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All of their talk is performative. Most of their voters are found on Facebook. GOP knows that Facebook is by far their most important tool for organizing and

All of their talk is performative. Most of their voters are found on Facebook. GOP knows that Facebook is by far their most important tool for organizing and rallying their base. They would never admit it, but they also know that Facebook is an important segment of the right wing pipeline, which moves moderate conservatives into the rabid, paranoid, die-hard right wing where they will stay (and vote) forever, which keeps the Overton window moving to the right. Zuckerberg has a well known bias towards the right, and spent a lot of time schmoozing GOP leadership.

Applejinx 5y ago
No, Zuckerberg has a well known bias towards Zuckerberg. What you're seeing is not any sort of well thought out advocacy of right wing ideology: he and Facebook have sometimes been dismayed when they stepped too far in that direction and have gotten used by political operatives (from this or other countries!). Nobody wants to be a pawn in other people's games, least of all Zuckerberg. It looks like Zuckerberg leans to the right because he is leaning away from certain parts of the Left: in particular, he's gonna be extremely wary of anything Elizabeth Warren (or to a lesser extent Bernie, the Squad, etc) has in mind concerning regulation and trustbusting. Zuckerberg's going to treat trustbusters as an existential threat, and I don't believe he has the moral compass to care who he allies with as long as he gets his way. For that reason, Zuckerberg and Facebook can end up allying with outright fascists in hopes of protecting themselves from communists. I don't know if they've got the historical perspective to understand how unwise that is, but I do know they're a key ally for any fascist, anywhere. Right wingers really need Zuck and Facebook, or something like it.
- germinalphrase 5y ago
  Trustbusting/anti-monopoly are communist?
  - ByteJockey 5y ago
    I think that might have been an allusion to Weinmar Germany where industry leaders did end up allying with fascists to protect themselves from communists.
- AzzieElbab 5y ago
  That was a lot of Zuckerbergs
  - AzzieElbab 5y ago
    Oh cmon. You know what happens if you say zuckerberg 5 times while looking at a mirror
    - doodlebugging 5y ago
      I'm not sure if I want to know what happens when you do this. I'm just glad mirrors don't have a memory or a replay button. That would be awkward.
- jsjohnst 5y ago
  > Zuckerberg has a well known bias towards Zuckerberg. > Nobody wants to be a pawn in other people's games, least of all Zuckerberg. > It looks like Zuckerberg leans to the right because he is leaning away from certain parts of the Left I feel this is very likely a spot on portrayal of Zuckerberg’s motivations/ethics. I doubt he has any allegiance to any political party, what guides him is self-preservation of both his creation and himself. He’s not that different from several famous tech founders before him if we are honest.
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Applejinx 5y ago

No, Zuckerberg has a well known bias towards Zuckerberg. What you're seeing is not any sort of well thought out advocacy of right wing ideology: he and Facebook have sometimes been dismayed when they stepped too far in that direction and have gotten used by political operatives (from this or other countries!). Nobody wants to be a pawn in other people's games, least of all Zuckerberg. It looks like Zuckerberg leans to the right because he is leaning away from certain parts of the Left: in particular, he's gonna be extremely wary of anything Elizabeth Warren (or to a lesser extent Bernie, the Squad, etc) has in mind concerning regulation and trustbusting. Zuckerberg's going to treat trustbusters as an existential threat, and I don't believe he has the moral compass to care who he allies with as long as he gets his way. For that reason, Zuckerberg and Facebook can end up allying with outright fascists in hopes of protecting themselves from communists. I don't know if they've got the historical perspective to understand how unwise that is, but I do know they're a key ally for any fascist, anywhere. Right wingers really need Zuck and Facebook, or something like it.

germinalphrase 5y ago
Trustbusting/anti-monopoly are communist?
- ByteJockey 5y ago
  I think that might have been an allusion to Weinmar Germany where industry leaders did end up allying with fascists to protect themselves from communists.
AzzieElbab 5y ago
That was a lot of Zuckerbergs
- AzzieElbab 5y ago
  Oh cmon. You know what happens if you say zuckerberg 5 times while looking at a mirror
  - doodlebugging 5y ago
    I'm not sure if I want to know what happens when you do this. I'm just glad mirrors don't have a memory or a replay button. That would be awkward.
jsjohnst 5y ago
> Zuckerberg has a well known bias towards Zuckerberg. > Nobody wants to be a pawn in other people's games, least of all Zuckerberg. > It looks like Zuckerberg leans to the right because he is leaning away from certain parts of the Left I feel this is very likely a spot on portrayal of Zuckerberg’s motivations/ethics. I doubt he has any allegiance to any political party, what guides him is self-preservation of both his creation and himself. He’s not that different from several famous tech founders before him if we are honest.

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