points by jfengel 1 day ago | 0 comments
Congress is largely impotent. Even if Democrats take both houses, it won't be by a veto-proof majority. Congress was designed to be "deliberative", so it has ceded more and more power to the executive branch just so anything actually gets done.
Zuckerberg knows that the power is on Pennsylvania Avenue, not 1st St. Maybe he'll change his mind in a couple of years, but he's going to spend those years doing his best to ensure that he doesn't have to.
[–] gigatexal 1 day ago
[–] laweijfmvo 1 day ago
they’ll probably get Congress, and hopefully the presidency in 2028. then they have two years to convince the people who begrudgingly voted for them that they’re doing well, all while those people sit down and watch Fox News every night tell them how awful everything is now.
[–] karmakurtisaani 1 day ago
"Look how badly the democrats are handling the Iran war! They have completely failed to restore the trust of our allies in Europe! They did not even televise the execution of the treasonous Trump administration!"
Ok, the last part is wishful thinking, but for sure the dems will be blamed for not fixing Trumps failures fast enough.
[–] gigatexal 1 day ago
Yup and amidst all this chaos giant companies (the new east India companies) will run roughshot over everything. I still hope a new administration would have taken Elon to task for giant nitrogen oxide spewing gas turbines for his data center in lower income largely black towns. I can hope I guess.
[–] aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA 1 day ago
Step 1.5 subpoena everything.
Of course he knows where his bread is buttered. And he will cozy up to the new powers too. He has no spine. No moral code. It’s all power and money and meta. Fine. Good for shareholders. Bad for young men everywhere trying to pattern themselves after these barrons of industry.