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Why does this sound like the plot to a dystopian sci fi novel? Facebook's interests aren't anything close to my interests.
Then don't vote for Zuckerberg? Technically, if he were to be a representative or other elected government official, he would be obligated to uphold the interests of his constituents, not the company he owns, just like any other representative. Granted, it might be a concern that he would use his position to help his company, which is why officials usually have to put their assets in a blind trust. He would still hav…
At the end of the day, Facebook almost reaches 2 billion people. Good luck beating that and a net worth of $50 billion.
Why does this sound like the plot to a dystopian sci fi novel? Facebook's interests aren't anything close to my interests.
Then don't vote for Zuckerberg? Technically, if he were to be a representative or other elected government official, he would be obligated to uphold the interests of his constituents, not the company he owns, just like any other representative. Granted, it might be a concern that he would use his position to help his company, which is why officials usually have to put their assets in a blind trust. He would still hav…
"Technically" it would be a massive conflict of interest and probably illegal.
Having someone own/control/influence a major chunk of the media establishment and also have public responsibility is a pretty serious problem.
5th estate needs to be separate from the others :)
I must have missed something; why are people discussing Zuck serving in government?
There is speculation based on how he structured facebook's stock as well as his new years resolution, to travel all over the US and talk to people about the issues they care about. It is the sort of step that someone would make before running for political office.
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Recent announcements and actions by Zuck suggest that he's going to run for office one day. 1) Reveals he is no longer an atheist ( http://nypost.com/2017/01/02/mark-zuckerberg-reveals-hes-no-... ) 2) 2017 New Years goal to meet people in every 50 state ( http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-personal-goal... ) etc.
“No. I was raised Jewish and then I went through a period where I questioned things, but now I believe religion is very important,” he wrote.
I was going to post asking what experience Mark has in government but then I remembered the American population just voted to elect a reality TV 'star' and rich-from-daddies-money mediocre businessman as President. So yeah I guess Mark is highly qualified in that he has several times Trump's net worth.
I must have missed something; why are people discussing Zuck serving in government?
Recent announcements and actions by Zuck suggest that he's going to run for office one day. 1) Reveals he is no longer an atheist ( http://nypost.com/2017/01/02/mark-zuckerberg-reveals-hes-no-... ) 2) 2017 New Years goal to meet people in every 50 state ( http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-personal-goal... ) etc.
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We have been living in a dystopian sci-fi novel since 2001.
We have been living in a dystopian sci-fi novel since 1945.
I was going to post asking what experience Mark has in government but then I remembered the American population just voted to elect a reality TV 'star' and rich-from-daddies-money mediocre businessman as President. So yeah I guess Mark is highly qualified in that he has several times Trump's net worth.
Another way to describe Trump is that he ran a business that created more value than the S&P 500 (the top 500 businesses on US stock exchanges) over a 30 year period, created a world famous brand associated with quality and luxury, created a tv show that dominated ratings for a decade, and crushed two political dynasties that have held power for almost 40 years.
What's this based on?