Americaphobia

Right now and for the foreseeable future
a phobic and critical response to all news
coming out of America will seem natural.

There capitalist opportunism has taken
a new, more toxic, turn where the wealthy
and powerful are playing 'chicken'. There one
of them tries to 'out' another for their name
being one of many in The Epstein Files,
whilst hiding that their own name is there.
Whoever's name is in the files, who can hide it,
they will maintain its high value. Like a unit
of currency in some hidden crypto currency.

The defensive hysteria with which America politicians
approach The Epstein Files reminds of McCarthyite America
but unlike the 1950s, which was an attempt at smearing many,
those in the files were there and are finding their former,
seemingly rational, self interest hard to explain with hindsight.

Perhaps money, power, and secrecy have always been like that.
Those who have invested, and made such things their treasure
 have good reason to hide the nature of their investment. 

And investments in secretive and abusive sex are similar.