General Discussion

Which is that it's therefore logical to conclude that "JE as Pedophile-in-Chief, Big-Time Supplying Kids to the Powerful Cabal of Rich Pedos" storyline, believed in by a lot of people, is the less likely reality.

Because everything you said is true.

And relatedly, the way that someone gets away with crimes like his, for as long as he did, is by NOT making it so obvious that other people are incriminated simply by being witnesses to your actions. It's simple math, really. "Covering it up" is far smarter than NOT, all things considered.

And you'll notice the one thing we've NEVER seen is direct proof of any "ring", in these emails or in known interviews/testimony. In fact not even Guiffre's book asserts any knowledge thereof, if you parse it with that idea in mind, she never says there's a 'ring' she knows of. I think it's notable that she while she remains the only one to this day that has said they were trafficked by JE, but makes no claim to that effect in her book, no?

Incidentally, she was not a young-looking 17. JE's pilots testified they had no idea she was a minor, and that she was the youngest to travel on the plane unaccompanied by a guardian. I just mention that in the context that this means there's a possibility she was only one victim actually "trafficked", which logically opens the possibility that, Andrew aside (according to her statements, not under oath), the "perps" may have fallen for a honey-pot scenario, and didn't know her real age.

I mean, can't you totally see Epstein gathering info/power for himself via sexual kompromat by forcing VG (specifically, and ONLY) to have sex with a few select rich buddies, at 17, but telling them she's "barely legal", so it costs 15K or some shit?

"Epstein mostly acting alone" is the most sensible starting point based on what we really know, IMHO.