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Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by wodenokoto on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:20PM (#41369243)
Zuckerberg vs trump, would also pretty much be Facebook vs x
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by kredd on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:38PM (#41370387)
Facebook has insane pull. Sometimes I forget about it, but it is used by majority of every single demographic base once you consider different portions of the FB app (markets, groups, messenger), Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads (don’t think it is that relevant yet). That being said, to my understanding, Meta has been trying to move itself away from political-adjacent conversations. While Twitter is completely the opposite, and thrives on poli-rage.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by chrisco255 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @12:35PM (#41369496)
Trump's not going to be able to run for a third term.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by wodenokoto on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:28PM (#41370278)
Harris can still win.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by FireBeyond on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @03:37PM (#41371969)
Well, he's also on video recently at a church saying, "I need you to come out and vote for me. And if things work out the way we want, you won't need to vote again."
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by zo1 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:12PM (#41372429)
Apparently this is the smoking gun and Trump is going to become dictator for life? Is this where we are in the debate? You might as well be talking about what kind of ice-cream he likes then.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by LunaSea on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @03:00AM (#41376743)
You mean the level of debate where people take a candidate's word into account. Yes, what a silly thing to do.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by arandomusername on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @04:52PM (#41372892)
Come on, we both know that he means (specially if you read the full context) that there will be no reason to vote afterwards (to a group that seldom votes) because their wishes/goals will be delievered by trump. He was just trying to convince them that this election matters most.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by FireBeyond on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:51PM (#41373502)
> to a group that seldom votes

Seniors and church-goers? Citation needed.

> He was just trying to convince them that this election matters most.

Sure. And he said he was going to "act as a dictator from day 1" (after saying repeatedly that "America could benefit from a dictatorship" and praising what other dictators "have been able to do for their country") for what reason? He said he'd terminate the constitution. The guy who just got indicted again for his BS on and around Jan 6.

Really, he just means "I'll fix the country so well, and there will be so much love, that people will be happy to keep voting us back in".

I don't think he'll succeed. I don't think he'll be elected. But if you think there's not a part of Trump that wants to be President For Life, and will if he thinks he can get away with it, then ... you haven't been listening to him.

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by NickC25 on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:34PM (#41373969)
He's also against the 1st and 2nd Amendments.

>Really, he just means "I'll fix the country so well, and there will be so much love, that people will be happy to keep voting us back in".

No, it means exactly as Trump said it would - he wants to be a dictator, and is willing to terminate the constitution to make it so. Even then, he won't fix jack shit, because that would actually require working, which is something he cannot and will not do. He had a supermajority in congress in his first term...and did nothing besides pass tax cuts for billionaires.

I'd never in my youth imagine that the country I grew up in would elect a guy who trashes the constitution who wears lifts and orange makeup, let alone potentially doing it twice. May you live in interesting times indeed.

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by arandomusername on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @10:18AM (#41379812)
> No, it means exactly as Trump said it would - he wants to be a dictator, and is willing to terminate the constitution to make it so

Yeah because Trump is the one who's going after his opponents using the judical system.

> he won't fix jack shit, because that would actually require working

He won't fix shit, neither will Kamala, or Biden. They're all in it for themselves yeah.

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by NickC25 on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @01:19PM (#41381777)
>Yeah because Trump is the one who's going after his opponents using the judical system.

I'm sorry, the $450 million judgement was for systemic fraud committed for decades prior to his involvement in politics.

Further, the going after him for retaining government documents could have been avoided completely if he didn't lie to the FBI, lie to them again, and then lie to his own attorneys so they'd unknowingly lie to the FBI on his behalf. It's not like they were benign documents about what the secreatary of HUD or eudcation eats for lunch; they were SCI documents pertaining to Israel's nuclear weapons program...that were gifted to the Saudis so the Saudi PIF would in turn fund a golf tournament Trump could host at his courses in an attempt to give the middle finger to the PGA Tour.

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by arandomusername on Wednesday August 28, 2024 @05:04PM (#41384366)
and yet before Trump was president, 0 charges. But right after, soooo many charges.

Show me the man, and I will show you the crime.

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by NickC25 on Friday August 30, 2024 @09:19AM (#41400436)
Donald Trump has a history of legal troubles and lawsuits going back decades.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by QuizzicalCarbon on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @09:06PM (#41375022)
It’s true, evangelical voters are notorious for their low turnout. Just look it up.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by FireBeyond on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @09:20PM (#41375081)
Yeah, that's not accurate:

> More than eight-in-ten White evangelical Protestant voters who attend religious services frequently (85%) voted for Trump in the most recent election, as did 81% of those who attend less frequently.

Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2021/08/30/most-whit...

> White born-again or evangelical Christians made up 24 percent of the electorate in the 2022 elections, according to the media consortium exit poll conducted for CNN, ABC, NBC and CBS. Black (11 percent) and Latino (11 percent) voters and those from a union household (18 percent) combined to constitute 40 percent of the vote.

Source: https://rollcall.com/2023/06/28/be-skeptical-of-the-wave-of-...

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by reaperducer on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @01:00PM (#41369888)
Trump's not going to be able to run for a third term.

He says he won the last election, so he's already running for a third term.

Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by artificialLimbs on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:55PM (#41371376)
According to the recent court cases, he did.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by blue_dragon on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @05:24PM (#41373230)
Can you please cite the court case that proves Trump won in 2020? Regardless of how many people believe that the Democrats cheated, asserting that Trump won AND that his alleged victory was proven in court is quite a bold claim. Post proof or gtfo.
Re:Zuckerberg claims regret on caving to White House pressur... by mensetmanusman on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @02:41PM (#41371204)
He didn’t have a second term, even if it’s true social media was censored to help his opponent.