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Trump showed us that the old guard is less powerful than we\they thought. The zuck could absolutely win and facebook would be his tool to do it.
by vb6sp6 6y ago
Trump showed us that the old guard is less powerful than we\they thought. The zuck could absolutely win and facebook would be his tool to do it.
- ginko 6y agoZuckerberg has the charisma of a fish though.
- Etheryte 6y agoYou don't need charisma when you can insert yourself into people's notifications, Facebook and Instagram feeds, have a near-live overview of the majority of the voting population, know their political bias, cultural heritage, and much, much more.
- Trasmatta 6y agoDo you believe that Zuckerberg would be allowed to use Facebook to push his presidential campaign? I feel like he would have to divest himself of the company entirely first. Then again, that's maybe too much of an expectation, given our current political situation.
- windthrown 6y agoYou'd think so...but I also thought it would be politically unpalatable for Trump to refuse to divest from his business. And once in office, the emoluments clause of the constitution has been shown to be pretty toothless.
- Tostino 6y ago> pretty toothless Entirely toothless.
- donogh 6y agoHe controls 57.9% of the voting shares[1] and, historically, hasn't exactly been a paragon of virtue. [1] https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/082216/top-9-shareholders-facebook-fb.asp https://www.investopedia.com/articles/insights/082216/top-9-...
- Trasmatta 6y agoYeah, I keep seeing the "well, Trump won!" argument anytime somebody suggests that a certain person wouldn't win an election. But that ignores Trump's unique characteristics that allowed him to gain a significant and loyal following. I feel like Zuckerberg trying to run would be a Mike Bloomberg situation. Remember when that happened?
- vb6sp6 6y ago1) Bloomberg doesn't control facebook 2) Bloomberg ran as a democrat Imagine a world where you get your news from Fox News and then go to a conservative controlled facebook. He would be unstoppable.
- adjkant 6y agoZuckerberg couldn't run as anything but a democrat either. Cambridge Analytica and the like ensured that, but his beliefs (as far as he has shown any) are leaning democrat with libertarian tendencies at best. His lack of moral spine is compatible with both parties (not equating said parties to be clear).
- pstuart 6y agoTrump's unique characteristics were antithetical to the role of POTUS. Now cult leader, on the other hand...
- war1025 6y agoThe only thing about Trump that is antithetical to the role of POTUS, at least in the coastal elite / media sense, is that he ran as a Republican.
- pstuart 6y agoYou see, this is why discussing politics here gets a bad rap. You are operating in a partisan manner and effectively trolling now. If you were actually interested in dialog, I would go to the effort of gathering evidence of members of the GOP trashing him before he attained power, as well as multiple prominent republicans who today are aghast at what he's done and is continuing to do. I'm against political parties (Washington warned us way back when), and I associate with the party that you clearly don't belong to. My association is made under duress, in that I have to pick one in order for my voice to be heard. I can have civil and adult conversations about the merits and failures of both parties and of individuals within them. I'm guessing that might be a challenge for you so I won't bother trying. Let me know otherwise.
- foobiekr 6y agoI don't know. Fish can be pretty cute and charming.
- youeseh 6y agoCharisma can be learned.
- ardy42 6y ago> Charisma can be learned. Did Hillary Clinton learn it? Of all the people in the world, she's probably the one who had the most incentive and motivation to "learn" charisma, if it was possible.
- the-dude 6y agoAnd opportunity. She is married to charisma.
- luckylion 6y agoI always got the impression from her public persona that she thought she didn't need charisma, that she had "earned it", and that the power she had accrued over the years should be enough to deliver the victory to her.
- setpatchaddress 6y agoAnecdotally, this is one reason Bernie did better than expected in the 2016 primaries.
- overgard 6y agoI think it's possible to learn it, but a lot of charisma comes from empathy and focus on others. Awkward people can be very charismatic if they give the vibe they care about you. True selflessness isn't something most politicians are really known for..
- setpatchaddress 6y ago`[citation needed]`
- pretendscholar 6y agoOne of the harder things to learn because it isn't formulaic. You can't copy someone else's mannerisms outright you have to find your own style.