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Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

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Re: Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

#11
The author dismisses Zuckerberg’s perspective, assuming cowardice and self-interest behind his actions while conflating multiple issues into a simplistic narrative of moral failure.

While I am critical of Zuckerberg, the approach relies on petty rants rather than constructive analysis. And I can't really get onboard with such an approach.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

#13

> This man is a coward. This man is a CEO. If you mistook him as something else then you simply fell victim to clever marketing. (See: Elon Musk) > Power corrupts, but cowardice corrupts more completely. What are they cowarding from? Could it not be power itself? Perhaps your analysis is too focused on the object of your anger and has devolved into printed bile. As a result it lacks any forward value.

Thank you!

At these stakes you can expect anyone to do what they believe is making them the most amount of money.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

#15
I dislike Zuck but starting off with how we was silent on the NIH isn't the strongest point and it's a disservice to the countless other things Zuck gets wrong.

PETA is against the NIH and I see no reason to support the existing healthcare infrastructure. https://headlines.peta.org/nih/

Re: Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

#17

> This man is a coward. This man is a CEO. If you mistook him as something else then you simply fell victim to clever marketing. (See: Elon Musk) > Power corrupts, but cowardice corrupts more completely. What are they cowarding from? Could it not be power itself? Perhaps your analysis is too focused on the object of your anger and has devolved into printed bile. As a result it lacks any forward value.

you have to wonder if there's a limit to the things people, companies, CEOs, shareholders will do to satiate their greed if only for the sake of the public good

Re: Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

#18
It has been extremely instructive to watch the worlds richest people line up to kiss the ring of the new administration.

I hope people remember this in the future when they talk about the rich controlling our government and the population being just along for the ride.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

#19

The author dismisses Zuckerberg’s perspective, assuming cowardice and self-interest behind his actions while conflating multiple issues into a simplistic narrative of moral failure. While I am critical of Zuckerberg, the approach relies on petty rants rather than constructive analysis. And I can't really get onboard with such an approach.

Meta supported the previous administration's social media hopes through directed platform bias, and they're clearly going to support the next one. I hope this gives all the people who supported it the last time an opportunity to think about how convenience shifts with the changing of power, unlike the principles of a free society.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg: This Man Is a Coward

#20

It has been extremely instructive to watch the worlds richest people line up to kiss the ring of the new administration. I hope people remember this in the future when they talk about the rich controlling our government and the population being just along for the ride.

As a European observer, it's been an interesting lesson in how much power and sway the US presidency is invested with, despite ostensibly existing in a system that is less centralized and puts more power (and elected offices) at the state level than our flavor of democracies.

You may not be able to bend the will of state officials, but if you can bend the will of national-level companies this easily, "the Feds" are effectively a much larger operation than it otherwise would be.

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