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Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by nabla9 »

thedevil wrote: post #54

Paul Graham claimed in 2004 that the winning candidate each presidential election is actually the candidate with the charisma. http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html Since then, Obama beat McCain and Romney and Trump beat Clinton. While it's hard on the ears to hear that Trump is charismatic, the reality is that his social intelligence is off the charts. That's why Scott Adams predicted early that he would win (as d…

I think PG is right.

Trump is dynamic and loves attention. He is energized by the audience. When attacked in debate he goes offense.

His message has little coherence or intelligent content, but that's not the point. It's not what he says. It's feeling he evokes: hate and anger. He was constant center of attention from left and right. MSNBC might have been supporting Clinton, but they could not avoid flying into the flame of Trump. He was the center of the every media.

Populist politicians talk directly to the 'Id' and Trump is instinctively doing that. He is "the Id". His campaign was like David Lynch movie. Messaging directly into the unconsciousness.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by theseatoms »

ms88 wrote: post #68
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.

Which is more likely, that Mark is experiencing a genuine, and highly publicized, spiritual awakening, or that he's meticulously crafting his public persona based on unprecedented troves of information about modern society?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by thatonechad »

I welcome the onslaught of Zuckerburg in politics. He will get chewed up and spit out as he openly advocates for illegal immigration amnesty, universal basic income, and whatever else the socialist utopians envision. He will get raked over the coals with these ideologies in the states he has to win (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Florida). That is assuming the Clinton Machine doesn't destroy him first. He's way out of his league here and better stick to Facebook.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by gbog »

Is it only me or this looks like a Macron-effect? I mean, President Macron did show to the world it was possible for a young fellow to hijack the elections, even in a (relatively) stable democracy. Actually, if you think about it, it seems not that hard to be (or look) much less repugnant than the old comical zombies and rotten clowns we get proposed.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by dredmorbius »

elevensies wrote: post #65

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…

January 31, 2018, for the July 5 Primary ballot.

http://www.fppc.ca.gov/content/dam/fppc/NS-Documents/TAD/Fil...

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by beamatronic »

minot wrote: post #16
willvarfar wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like he's going to run for president!

I do not oppose this ambition. If 45 can be POTUS and the world is not collapsing then I have a feeling that we will be fine with Mark Zuckerberg as well.

In other words now it's a race to the botttom for President. Or we have already reached the point where there is absolutely nothing left to lose. Serious question: would you vote for Kim Kardashian or Trump in the next election if it came to that?

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by craftyguy »

coheeman wrote: post #72
auxym wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As opposed to current president, who is quite dashing and the smooth speaker.

Say what you will about Trump, but you have to admit he's charismatic...in a bad sense. Republican primaries were all about him being the center of attention with the remarks and banter that caught everyone off-guard.

There's a difference between charisma and being overly offensive to all senses.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by gm-conspiracy »

conanbatt wrote: post #17
gm-conspiracy wrote: post #4

I don't think he is in as much control as he thinks he has.

I don't think we know how much control he has. 10 years ago he was nowhere, now he has all the conversations and pictures of 25% of the world.

He was either complicit with Russia or completely ignorant.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by smitty1110 »

Chardok wrote: post #28

"A study published earlier this year by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that heavy social media users were, on average, more isolated than their peers. Zuckerberg doesn’t see it that way, arguing that the best way to a better society is more Facebook." "Zuckerberg sometimes talks about the promise of brain implants, which he believes will one day convey the entirety of one’s mental state to another…

Also seems like he's really taken with The Circle.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

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Post by pjc50 »

talmand wrote: post #77
pjc50 wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Republicans seem quite content with Trump billing the secret service to stay in his own hotels while protecting him, so I think that's your answer.

That's actually normal and has been in place for quite some time now.

What's normal, the president owning a hotel chain? Or taking so much holiday it breaks the secret service budget? http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/08/the-trumps-trav...
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