He did the exact opposite when it was trendy to do the opposite. Did his beliefs change so conveniently?

"Beliefs"? Classic binary "if you're not with us, you're against us" thinking. Believe it or not, a lot of people didn't really give a hoot about either side of the culture wars squabbling and just went with the flow.

> just went with the flow

Be better. Go against the flow.

The public went against the flow at the voting booths in 2024: "Big voter turnout this year benefited Republicans, contradicting conventional political wisdom" (https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-voter-turnout-repub...). Didn't work out too well, did it?

Sometimes it's smarter to let sleeping dogs lie.

Maybe when it was trendy he heard some convincing arguments one way, and now that trends shifted, he was convinced to go to the other side.

Maybe he doesn't give a shit at all and is going with the flow.

None of this particulary feels like cowardice.

Honestly, y'all should stop caring what mark thinks and start caring about the average american. Trump isn't scary because a couple of billionaires are on his side. He's scary because a majority of americans are on his side.

Trump got a plurality of the vote, not a majority.

Either way, he clearly has support among the population at large, and that is the problem.

I don't have a horse in this race, but to be fair, Mark goes into great detail about all this on the Joe Rogan podcast [0]. I think a reasonable person would also listen to what he says about his own motivations. If you have already listened and have an opinion, then please ignore this suggestion!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1ehaE0bdU

I think this is the mistake being made - he has no beliefs. He’s purely and completely a sociopath. Nothing matters but money and whatever power he has at Facebook.