The Banality of Evil & Jeffrey Epstein
The Banality of Evil & Jeffrey Epstein February 12, 2026 2 Shares 2 Who was this nonpareil hustler? That is the question that challenges our understanding of human behavior, says Michael Brenner. Jeffrey Epstein in the Sexual Offender Registry, U.S. Virgin Islands, Department of Justice. 2013. (Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) By Michael Brenner T he Epstein affair is the greatest scandal of modern times. In its dimension, in the scope of participants representing a cross-section of elites here and abroad, in the intersection of multiple criminal and crassly unethical activities: sex trafficking and rape of minors, blackmail, financial duplicity, espionage, treason, abuse of their powers by public agencies and private institutions, establishment coverups that span decades, perjury – among others. There is not a sinful action missing from its multifaceted violation of law and human morality. These features of the scandal make it unique and distinctly “post-modern.” It cou...
