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Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by Chardok »

0xcde4c3db wrote: post #49
uniban wrote: post #3

Zuckerberg has done all these things within a relatively short period of time: * Says he’s no longer an atheist, "questioned" religious matters, he broke through his skepticism and now believes religion to be “very important.” * Restructuring of Facebook stock trough the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In the SEC filing it says that he can take a leave of absence from Facebook and still retain voting control of the compa…

> Restructuring of Facebook stock trough the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In the SEC filing it says that he can take a leave of absence from Facebook and still retain voting control of the company if he goes to work for the government. It can't possibly be kosher for him to be President with this arrangement, can it? If Carter had to divest his peanut farm, why would we let a President retain a massive interest in the…

That is by far the biggest red flag for his political aspirations. I cannot even fathom the conflicts of interest, the potential to misuse/abuse Facebooks front page rankings, and the massive data and insight he would have access to.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by syril »

willvarfar wrote: post #9
uniban wrote: post #3

Zuckerberg has done all these things within a relatively short period of time: * Says he’s no longer an atheist, "questioned" religious matters, he broke through his skepticism and now believes religion to be “very important.” * Restructuring of Facebook stock trough the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In the SEC filing it says that he can take a leave of absence from Facebook and still retain voting control of the compa…

Sounds like he's going to run for president!

Watch any video of him presenting, Mark has the charisma of a potted plant. This guy doesn't stand a chance of winning ANY election without increasing his social skills at least tenfold.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by spaginal »

enraged_camel wrote: post #10
outoftacos wrote: post #6

Great read, at first I thought it was just a puff piece but the ending is a great insight into the filter bubble that folks with that amount of money and power live in. He can't handle any criticism or line of questioning that dares to peek behind the curtain, it's something that just never happens in his world. I'm not sure what level of power he's going to buy next, but everyone should be trying to peek behind the…

>>He can't handle any criticism or line of questioning that dares to peek behind the curtain, it's something that just never happens in his world. Neither can Trump, yet here we are.

Zuckerberg wants to fully combine his wealth and access to information about us into a presidency and then what? If you say the wrong thing about him on Facebook the IRS suddenly audits you? Criticism of Zuckerberg flags you in government databases as well?

Trump owns a chain of hotels and sells ties and hats, but doesn't operate what could largely be seen as the most expansive and intimate database about every American ever made.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by elevensies »

Question for anyone who is knowledgeable about California elections: If Mark wanted to run for governor 2018, when would he have to take an observable action? (i.e. register as a candidate or similar.) At what point would we know for sure? And would winning Governor block a presidential run in 2020? And would losing it would indicate a candidate too weak to win POTUS 2020?

I think a key factor has to be whether Trump will survive through 2020. If Trump is weak in 2020 that is the best time to run, because if a Democrat beats Trump is 2020 and it isn't Mark, he'd have to wait until 2028, and he'd be running for re-election after 8 years of a Dem executive. It will partly depend on the who is the challenger in 2020 was well. I wonder if there is a chance Hillary takes another shot?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by uniban »

zizek23 wrote: post #29
uniban wrote: post #3

Zuckerberg has done all these things within a relatively short period of time: * Says he’s no longer an atheist, "questioned" religious matters, he broke through his skepticism and now believes religion to be “very important.” * Restructuring of Facebook stock trough the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In the SEC filing it says that he can take a leave of absence from Facebook and still retain voting control of the compa…

This country worships success. That's the reason Trump won. Zuckerberg is not only ridiculously successful but touches everyone's life everyday and people may feel an intimacy that doesn't exist. Without being judgmental just looking at the dynamics he is going to win.

Zuck is clearly having meticulous plan.

Even his personal photographer seems to reflect his ambitions. He is Charles Ommanney who was the photographer for Bush and Obama’s presidential campaigns.

But he already clearly shows some weaknesses he must overcome.

He seems to go into defensive mode every time someone questions his authenticity and motives. That's not how you tackle obvious weakness in political campaign. He has to learn how to smoothly deflect and turn tables in interviews and personal contacts.

His main problem is almost complete lack of personal charisma.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by booleandilemma »

uniban wrote: post #3

Zuckerberg has done all these things within a relatively short period of time: * Says he’s no longer an atheist, "questioned" religious matters, he broke through his skepticism and now believes religion to be “very important.” * Restructuring of Facebook stock trough the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In the SEC filing it says that he can take a leave of absence from Facebook and still retain voting control of the compa…

So is the end game to sell the country to China for market share over there?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by ms88 »

bogomipz wrote: post #21

>'“Wouldn’t it be better,” he asks with a sly smile, “if it was actually an accepted thing for people to want to go understand how other people were living?”' Hey Mark, here in the "normal regular person world" that's actually already accepted. There's a name for it, its called empathy, its a basic human trait. The fact that you perceive that as somehow "unaccepted" shows just how disconnected from reality and cluele…

He is discovering what religions (yes all of them) have been saying for years. I don't see any harm in that.

Better than what a lot of other rich scumbags I know do with their time.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by dagw »

epicide wrote: post #45
yannis7 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nothing screams "disconnected coastal elite" more than a young hip billionaire who thinks that his 50-state "poverty safari" trip resonates with voters

Other than age and industry, what's different about him and the current US president?

Trump had the ability to make people believe he genuinely cared about them and their problems.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by rsheridan6 »

epicide wrote: post #45
yannis7 wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

nothing screams "disconnected coastal elite" more than a young hip billionaire who thinks that his 50-state "poverty safari" trip resonates with voters

Other than age and industry, what's different about him and the current US president?

Trump's crassness, and the fact that the other coastal elites legitimately hate him, makes him seem authentic, despite his background.
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