My theory is that people naturally want things they can't have. For the wealthiest people, there aren't many things that are elusive. Epstein provided a venue to access something that wasn't easy to get, something exclusive.

The other thing is how huge amounts of money affect a person's mind. In order to justify hoarding that much wealth, you have to ignore the humanity of other people. And if other people (especially those without wealth) don't mean anything, it's easy enough to justify the abhorrent things they've done to them.

Wealth hoarding is bad for everyone, including the hoarders.