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‘He’s a lot of fun to be with’: Trump and Epstein were close friends for 15 years
(www.theguardian.com)
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Does becoming uber rich make people do weird stuff or do people who are into weird stuff have the abnormal drive to be uber rich?
I'm mostly talking out of my ass, but I wonder if the access to copious amounts of hard drugs and alcohol that comes with money plays some part in it. Seeing if there's anything to substantiate that idea, here's a review of prior studies on the subject: Substance misuse and substance use disorders in sex offenders: A review.
The following is an excerpt from Table 1. History of substance abuse among sex offenders: retrospective file research:
(No, I don't know what "child molesters without pedophilia" means.)
It basically continues like this. You can read the study yourself, but there does appear to be at least some correlation with drug and alcohol abuse when it comes to child molestation. Speaking anecdotally, I have also heard that cocaine use can lead to engaging in riskier sex acts that might not be appealing while sober.
I have no experience using cocaine, but being drunk has never made me want to sexually abuse children, so I suspect there must be some other personal defect which leads to these kinds of behaviors, with drugs/alcohol reducing inhibitions. Obviously, drug and alcohol use does not explain disgustingly rich people being disgustingly horrible creeps on its own, but it might be in the mix.
What an odd study