No Watergate: Friends of Jeffrey Not Psychoanalyzed

 It was a different time. Freudianism was having a heyday in the United States. If you were sophisticated you were in psychoanalysis. Cartoons in The New Yorker mocked how we discussed what our analysts said at cocktail parties. And, of course we put everyone else on the couch. 

That included Richard Nixon and all the president's men. The psychobabble ranged from Nixon's insecurity to paranoia to grandiose personality. Overall, Watergate was sized up in the psychological terms of blind ambition.

Not so, for the current Epstein files scandal. Those identified as Friends of Jeffrey are described in system concepts. 

The close relationship of Bard president Leon Botstein and financial founder Leon Black with the monster is summed as how networking operates in the top tiers of society. There's no probing of their ID, Ego and Super Ego a la Freudianism. 

Paul, Weiss partner Brad Karp is viewed from the cautionary perspective of getting too close to a client. 

Techie philanthropist Bill Gates represents how privilege plays out.

Goldman Sachs top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler is classic in what is done for a business referral and other system goodies. 

And, former US President Bill Clinton fits into the category of the access to whatevers provided by title.

Anyone trying to make sense of Epstein's control over very well-placed, smart, ambitious players through amateur psychology sounds totally 20th century. The 21st is obsessed with wealth, power and influence. How to get those. How to keep those. How to grow those. Insight about anyone's neurosis doesn't move any needles. 

In coaching I observe that most strivers understand that. That's how they structure their game.

Earning a Good Living in 2026 Involves Mental Combat. The enemy is usually your own thinking.

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The gigantic Ah-Ha about how the system really works could create a new generation of Very Important People. Study what Black did. Avoid the mistakes. And 

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