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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn addition to Melinda Gates and Mark Cuban, I'm adding Mark Zuckerberg to my 2020 list of who will
run for POTUS.
IMO, they will be an IND candidates and we will have a very interesting primary.
I have included Mark Zuckerberg's Commencement address at Harvard
May 25, 2017
Read speech:
http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2017/05/mark-zuckerbergs-speech-as-written-for-harvards-class-of-2017/
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)No more wealthy business people!
CK_John
(10,005 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,576 posts)of why we should never again elect a wealthy businessperson with no government experience.
sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)Zuckerberg's company allowed the micro targeted ads and Russian manipulation that elected Trump.
Zuckerberg has a LOT to answer for. He's going to desperately try to keep the data private and say it wasn't a big deal. Facebook needs to provide that data to the FBI.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)sharedvalues
(6,916 posts)I'm an ex-Facebook exec: don't believe what they tell you about ads
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/may/02/facebook-executive-advertising-data-comment
Facebook deploys a political advertising sales team, specialized by political party, and charged with convincing deep-pocketed politicians that they do have the kind of influence needed to alter the outcome of elections.
I was at Facebook in 2012, during the previous presidential race. The fact that Facebook could easily throw the election by selectively showing a Get Out the Vote reminder in certain counties of a swing state, for example, was a running joke.
we can do it
(12,166 posts)Gidney N Cloyd
(19,817 posts)roamer65
(36,744 posts)JTFrog
(14,274 posts)I swear to fucking god if anyone here actually thinks Zuckerberg is a good idea then just embrace the social networking future where we're all required to have a social networking account in order to vote.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)CK_John
(10,005 posts)Tommy_Carcetti
(43,145 posts)Or was that all wrapped up in 2016?
CK_John
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mainstreetonce
(4,178 posts)Get the female vote
YOHABLO
(7,358 posts)He's a little selfish twit as well. I read about his properties in Hawaii and other places and how he didn't get his land grab.
CK_John
(10,005 posts)renate
(13,776 posts)She seems like a super good person. And the Gates Foundation is run very carefully and responsibly.
DefenseLawyer
(11,101 posts)Every time they see Trump. So I wouldn't be surprised to see a lot of activity like that. Too bad Trump has ruined the "outsider, celebrity, non-politician" brand, probably forever. So none will get very far.