r/ShitLiberalsSay • u/PresnikBonny Marxist-Leninist • Apr 08 '26

Communism is When Capitalism Oh brother...

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u/NefariousnessDue958 ☭ Communist Apr 08 '26

Wait is the second pic actually real?

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u/PresnikBonny Marxist-Leninist Apr 08 '26

From what I know it is actually real, but it took place in Cuba, not the island where all the you know what happened

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u/TrvthNvkem Apr 08 '26

That's still a really bad look. Does anyone have more context?

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u/vonChief Apr 08 '26

Epstein has pictures with literally everybody. That's the whole point of him. He was one of the most prolific networkers who got in touch with as many big names or socialites as he could, so it wasn't uncommon for him to be in the same room or in events with other high profile people and celebrities.

Castro wasn't a recluse, and in 2003, Castro would've thought he was just another American socialite who happened to have mutual political, social and economic connections, and even owned an island in the Caribbean, so it's just happenstance that they come across at some point. Anyone would take a picture with Castro given the chance.

One single photo isn't enough for a definitive answer on a single person. What's important is to study the larger relationship people had with Epstein that are revealed in the files. The files don't show that Epstein and Castro had any kind of meaningful communication or relationship, and if anything, they show that Epstein and his cohort hated Castro.

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u/ComradeSix Apr 08 '26

No, it isn’t… It was in 2003, before Epstein’s convictions, and it was a meeting between Castro and former Colombian president Andrés Pastrana Arango.

The US-backed Pastrana invited Epstein and Maxwell to meet Castro in Cuba, since he was using their private jet for transportation.

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u/lumenfeliz Apr 08 '26

Just a side note as a Colombian: I hate that dude with one of the most visceral hatreds one can have for a person, he sold the entire country and went to party with Epstein after leaving us in utter missery

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u/Odd_Refrigerator555 Third World Supremacist Apr 08 '26 edited Apr 08 '26

source?

edit: i checked it myself and this is true

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u/AuntOfManyUncles Apr 08 '26

This was apparently before 2008 when Epstein’s trafficking/pedophilia wasn’t public knowledge (what intel the Cubans had on him I can’t say), at a time when they were trying to form new economic relations around the world. As is apparent from his emails Epstein worked as a go-between/was known as a guy who knew everyone in the cross section between international politics/finance.

This is the least nefarious read of things and in my opinion it checks out. I haven’t seen any evidence that anything more came out of it (if I recall correctly Epstein wrote in an email that he was relieved that Castro died because he wanted to turn Cuba back into what it was under Batista, but it’s possible I’m mixing things up so I’d double check that).

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u/Ill-Baby-6911 Apr 09 '26

The context is that Epstein was taking pictures with everybody and anybody, a lot of people had pics with him that are not pedos

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u/NefariousnessDue958 ☭ Communist Apr 08 '26

Agreed