What scares me about Zuckerberg vs. Trump is how much more of a cypher Zuckerberg is. Trump's motivations are pretty clear: money, fame, and his own ego. These aren't noble causes but they're easy to understand and it's possible to predict what trump will do from these. What motivates Zuckerberg? The mealy-mouthed, 5000 word manifesto [1] from Facebook this year certainly doesn't shed any light on this question. Nor does he have a track record in politics to point to.

From his unscripted words [2], actions [3], and the company he keeps [4] I suspect his vision is some kind of techno-libertarian utopia where anything is legal as long as it's in the TOS - unless it's the bad thing and must be therefore be purged from the internet.

But considering Facebook's weird puritanical streak [5], and their recent refusal to reveal political ad information [6]. I'm left with this quote from Alpha Centauri:

> "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he dreams himself your master."

[1] https://www.recode.net/2017/2/16/14640460/mark-zuckerberg-fa...

[2] http://gawker.com/5636765/facebook-ceo-admits-to-calling-use...

[3] http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/10/10/mark-zuckerberg-buys-f...

[4] http://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-defends-faceb...

[5] https://news.artnet.com/art-world/facebook-censors-caravaggi...

[6] https://www.yahoo.com/news/fire-facebook-refuses-disclose-po...