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Zuckerberg’s Step Into Politics Pushes Tech Friends Away
The group backed by technology millionaires and billionaires, called FWD.us, began advocating in April for changes to U.S. immigration law. Within weeks, FWD.us surprised some of its members by setting up partisan offshoots and airing ads promoting Democratic Senator Mark Begichs support for oil drilling and Republican Senator Lindsey Grahams backing of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Its a strategy intended to give political cover to some senators who may support an immigration bill by reminding uneasy voters of the lawmakers other policy priorities. Yet the tactic angered some pro-environment donors and sparked a social-media campaign against Zuckerberg.
The right way to accomplish political objectives is to argue issues on the merits, Elon Musk said in a telephone interview. The billionaire co-founder of PayPal and chairman of electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. stopped participating with FWD.us earlier this month. We want a political system that is less cynical over time, not more, Musk said.
Technology entrepreneur Anil Dash, who declined to join the group, was more blunt, writing on his blog, If were finally moving past our innocent, naive and idealistic lack of engagement with the actual dirty dealings of legislation, then lets try to figure out how to do it without losing our souls.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-30/zuckerberg-s-step-into-politics-pushes-tech-friends-away.html
Its a strategy intended to give political cover to some senators who may support an immigration bill by reminding uneasy voters of the lawmakers other policy priorities. Yet the tactic angered some pro-environment donors and sparked a social-media campaign against Zuckerberg.
The right way to accomplish political objectives is to argue issues on the merits, Elon Musk said in a telephone interview. The billionaire co-founder of PayPal and chairman of electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. stopped participating with FWD.us earlier this month. We want a political system that is less cynical over time, not more, Musk said.
Technology entrepreneur Anil Dash, who declined to join the group, was more blunt, writing on his blog, If were finally moving past our innocent, naive and idealistic lack of engagement with the actual dirty dealings of legislation, then lets try to figure out how to do it without losing our souls.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-30/zuckerberg-s-step-into-politics-pushes-tech-friends-away.html
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Zuckerberg’s Step Into Politics Pushes Tech Friends Away (Original Post)
SecularMotion
Jun 2013
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corkhead
(6,119 posts)1. the Bieber of Billionares
OKNancy
(41,832 posts)2. LOL - good one
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)3. When you use Facebook - you feed this beast...
tularetom
(23,664 posts)4. Maybe the Onion had it right?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)5. Don't use Facebook.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)6. Another reason to like Elon Musk.