aside from the obvious answer (money and power, stupid!) why the fuck does anyone listen to any of these people post-Epstein?

Need a technical reason?

Why would anyone listen to Gates' technical opinions post-Windows?

Let's ask Ibrahim Traoré about what he has to offer with regards to warnings about social policies, let's bring in Javed Iqbal to talk about childcare.

Oh wait, they're not worth billions and they don't clean up well with a cardigan so it'll be harder to convince the audience that they're not predators.