Why Mark Zuckerberg Would be Unbeatable if he Ran for President

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Let me just begin by saying that this post is in no way representative of my political alignments, it's only an explanation as to why I think Zuckerberg would be unbeatable as a candidate.

Why Mark Zuckerberg Would be Unbeatable if he Ran for President

Firstly he would be the richest man to ever run for president. Last year Hillary Clinton spent over $1 Billion on her campaign and it was a record. Zuckerberg has a net worth of over $50 Billion, so it's extremely clear that campaign finance would not be an issue for him. However, as we recently saw in the 2016/17 campaign the money was not what won it.

The real reason why I think Zuckerberg is unbeatable as a candidate is because he has a monopoly on social media. He owns two of the biggest media outlets, Facebook and Instagram. Using Facebook's AI he's constantly able to know what people think of him through programs that are able to produce incredibly accurate data that shows people's opinions on Facebook. From what I've gathered on google over 74% of the USA's population is on Facebook, so he constantly knows what the general population is thinking, which is a huge advantage for him to have.

Why Mark Zuckerberg Would be Unbeatable if he Ran for President

Also Facebook is known to receive money from corporations to promote certain products, most of the "recommended for you" ads on Facebook and Instagram are from these corporations. So he will obviously do the same for his campaign. He has the world's most effective and powerful propaganda machine at his fingertips. So even though his public speaking is terrible and he's a very awkward person, he can control what the population sees! Most of the population didn't watch the debates, instead they saw snippets shared on Facebook or Instagram, both of which he controls. If he runs against Donald Trump, which could happen, he would know from experience to make him irrelevant. Last time Trump gained a lot of support because all the controversial things he said sparked conversations because it was shared all over the internet, he can shut that down with control of Facebook.

Let's go a bit further with the Trump example. On the issue of climate change he can choose to show videos on Facebook that only show the damage caused by climate change. He can counter the idea that fighting climate change is bad for the economy my sharing videos that will only show one side of the story. The same can be done for trade deals, immigration and basically every issue he and his opponents would disagree on.

Thank you for reading this my take, I hope it wasn't too boring and please let me know what you think in the comments!

Why Mark Zuckerberg Would be Unbeatable if he Ran for President
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