Raider of the lost Ark

^^^ And such comments clearly show he is a tech bro who does not really understand the issue. His argument is clearly a slippery slope. Just because it was mentioned somewhere that represents a certain prestige, does not mean the comment or discussion is appropriate. He also misses the point that Hegseths comment stems from pure misogyny. He could not provide real reasoning why women should not fight in battles. Zuckerberg seems to believe if someone of a certain importance says something it is kind of stamp of approval and therefore it is worth to have a discussion? Again slippery slope. Based on this very logic people will have right to discuss the Holocaust based on the reasoning of the Nazi German government as well. Interestingly, Facebooks guidelines have not changed in this regards. At least not when it comes to the jewish part. Gays and disabled people no longer enjoy this protection. Hypocrisy much. He is clearly a sociopath. He does not seem to understand how the real world works. All he cares about is algorithms and money. Also, in his interviews (unless it is about tech) he comes across as someone who is not well versed on many things outside of tech. And the result of this lack of knowledge is to be seen know. He opened a can of worms and struggles with the results.

Someone mentioned that there are fires in Hidden Hills. Her last house was located there. But before, I think she used to own houses in Beverly Hills and until the mid 90s in the Hollywood Hills.

Not that we know.

Look at him, one of those who think of themselves as a great patriot. I would like to argue, making such statements, offending billions of people on the planet because of a display of arrogance that is nothing short of disgusting. But that's textbook U.S. American exceptionalism. He is very much part of the reason people do not wish to become citizens of the United States of America. Worse, he is part of the reason why Anti-Americanism is on an all-time high. Jesse Waters is ruining the reputation of the United States even further. A disservice to the U.S.. And this is un-patriotic, un-american. But yeah, all people from Canada, Australia, Europe want to live in a country they are worse off. A country that has less freedom. A country that has not even a fully developed democracy. Why would people trade their lives for something inferior?

^^^ OMG. This is actually brilliant because it reveals the whole issue in a clever way. And he can't even sue any those people for libel or defamation because it is satire in the most obvious way. I love it.

@runa Thank you for the explanation. All those "the winner takes it all" systems are highly problematic from my perspective. Just as the electoral college in the U.S. A large part of the voters basically lose their representation. I think the German system appears to be more democratic for representative purposes. We have two votes actually. 1) You vote for a direct candidate, representing your constituency. 2) You vote for a party. In the majority of cases people vote the same. Party A and the candidate that belongs to party A. In case the results differ: Candidate of party A and party B win the respective majority, so called overhang mandates come into play. Since the regular number of seats in our parliament is purely based on the second vote, the party vote percentage wise, a system kicks in that adds further seats to make sure the representation based on percentage is still correct. Let's say, party A has 10% of the vote which is around 60 seats. But there are 10 candidates of this party who won the direct vote, with a different party winning the second vote. That makes 70 seats. But 70 seats are no longer 10% of the regular number of seats available. In result other parties will get additional seats to balance the overall result. As a consequence our current parliament has 734 seats, while 598 is the regular number. A little bit complicated. There are videos on YT that explain the thing a little better.

How does that work? In Germany, you need at least 50% of votes in parliament (Bundestag) to pass laws. 67% if you try to change the constitution (certain parts, like the first paragraph "(1) Human dignity shall be inviolable. To respect and protect it shall be the duty of all state authority. ..." cannot be changed at all. In addition, many laws need a majority in the second chamber (Bundesrat) as well. Also, the president needs to ratify laws and could decline to sign a law if he or she thinks the law is not in line with the constitution. But this is very rare. While technically, a party with the most votes, like 35% of popular vote could govern as a minority government, but they would not get anything done without the votes from other parties in parliament. As a result we always have coalitions to form a government with at least 50%+ of seats. This is also the reason why it is currently impossible for the AfD (the neo-nazi party) to get into power because no other party is willing to work, to form a coalition with them. I say currently because I don't trust the Christian Democrats (CDU/CSU) and maybe at some point we will have a situation similar to Austria, which will soon have its first neo-nazi (well, old-nazi actually, the party was founded by former Nazis in the 50s) chancellor.

From a business point of view this decision makes no sense at all. Meta (Facebook and Instagram) makes its money from advertising. Advertisers stay away from platforms where hate and misinformation is rampant. And this will be the consequence of such move. Just look at the cesspool that is X. The difference is that X is a private company and if it's burning money that's on Musk alone. But Meta is public and there are shareholders and their dividends will be lower once revenues and profits decrease. In addition the stock value will fall. I really hope there will be a reaction from the EU immediately, a pre-emptive warning to fine him into oblivion if Meta does not abide by EU laws. Just to put Zuckerberg in his place and to put pressure on him.

Idiots. How is this supposed to work out? Geographically and politically speaking there is no such thing as "America".

