Epstein was not just another honeypot. Instead he was the nexus for separate cabal groups that each had their own separate blackmail networks.
Think of it this way: if two mafias that each get their power through blackmail want to form an alliance (for example, to take down the USA), how can they trust each other? How can they be sure that the other side (who works exactly like they do: lying and deceiving people into traps to control them, killing when necessary) won't pull a double-cross to come out on top? The answer is they don't trust each other at all, ever. To form a contract they exchange control levers under a neutral party, capable of punishing either side, but not in a position of controlling. Epstein and Maxwell were that "neutral party," acting like an escrow agency of blackmail material. Like a keystone in the bridge between two mafias. Capturing this keystone (note: I don't think there is only one keystone for Q, I think Q uses keystone in multiple circumstances, making Epstein only one keystone among others that Q tells us to look for) is what Q alluded to in post 4566, telling us that Maxwell is bigger than we think, that "one leads to another to another..."
The separate mafias have an idea of their own members that might be compromised, but have no idea of the other, separately-controlled, cabal alliance members' potentially compromised members. This gap in knowledge allowed the white hats to gradually pick apart their comms and control structures, and follow each of the separate mafia connections both up and down the command and control chain. When the white hats insert an anti-cabal instruction, they are playing one cabal branch against another, and the cabal branch that suffers the damage doesn't know who to blame. As a result, they lash out at their own allies. At the same time, neither party can pull back and abandon their plan, because they already agreed to be punished if they do.
It's pretty amazing. Their control systems are being infiltrated, subverted and destroyed by their own hands. If the client list had been released this opportunity would have been lost forever.
Like a lot of ideas, it's only theory until the war is over and the books are written. But that's my view. It recently came up as a comment to a thoughtful post about King Charles by u/electricbroth1.
For this interpretation, I've leaned heavily on the work of other anons, including the symbols decoding blog: anyone who wants to explore this theory further should read his post on Walker, Texas Ranger, the "Baby S" section in particular (https://decodingsymbols.wordpress.com/2022/07/25/epsteins-baby-mandate-bushs-consolation-prize/#BabyV). His posts are long, but they've been getting easier to read over time, and they go a long way to proving cabal comms in popular programming is a real thing.
I think you are definitely on the right track. Blackmail is at least a universal control method as much as mere money. IMO the "first arrest that confirms direction" happened at least 4 years ago, and was either Weinstein or Raniere, although they might be considered together as both moved in overlapping circles. Both arrests led to "mass awakening" in those very big circles and sent shock waves through them. (It's a big enough mass for me, anyway, I never expected the equivalent of Pearl Harbor) Epstein came a year later when these big circles were somewhat exposed and his own overlaps might be put into the picture. And in all these overlapping social networks, there are real players and a great many incidental background characters who were just there because of some chain of acquaintance.
I think Ghislaine was the key in the Epstein network, because women are more social and less threatening. That doesn't mean that all blackmail networks are now neutralized though. We should assume others exist. For instance, it seems quite remarkable and beyond chance that there has been such a high mortality recently among Russian oligarchs. You'd think these rich guys would have better life expectancies. Maybe they lost some protection.
Sadly, I think a huge amount of time and our credibility on this board has been wasted on completely unhelpful speculation about how these people can be crammed into David Icke-ian conspiracies about lizard people and fictitious races of bankers, playing "spot the symbol and get out the pitchforks," and so on. All that has been used to discredit Q more than you can imagine, unless you have been looking into the deboonkers as I have recently. Focus, people! Who is controlling who? It may not be your favorite villian, and it is very unlikely to be a neat hierarchy of organized evil where the Great Satan will eventually be exposed and toppled with a cavalry of white hats. Much more likely is the OP's picture of competing organizations struggling not only to control their own, but at least maintain their positions against each other.
It's always seemed to me that the lizard people style conspiracy theories are probably being promulgated by black hats/bad actors, as an attempt to tarnish our reputation. They want us guilty by association
Oh, man, I totally agree. David Icke has been living off wild theories for years. And I think he is not a complete nutter, but he knows how to reel them in to make a living, his influence is not to be ignored. I was reading a book-length criticism of him (and Bill Cooper, and a couple of others) by someone who obviously believes no conspiracy theories, and after thoroughly and mercilessly destroying Icke, he got into "QAnon" and Trump (birtherism, satanic pedophile cabal conspiracies). He totally blew past all the military and other aspects of Q. I had to agree, this board is way heavy on sensational and unprovoked claims and has gotten more and more that way.
Checks out. As our reach and ability to sway increases, I think we'll become a bigger and bigger target for abc shills. Though I think a lot of the crazy stuff comes from well-meaning people, too. Once your eyes are opened to the insanity going on with elections and Q, it's hard to know where to draw the line. I still personally don't believe the flat earth or chemtrail stuff, but at this point, I don't think I'd be surprised by anything.
There’s a very good case to be made that reptilian entities exist, going back to the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil.
The evidence suggests that the idea of "competition" in any form does not exist. According to my research, any evidence I have found that supports the idea of "competing organizations" has been, upon further digging, specifically planted as a means of obfuscation of the single minded unity of The Machine.
There is some evidence that suggests there may have been (minor) faction wars within the Cabal from time to time, but when it comes to the larger scale manipulations, direction, and goals, they have acted with a perfect united purpose for a very, very, very long time.
Please see my report for the beginning of the evidence chain to support these statements. More will be coming in future updates.