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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began 2017 with a bold personal challenge: "to have visited and met people in every state in the US by the end of the year."
So far, his whistlestop tour of the states certainly bears all the hallmarks of early political canvassing.
As part of the challenge, Zuckerberg reportedly wanted to meet longtime Democrats who voted for Trump in the last election and asked his team to reach out and find such people.
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Such a tour becomes even more conspicuous in light of unsealed court filings from a class-action lawsuit in 2016 in which Zuckerberg attempted to dilute shareholder power and afford himself permanent control of the $440 billion company.
Of particular note in the proceedings was a message sent to Zuckerberg by Marc Andreessen, one of Facebook's most prominent investors, in which he raised the issue of "how to define the government service thing without freaking out shareholders that you are losing commitment."
"It's the thing people will point to on announcement and say 'what the f**k are you guys doing agreeing to this', particularly since... government service would require you to give up control of Facebook anyway and it's a moot point," said Andreessen, adding credence to speculation that Zuckerberg will make a run for political office at some point in the future.
One of the richest men in the world will be looking out for the little guy, right?
Source: https://www.rt.com/usa/386718-zuckerberg-political-campaign-rumors/
(Score: 2) by cafebabe on Tuesday May 02 2017, @01:57PM (1 child)
James Howard Kunstler had a theory that with the decrease in energy per person (and the probably disintegration of large states) anyone can be a figurehead politician of a nation state and give soothing platitudes and reassuring speeches. But it doesn't change anything. So, we can maybe look forward to Kanye West versus Mark Zuckerberg in 2020 followed by the usual kleptocratic military-industrial-banking complex.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Phoenix666 on Tuesday May 02 2017, @01:59PM
Exactly. The figurehead doesn't really matter when nothing materially changes. In fact, the more absurd the figurehead, the more chance everyone wakes up and realizes that things must materially change.
Washington DC delenda est.