Mark Zuckerberg's Political Awakening

Paul Graham claimed in 2004 that the winning candidate each presidential election is actually the candidate with the charisma.

http://www.paulgraham.com/charisma.html

Since then, Obama beat McCain and Romney and Trump beat Clinton.

While it's hard on the ears to hear that Trump is charismatic, the reality is that his social intelligence is off the charts. That's why Scott Adams predicted early that he would win (as did I and I won some money betting on it even while I voted against him).

I don't see president-level charisma in Zuckerberg, although I'm not sure because i haven't watched him that much. I know at least one person who is really fascinated by him so maybe it's worth a second look.

He reminds me of a male Hilary. I think we've been reduced to(maybe we've always been this) just quick reactions for Elections, and my immediate reaction even from the start was I don't like this guy, even before I knew about the "stupid fuckers are trusting me" and sweatgate. He just repulses me, in the same way Hillary physically repulsed me on an evolutionary level. And I think if America is filled with morons like me, he won't win.

"A study published earlier this year by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine found that heavy social media users were, on average, more isolated than their peers. Zuckerberg doesn’t see it that way, arguing that the best way to a better society is more Facebook."

"Zuckerberg sometimes talks about the promise of brain implants, which he believes will one day convey the entirety of one’s mental state to another human being"

Perhaps I have been watching too much Star Trek, but he is sounding just like the Borg.

I welcome the onslaught of Zuckerburg in politics. He will get chewed up and spit out as he openly advocates for illegal immigration amnesty, universal basic income, and whatever else the socialist utopians envision. He will get raked over the coals with these ideologies in the states he has to win (Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, Florida). That is assuming the Clinton Machine doesn't destroy him first. He's way out of his league here and better stick to Facebook.

Question for anyone who is knowledgeable about California elections: If Mark wanted to run for governor 2018, when would he have to take an observable action? (i.e. register as a candidate or similar.) At what point would we know for sure? And would winning Governor block a presidential run in 2020? And would losing it would indicate a candidate too weak to win POTUS 2020?

I think a key factor has to be whether Trump will survive through 2020. If Trump is weak in 2020 that is the best time to run, because if a Democrat beats Trump is 2020 and it isn't Mark, he'd have to wait until 2028, and he'd be running for re-election after 8 years of a Dem executive. It will partly depend on the who is the challenger in 2020 was well. I wonder if there is a chance Hillary takes another shot?

I wonder which PATENTS will put in place if he wins the US elections.

Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”) hereby grants to each human being within the US territory a perpetual facebook account ;)

He'll probably have to run as an independent. Don't think Dems will let him usurp their system. And then he'll end up bring a Perot. This time he'll likely suck more voters from the Dems than Reps.

I'm not sure what Zuckerberg can do to combat the virality of Trump, I have some suggestions, which he may not like but he'll need to do:

* Ban Trump from Facebook (co-op with Twitter to ban him there also) * Flood Facebook with ads of people helping others, doing good, committing selfless acts * Forgo the traditional presidential campaign, instead of rallies do an eye-catching Apple-style presentation of people, their situations and solutions. * Stick to an optimistic message no. matter. what. Do not get in the mud. * Do not mention your competitor by name * Every week ask open ended policy/progress questions to an audience on FB (for instance, What would the year 2030 look like? Mars for humanity?) * Every week also feature an interview with an activist, about their mission, how they're changing the world and how the audience can help. * The people who helped build Facebook who are still around must absolutely be involved in the campaign as a testament to Zuckerberg's character and perseverance. * As campaign items distribute and sell posters of great SV pioneers and leaders. Beautiful ones of Jobs, Gates, even social justice and advocacy leaders in the world like Yousafzai, etc. And obviously past leaders like Obama, Hillary, Bill, etc. Don't make it about you, but about visionaries who push the boundaries and change things.

Zuckerberg has a significant chance to not end up like Hillary, but honestly, I would not dare to campaign in 2020; however I would be more than happy to get Zuckerberg across 270 with a campaign the world will remember.

Facebook's threat is that politicians have little control over it and it is not limited to just one country in scope. I don't use facebook but I like that it exist. the only regulation of such an entity is to keep it non discriminatory because if it were to start picking winners and losers it probably could have undue influence.

Can't wait for 2020 election. I suspect it will be even worse circus than 2016. Get ready for some ridiculous candidates!

There's this assumption that FB should be censoring advertisers. It seems logical - registering key phrases like "how to burn jews" is bad.

But I still wonder, had they preemptively censored advertisers, would that itself be a minor scandal?

One can be an Atheist and believe religion to be important at the same time. One has to believe religion to be important for certain, if one was to run for POTUS.

His platform helped deliver the presidency to one billionaire, why not another?

Seems like the real Mark Zuckerberg comes out at the end of that article.

I don't think he is in as much control as he thinks he has.

Non-regwall: https://archive.is/3kESs

Is it only me or this looks like a Macron-effect? I mean, President Macron did show to the world it was possible for a young fellow to hijack the elections, even in a (relatively) stable democracy. Actually, if you think about it, it seems not that hard to be (or look) much less repugnant than the old comical zombies and rotten clowns we get proposed.

Nobody wants this

>'“Wouldn’t it be better,” he asks with a sly smile, “if it was actually an accepted thing for people to want to go understand how other people were living?”'

Hey Mark, here in the "normal regular person world" that's actually already accepted. There's a name for it, its called empathy, its a basic human trait. The fact that you perceive that as somehow "unaccepted" shows just how disconnected from reality and clueless you actually are.

The fact that you see going on a road trip as something extraordinary and worthy of your vast PR machinery is nothing short of a joke.

Also I'm sure that embarking on a road trip while being surrounded by security detail and a team of PR flaks is creating an authentic experience for all involved.

What a goober.

Zuckerberg has done all these things within a relatively short period of time:

* Says he’s no longer an atheist, "questioned" religious matters, he broke through his skepticism and now believes religion to be “very important.”

* Restructuring of Facebook stock trough the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. In the SEC filing it says that he can take a leave of absence from Facebook and still retain voting control of the company if he goes to work for the government.

* Hired a top Democratic campaign manager David Plouffe into the iniative. Plouffe was Obama's campaign manager.

* Hired top Republican campaign manager Ken Mehlman into the iniative. Mehlman is a former George W. Bush campaign manager and RNC chairman.

* Promised to visit all 50 states and meet people.

* Hires a former top adviser to President Barack Obama and the chief strategist for Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

This is not PR as usual for CEO. He is into something big.

Great read, at first I thought it was just a puff piece but the ending is a great insight into the filter bubble that folks with that amount of money and power live in. He can't handle any criticism or line of questioning that dares to peek behind the curtain, it's something that just never happens in his world.

I'm not sure what level of power he's going to buy next, but everyone should be trying to peek behind the curtain. And deleting their Facebook.