 02/23/2026 5:47:33 PM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan

There’s no avoiding that evil is drawn to power. All you can do is have limited government and we have hardly had that for awhile.


14 posted on 02/23/2026 5:48:52 PM PST by fruser1
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To: RandFan

This makes Rand Paul more meaningless than ever.

People have always danced around the Golden Calf. Rand is just the Calf.


15 posted on 02/23/2026 5:56:48 PM PST by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: FamiliarFace

We are beginning to believe that this is foreign influence (to throw a wrench into the conservative movement)...

(Originally thought it was Paul’s wife.)


16 posted on 02/23/2026 6:13:13 PM PST by Bikkuri ('China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention)
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To: FamiliarFace
By the way, here is a slip from the troll:










17 posted on 02/23/2026 6:16:16 PM PST by Bikkuri ('China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention)
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To: Empire_of_Liberty


"Rand is just the Calf."


More like a cow-patty with Jheri curl).
18 posted on 02/23/2026 6:25:10 PM PST by Bikkuri ('China and India were ever going to be serious allies hasn’t been paying attention)
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To: RandFan

I wasn’t supposing anything. I just was curious. It just struck me as a little unusual, but I’m glad to hear that there’s no real connection.


19 posted on 02/23/2026 6:33:04 PM PST by FamiliarFace (I got my own way of livin' But everything gets done With a southern accent Where I come from. TPetty)
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To: FamiliarFace

I’m not a shill just a fan


20 posted on 02/23/2026 6:43:26 PM PST by RandFan
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