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He did the exact opposite when it was trendy to do the opposite. Did his beliefs change so conveniently?

ThrowawayR2 2y ago
"Beliefs"? Classic binary "if you're not with us, you're against us" thinking. Believe it or not, a lot of people didn't really give a hoot about either side of the culture wars squabbling and just went with the flow.
- pixxel 2y ago
  > just went with the flow Be better. Go against the flow.
  - ThrowawayR2 2y ago
    The public went against the flow at the voting booths in 2024: "Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom" (https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-voter-turnout-republicans-trump-harris-7ef18c115c8e1e76210820e0146bc3a5 https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-voter-turnout-repub...). Didn't work out too well, did it? Sometimes it's smarter to let sleeping dogs lie.
bawolff 2y ago
Maybe when it was trendy he heard some convincing arguments one way, and now that trends shifted, he was convinced to go to the other side. Maybe he doesn't give a shit at all and is going with the flow. None of this particulary feels like cowardice. Honestly, y'all should stop caring what mark thinks and start caring about the average american. Trump isn't scary because a couple of billionaires are on his side. He's scary because a majority of americans are on his side.
- tzs 2y ago
  Trump got a plurality of the vote, not a majority.
  - bawolff 2y ago
    Either way, he clearly has support among the population at large, and that is the problem.
johnmw 2y ago
I don't have a horse in this race, but to be fair, Mark goes into great detail about all this on the Joe Rogan podcast [0]. I think a reasonable person would also listen to what he says about his own motivations. If you have already listened and have an opinion, then please ignore this suggestion! [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1ehaE0bdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1ehaE0bdU
jmye 2y ago
I think this is the mistake being made - he has no beliefs. He’s purely and completely a sociopath. Nothing matters but money and whatever power he has at Facebook.

"Beliefs"? Classic binary "if you're not with us, you're against us" thinking. Believe it or not, a lot of people didn't really give a hoot about either side of the culture wars squabbling and just went with the flow.

pixxel 2y ago
> just went with the flow Be better. Go against the flow.
- ThrowawayR2 2y ago
  The public went against the flow at the voting booths in 2024: "Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom" (https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-voter-turnout-republicans-trump-harris-7ef18c115c8e1e76210820e0146bc3a5 https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-voter-turnout-repub...). Didn't work out too well, did it? Sometimes it's smarter to let sleeping dogs lie.

bawolff 2y ago

Maybe when it was trendy he heard some convincing arguments one way, and now that trends shifted, he was convinced to go to the other side. Maybe he doesn't give a shit at all and is going with the flow. None of this particulary feels like cowardice. Honestly, y'all should stop caring what mark thinks and start caring about the average american. Trump isn't scary because a couple of billionaires are on his side. He's scary because a majority of americans are on his side.

tzs 2y ago
Trump got a plurality of the vote, not a majority.
- bawolff 2y ago
  Either way, he clearly has support among the population at large, and that is the problem.

johnmw 2y ago

I don't have a horse in this race, but to be fair, Mark goes into great detail about all this on the Joe Rogan podcast [0]. I think a reasonable person would also listen to what he says about his own motivations. If you have already listened and have an opinion, then please ignore this suggestion! [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1ehaE0bdU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1ehaE0bdU

jmye 2y ago

I think this is the mistake being made - he has no beliefs. He’s purely and completely a sociopath. Nothing matters but money and whatever power he has at Facebook.