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Sounds like he's going to run for president!

nothing screams "disconnected coastal elite" more than a young hip billionaire who thinks that his 50-state "poverty safari" trip resonates with voters

> nothing screams "disconnected coastal elite" more than a billionaire who thinks that his 50-state "poverty safari" trip resonates with voters

I just removed "young hip" and it describes Trump.

At this point, we should just experiment with a disconnected coastal elite just to see what happens.

Other than age and industry, what's different about him and the current US president?

Hairline?

Trump had the ability to make people believe he genuinely cared about them and their problems.

Trump's crassness, and the fact that the other coastal elites legitimately hate him, makes him seem authentic, despite his background.

Demeanor. Oh, and the small matter of their political positions.

comments like these are why I love HN

Watch any video of him presenting, Mark has the charisma of a potted plant. This guy doesn't stand a chance of winning ANY election without increasing his social skills at least tenfold.

I hope not! He will never win.

If it's Trump vs Zuckberberg, he'll win. The only question is if he makes it through the primary.

I am more scared of Zuck becoming president than I am of Trump becoming president.

Not if people really mean it when they say they are upset by the Russia news manipulation or Trump's incomplete withdrawal from ownership where conflict of interest could be perceived an issue.

It depends on if people have convictions against those complaints or they were simply "not our candidate" excuses.

Or maybe Mark will divest completely.

> Or maybe Mark will divest completely.

He and Andreessen specifically colluded to restructure Facebook stock so that he could take a LOA and work for the government while maintaining voting control over Facebook.

That's not something you do when you plan to divest.

or one can dream that he will try a third party and consequentially breath new life into US politics by simply dumping money out of the two big ones.

That is what I initially said about Trump.

Now look where we are

Zuckerberg is the young politician Hillary pretended to be last time around.

How can he not win if his are the only political ads allowed on Facebook?

I for one would welcome the scenario that someone who is smart, ambitious and genuinely concerned about poverty becomes president of the USA. He embodies the things I aspire to - entrepreneurial drive, smarts and philanthropy.

I do not oppose this ambition. If 45 can be POTUS and the world is not collapsing then I have a feeling that we will be fine with Mark Zuckerberg as well.

The world is collapsing for some, it just depends on who you are (https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/sep/05/donald-trump...).

In other words now it's a race to the botttom for President. Or we have already reached the point where there is absolutely nothing left to lose. Serious question: would you vote for Kim Kardashian or Trump in the next election if it came to that?

There exists a greater conundrum: If Trump married her, who would you vote for?

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