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OPINION – For a brief moment, it felt like the world had changed. The #MeToo movement cracked open the silence around power. Harvey Weinstein was led into court. Jeffrey Epstein’s empire collapsed. Studios, networks, and boardrooms scrambled to prove they had learned something. For once, the powerful were made to answer.
But power has a long memory and a short attention span. A few years later, we are watching the same stories replay in reverse. Abusers rebrand as victims of “cancel culture.” The wealthy and connected hire crisis-PR firms, launch podcasts, and turn accountability into content. And while we were distracted by celebrity redemption arcs, the government learned the same trick…