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> it’s controlled by Zuckerberg who spent $419 million to influence US election administration in a seemingly partisan way Like all US billionaires, then? > M
by PontifexMinimus 4y ago
> it’s controlled by Zuckerberg who spent $419 million to influence US election administration in a seemingly partisan way
Like all US billionaires, then?
> Meta may not be YOUR adversary, but that fact is not necessarily true of all (or even most) Americans
The US government and ruling class doesn't see Meta as their adversary, even if it this the adversary of some Americans.
- mrweasel 4y agoThere’s also the small issue that many of us aren’t Americans, so if offers little comfort that Meta is an American company.
- secfirstmd 4y agoCough...PRISM...Cough
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- hammock 4y ago>Like all US billionaires, then? Sheldon Adelson is the only other billionaire that comes to mind in recent times who is spending on this scale. In the 2020 cycle for Trump, he spent about 40% less than what Zuckerberg did this past cycle. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/31/sheldson-adelson-trump-republicans-election https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/31/sheldson-ade...