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Ask HN: How do you feel about a Zuckerberg Presidency?

7 points by anythingbot 9y ago

anjalik 9y ago
He would have to totally give up Facebook.
anjalik 9y ago
He would have to totally give up Facebook.
stephenr 9y ago
Right, because electing a "business man" with a questionable past is working out so well right now.
- krapp 9y ago
  To play Devil's Advocate, Mark Zuckerberg has at least had a more direct contribution to the business that made him wealthy than has Trump, who merely licenses his name to products and properties he otherwise has no involvement in. If I had to vote for a businessman, I would rather vote for the one who actually made something innovative. And Zuckerberg speaks Chinese, and even if he isn't fluent and would probably never be allowed to speak with Chinese officials without a translator for protocol's sake, having a bilingual President would be a breath of fresh air compared to one who barely speaks English. Although this may just be a case of me preferring a competent evil to an incompetent one.
  - stephenr 9y ago
    My point was, that you'd be going from a train-wreck to a pile up on the interstate. They're both fucking ridiculous concepts as the leader of a country. That you've got one of them now should be eye opening enough that this doesn't happen again for a fucking long time.
    - krapp 9y ago
      >That you've got one of them now should be eye opening enough that this doesn't happen again for a fucking long time. That's not what's likely to happen, though. Trump may be a garbage fire, but he still won, and the "politically competent" candidate still lost. Plenty of Americans still believe almost religiously in the concept of a "CEO in Chief," and they won't be giving that up any time soon, even if they disavow Trump as an exemplar. Both parties are probably going to field primarily business-oriented candidates as long as it seems the electorate wants anti-establishment, anti-political leadership, at best they'll try to make sure the next one isn't as much of a buffoon.
      - stephenr 9y ago
        > as long as it seems the electorate wants Given that 3 million more people voted for Hillary, I don't think you can make claims like 'the electorate wants anti-political leadership'.
        krapp 9y ago
        >Given that 3 million more people voted for Hillary, A significant number of Democrats would have preferred Bernie Sanders, but settled for the only option they had rather than not vote at all. There was an anti-establishment movement on both sides which only the Republicans capitalized on. The deep-seated cynicism and mistrust of politicians and of political expertise in the US which led to the reactionary nature of this last election isn't going away when Trump finally gets the boot, either. The fact appears to be that Hillary Clinton's political expertise did her no favors, while Donald Trump's political inexperience gave him an advantage, and the people who wanted the latter are the ones who took power.
nickpsecurity 9y ago
He integrates Facebook's surveillance platform with FBI, DEA, NSA, CIA, DHS, INS, IRS, and so on. Allows all local jurisdictions, including those harassing poor or minorities, access to it through the "fusion centers" or whatever they have now. All kinds of horrors follow. That's just the Facebook risk. There's also the problems that can come from his actions as President in general. ;)
- eip 9y ago
  Facebook is a CIA front. It's been integrated since the beginning. He is a company man. Wouldn't be the first company man to become president. Although afaik he would be the first jooish president.
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  - nickpsecurity 9y ago
    It was bought by DST. They're alleged to be Russian mob or government. I don't have any data on a CIA connection. uou might enjoy the Onion News CIA Facebook spoof, though.
sidlls 9y ago
What has he done that makes anyone think he'd be a good city councilman, much less President? As far as I can tell almost his entire adult life has been spent making money off of people either by indirect victimization or through selling their personal data. That doesn't strike me as someone who is interested in political service for reasons I'd consider appropriate.
dvanwag 9y ago
I highly doubt,given the current political dynamics of the USA, that Mr. Z could carry the silent majority of Middle America that delivers the electoral vote.
bradknowles 9y ago
He is one of the few people I can think of who would actually be worse than Drumpf. Putin would be better. Kim Jong Il might be better. I'm not joking. ;(

7 points by anythingbot 9y ago

anjalik 9y ago

He would have to totally give up Facebook.

anjalik 9y ago

He would have to totally give up Facebook.

stephenr 9y ago

Right, because electing a "business man" with a questionable past is working out so well right now.

krapp 9y ago
To play Devil's Advocate, Mark Zuckerberg has at least had a more direct contribution to the business that made him wealthy than has Trump, who merely licenses his name to products and properties he otherwise has no involvement in. If I had to vote for a businessman, I would rather vote for the one who actually made something innovative. And Zuckerberg speaks Chinese, and even if he isn't fluent and would probably never be allowed to speak with Chinese officials without a translator for protocol's sake, having a bilingual President would be a breath of fresh air compared to one who barely speaks English. Although this may just be a case of me preferring a competent evil to an incompetent one.
- stephenr 9y ago
  My point was, that you'd be going from a train-wreck to a pile up on the interstate. They're both fucking ridiculous concepts as the leader of a country. That you've got one of them now should be eye opening enough that this doesn't happen again for a fucking long time.
  - krapp 9y ago
    >That you've got one of them now should be eye opening enough that this doesn't happen again for a fucking long time. That's not what's likely to happen, though. Trump may be a garbage fire, but he still won, and the "politically competent" candidate still lost. Plenty of Americans still believe almost religiously in the concept of a "CEO in Chief," and they won't be giving that up any time soon, even if they disavow Trump as an exemplar. Both parties are probably going to field primarily business-oriented candidates as long as it seems the electorate wants anti-establishment, anti-political leadership, at best they'll try to make sure the next one isn't as much of a buffoon.
    - stephenr 9y ago
      > as long as it seems the electorate wants Given that 3 million more people voted for Hillary, I don't think you can make claims like 'the electorate wants anti-political leadership'.
      - krapp 9y ago
        >Given that 3 million more people voted for Hillary, A significant number of Democrats would have preferred Bernie Sanders, but settled for the only option they had rather than not vote at all. There was an anti-establishment movement on both sides which only the Republicans capitalized on. The deep-seated cynicism and mistrust of politicians and of political expertise in the US which led to the reactionary nature of this last election isn't going away when Trump finally gets the boot, either. The fact appears to be that Hillary Clinton's political expertise did her no favors, while Donald Trump's political inexperience gave him an advantage, and the people who wanted the latter are the ones who took power.

nickpsecurity 9y ago

He integrates Facebook's surveillance platform with FBI, DEA, NSA, CIA, DHS, INS, IRS, and so on. Allows all local jurisdictions, including those harassing poor or minorities, access to it through the "fusion centers" or whatever they have now. All kinds of horrors follow. That's just the Facebook risk. There's also the problems that can come from his actions as President in general. ;)

eip 9y ago
Facebook is a CIA front. It's been integrated since the beginning. He is a company man. Wouldn't be the first company man to become president. Although afaik he would be the first jooish president.
- deleted 9y ago
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- nickpsecurity 9y ago
  It was bought by DST. They're alleged to be Russian mob or government. I don't have any data on a CIA connection. uou might enjoy the Onion News CIA Facebook spoof, though.

sidlls 9y ago

What has he done that makes anyone think he'd be a good city councilman, much less President? As far as I can tell almost his entire adult life has been spent making money off of people either by indirect victimization or through selling their personal data. That doesn't strike me as someone who is interested in political service for reasons I'd consider appropriate.

dvanwag 9y ago

I highly doubt,given the current political dynamics of the USA, that Mr. Z could carry the silent majority of Middle America that delivers the electoral vote.

bradknowles 9y ago

He is one of the few people I can think of who would actually be worse than Drumpf. Putin would be better. Kim Jong Il might be better. I'm not joking. ;(