How can one man be so infuriatingly involved in so much corruption globally? I just want to live in peace, urgh
this post was submitted on 01 Feb 2026
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That is good for your goal to live in peace if we take it seriously though. Catching so many corrupt and vile people at the same time is a great thing.
Fair point, but I have my doubts we'll take it seriously, considering our collective response so far to world altering events such as Climate Change, Panama Papers, etc.
Mossad wants dirt on everyone
But not russians?
The only russians to pop up in the files are informants or business partners, nothing else.
There is, however, quite a bit of dirt on various Israelites.
They've released less than 1% of the files. Still plenty of things we have yet to see.
The world really is run by a cabal of pedophiles.
Who knew
I've heard that this is so bad that it might be the end of the royal family in Norway.
Damn, I wish! I'm against all kinds of kings.
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How can "the most democratic country" have a monarchy?
Probably for the same reason we still have one in the Netherlands, where a large part of the country can't comprehend abolishing the monarchy because "it's tradition" or "because they do important diplomatic work" (ie brown-nosing other politicians for an idioticly high salary)
Ik vondt de enige gechillte Nederlander ;) Groeten vanuit Duitsland! (Grapje, ik weet dat niet iedereen Rutte of Wilders in het achterste wil neuken)
The US doesn't have a monarchy, but we ended up with a king anyway.
I'm guessing it's like the UK where they have a monarchy but they don't actually have any real power.
Well, aside from the usual rich person power of being able to commit all sorts of crimes and get away with it.
Powerful or not, inherited leadership is undemocratic.
Wait until you find out about hereditary peers...
Not even just the hereditary peers - there are also the 26 Anglican bishops, and the politically appointed lords, eg Mandelson. Senators for life, basically.
Tradition is a hell of a thing
The fact that Mette-Marit was a single mother and the fact that Høiby's father was a convicted felon created controversy. TV 2 later wrote that "merely by existing, Marius Borg Høiby was seen by many as a scandal for the royal family."
He sure lived up to their expectations. Well cheer up guys, at least he can use your tax money to hire himself the best lawyer available.
The movement to get rid of the parasitic monarchy in Norway got a lot of traction this week, so that is nice.
There is an actual hearing in Parliament this tuesday about abolishing the monarchy. Not caused by this but happily strengthened.
You can bet that once the inevitable population-wide vote happens on whether to keep the monarchy, I will vote no. I already didn't like having a monarchy from before, now doubly so.
I've traditionally been a supporter of keeping the monarchy for its diplomatic functions and (mostly) unifying force among people, but this does feel like a sea-change. Maybe opinions in Norway are more forgiving, I don't know--I moved away many years ago. In my opinion, it's probably time to re-evaluate whether we (Norway) want to keep this going. It was decided decades ago to keep it at least until the current Crown Prince had his turn, but now that's looking like a bad idea. They need to do something, and hopefully they can still wind it down with some dignity. Maybe it's possible to make a nice, clean break when King Harald passes on. Either way, it should be up to the People.
I'm not 100% convinced having a President will be better, seeing as some Presidents like to act as if they're kings. But with all the scandals, I think if anyone still believes monarchs are immune to political influence, they should wake up now.
PS: I was wondering if you have some more information about the hearing (e.g. news article). I can't find it in the Norwegian media. (I read/speak Norwegian).
voted today https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/kongefamilien-1.11661059 141 voted to keep current constitutional monarchy, 26 for a republic.
Also 76% of people asked in a poll trust the crown princess less after the recent Epstein information.
In ages 19–29 and 30–39 its 81 %
Also 44 % this she is unfit to rule
You can have a President without having a Presidential system - like, for example, Germany - were that post is mainly being a figurehead/top-diplomat with mainly the power of shaming parliament when they go overboard with some laws, both not actually able to block it, possible with some limited power to dissolve parliament and call new elections.
Basically it's the same thing as a modern day monarch in a Democratic nation, except that people actually get to chose who gets the post, if they turn out to be bad at it they get replaced after 4 years rather than being there for life and they don't actually own a massive chunk of wealth for historical reasons (like, for example, the British Royal Family).
I've lived under Presidential systems (Portugal) and Constitutional Monarchies (The Netherlands, Britain) and vastly prefer the former: the latter is especially fucked up in Britain were the Royals actually have real power (to block laws) - if seldom used - and are the cornerstone of a well entrenched system of patronage and class segregation which is far beyond anything I've seen elsewhere in Europe, though granted in The Netherlands The Royals were a lot closer to normal people - to the point that before becoming King the current ruler used to work as a pilot for KLM - than in Britain.
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Yeah, power corrupts. But royalty is excempt from scrutiny way too much. The king keeps pardoning finance crime buddies and it's not even mentioned in the media like other corruption would be.
Anyway, https://stortinget.no/ has info on the hearings :)
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I guess ‘No Kings’ is doing something after all
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Parasites.
Sounds like the apple didn't fall far from the tree.
A lifetime of living without consequence where your every whim is met creates dangerously broken people
What happened here is actually worse somehow. Mette marit was a "commoner" known on her circles as a fun party/rave girl. The usual drugs included. She had a son (Marius) with someone from that walk of life. He had the chance to turn 8 or 9 i think before having the title of "royalty" thrust uppon him at the same time his single mother got swept away on all sorts of royal adventures.
Not hard at all to see how that can fuck you up royally.
Edit: just remembered she had a sextape from the good old days, and since it was only of interest to us Norwegians and the internett wasn't as big as it is now they've managed to scrub it. Or that might just have been rumors, but I'm like 80% sure i saw it at one of the early 2000's LAN parties.
all the NONCE kings and princes had ties with epsteins MS kung fu master.
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