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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: 5, Funny) by DannyB on Tuesday May 02 2017, @02:27PM (3 children)
If we're going to have a Jewish president, I would prefer a 2000 year old Jew, who many worship and give their money to.
And yes, if it is not clear, I am referring to Bernie.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday May 02 2017, @11:03PM (2 children)
I think I read he is an atheist. My Southern Baptist peeps would draw a big difference between a Jew and an atheist. [wikileaks.org]
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Wednesday May 03 2017, @12:43AM
Atheist Jews are still Jews. Don't believe me? Go somewhere in San Francisco where a lot of Jews hang out and chat them up.
You won't be disappointed.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Wednesday May 03 2017, @04:36PM
Whether he's atheist or not should not be the major factor for a voter. The concern should be whether he will enact good public policy. I would prefer to vote for a Christian -- if I thought there could genuinely be a "Christian Politician". But they all embrace horrible policy ideas. Or maybe they are "christian" in name only and don't really believe anything. Maybe they don't even know what the word means.
You could point out to Southern Baptist peeps that old testament prophecies are already fulfilled that the Jews would regather in unbelief in Israel. It's already happened.
But on topic, it seems like policies are what a voter should be looking for in a candidate.
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