The question of how Epstein got so rich is largely solved.

The New York Times reports that Leon Black gave him $170 million to deal with women he had relationships with, in addition to other financial stuff.

As rappers often warn us, women can bring down powerful men. The wealthier and more famous you are, the more control she has.

People get this completely backwards. They think that rich and powerful men have more power over women.

Let's say you're a man who makes $100,000 a year. If you have a relationship that goes south, there's not much a bitter woman could do to hurt you if you haven't done anything wrong.

If you're a famous billionaire, a woman might think to herself "hm...I could accuse him of assault. The allegation alone would be so embarrassing he'd probably give me a lot of money to make it go away. A million dollars is everything to me and nothing to him, so maybe I am a victim of abuse of some sorts." Gold diggers and manipulative women will seek out rich and famous men, while no one will go into a relationship with a man who earns $100K expecting to get rich off it. There are lawyers who specialize in this kind of extortion.

According to The New York Times, Black paid $20 million to a dozen women. Maybe he treated them poorly. But if a normal guy treats a woman poorly, she just sucks it up and moves on with her life, unless it rises to the level of criminal activity. If he's a billionaire, it's like winning the lottery.

The real power disparity involving rich men is how vulnerable they are when dealing with women. The Epstein narrative is completely backwards. A bunch of salacious, unsubstantiated allegations led to him dying in a jail cell. He's the victim, not the women who got rich off what were most likely lies (and even if they were true, the women ended up better off than they would’ve otherwise been). nytimes.com/2026/03/23/…