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On Politics: War by other means
We are in the middle of a civil war. Most people, on both sides, don’t see it yet. Corporate America does.
What happened with Facebook today isn’t just about Facebook. It’s a reminder that we are in the middle of a civil war.
Think of Facebook as a city, a city with rich resources. Both sides want to take control of Facebook, because it’s important. It’s like one of those port cities that control over can decide the outcome of a war.
It’s so F’ing important that it cannot be allowed to continue going on completely independently. This city is going to be taken by someone.
Right now, the Democrat army is at the gates of the city demanding that the Mayor, “the Zuck" come out and surrender the city. However, it turns out that “the Zuck" made a deal with the Trump folks last year.
If he agreed to let them keep using Facebook as a propaganda tool, they promised him a very favorable regulatory environment after the election. More than anything, avoiding regulation is what “the Great Zuck" wants. Regulation would make Facebook less profitable.
So, Zuck took that deal with the devil. He let the Trumpublican’s use Facebook as a propaganda machine. Hell, he charged them for using Facebook and made 50m just from the Trump campaign alone.
