Summary - SH

1) The Epstein saga exposed not just one man’s crimes but how power shields itself—through lenient prosecutors, institutional failure, and elite silence—ending with his death before trial and justice left unfinished. What followed wasn’t closure but lasting mistrust: a case that hardened public belief in a two-tier system where the powerful evade consequences while survivors are left with partial justice and unanswered questions. As names surface without accountability and facts arrive too late for prosecution, the damage spreads beyond the victims to the system itself, normalizing the idea that power can absorb scandal and that equal justice is no longer guaranteed. 2) Cricket is now making clear its allegiances, and despite the ICC’s rhetoric, its commitments are no longer to neutrality and competitive equilibrium which are such vital rudiments of any sport. Other boards have allowed India’s will to prevail to such an extent that its motives now need not be merely economic; they can be nakedly political. And cricket is being eaten alive in this dark intersection between money and politics.Cricket is now making clear its allegiances, and despite the ICC’s rhetoric, its commitments are no longer to neutrality and competitive equilibrium which are such vital rudiments of any sport. Other boards have allowed India’s will to prevail to such an extent that its motives now need not be merely economic; they can be nakedly political. And cricket is being eaten alive in this dark intersection between money and politics. 3) “When the rich wage war, it is the poor who die.” - Jean Paul Sartre "Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil." — Thomas Mann "My political ideal is democracy. Let every man be respected as an individual and no man idolized." — Albert Einstein

YouTube - SH

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