News stations are reporting he is now threatening with military action to get Greenland and the Panama Canal. This is no longer normal behaviour. Such comments demand an answer from the EU and countries in Europe. And maybe they should start to piss Trump off. A good start would be to reject all the nutjobs he named ambassadors to certain countries. As far as I know, to become an ambassador requires the invitation of the country in question. If the invitation is not granted, the people in question cannot become ambassador. Once they are ambassador, you can declare those people a "persona non grata" and they need to leave. This almost happened to Richard Grenell, ex-ambassador to Germany under Trump (he was only saved because Trump lost to Binden). That asshole was more or less meddling in German politics, of course to the disadvantage of Germany. Behaviour unheard of for such position.

And here we go ... Zuckerberg has just announced that Meta will no longer have fact checks for the sake of "freedom of expression". There will be "community notes". THIS is the time the EU needs to react. There are already laws in place, but obviously people like Zuckerberg do not care anymore. To make them (or at least shareholders) care again, existing laws need to be strenghtened and consequently used. Fine Meta and X into oblivion or shut them down, if they do not follow the laws. Don't wait or give them second chances. If they fail to adress certain issues like removing questionable content, fine them immediately. No more discussions. And make them open to get sued more easily by private citizens or organizations in cases Meta and Co fail to act properly and in line with local laws. But first, the EU should follow Australia and restrict access to social media for people under 16. Immediately. You will see, how soon Zuckerberg will fall in line. He is that kind of opportunist. He cannot afford to lose Europe as a market.

That is so true. I had to stop watching CNN (International). What they have turned into in the last months is unbearable. They have never been "news" the way Europeans understand it (US "news" is more commentary than real news), but compared to Fox News it was rather balanced. Now they seem to have fallen in line and take the same "balanced" approach as Fox News. But I guess the owners of Discovery (owners of CNN) are part of the MAGA movement. One can hope, there are more real journalists in the U.S. that try to uphold integrity. Even if it means to quit your job, as has been reported from Washington Post and L.A. Times because their owners (which have bowed down to Trump and "donated" money for his inauguration) interferred with content, although they most likely promised to never interfere in the editorial process. At this point it is all corrupted.

What I find shocking, is that there is not more outrage about those billionaires financing the elections and bowing down to Trump. WTF is it with those "donations" for the inauguration? Talking about history repeating itself, back in day in Nazi Germany, from the very beginning the biggest supporters of Hitler and the NSDAP were industrialists. Krupp, Thyssen etc. The similarities are so obvious.

One can only hope, history does not repeat itself given the examples you provided. Well, except for their endings obviously. Also, the idea that Hitler was universally liked by the German population is not necessarily true. Keep in mind, the NSDAP "only" had 44.5 percent of the seats in parliament (less than MAGA) and it took the ban of the Communist Party and cancellation of their votes to gain a majority in parliament which in resulted passed the Ermächtigungsgesetz (without the votes of the Social Democrats) to enshrine absolute power of the NSDAP. Also, the capital Berlin was a "red city" back then. The NSDAP only had 1 percent more (28%) than SPD (27%) and KPD (27%). Hitler relationship to Berlin was ambivalent. He liked the power and influence Berlin had on a global level, as basically the only so called "Weltstadt" in Germany. Therefore it made sense to him to make it "Welthauptstadt" and rename the city to "Germania". Of course, he did not like what Berlin stood for cuturally and socially. The liberal and open-minded attitude of Berlin citizens. He never changed his primary residence from Munich to Berlin. Much of the impression that basically all of Nazi Germany idolized Hitler stems from the propaganda material produced by Goebbels Reichsministerium für Volksaufklärung und Propaganda. The impression is very obviously false. But as we have seen back then and now, it does not need "all" or an absolute majority to destroy a nation and do the most evil things to society.

I think the EU should shut down X (better known as Twitter). There are most definitely some laws that would make it possible. But I guess, Hungary, Slovakia and Italy will not agree since their leaders are "friends" with Trump and Elon. I hope at one point he will post something about the Holocaust, like denying it. Then he could be easily arrested in Germany, the next time he sets foot here, I sincerely hope he closes down his f*cking factory outside of Berlin. Nobody wants him here. It is just another scandal where politicians where acting against the interest of the citizens in the region. All of a sudden even environmental concerns were no problem and put aside. I don't mind the thousands of pine trees cut down, it was a plantation in the first place. But the factory is located in a region that has problems with groundwater supply. In dry summers, households are often under the threat to have to limit their water use, yet Tesla needs water equivalent of a city of 30.000 per year. Even worse, the factory is in a so called water protection area and people are worried that in case of an accident the water could be polluted, which could affect many ten thousand households. Does Musk even realize how hated he is by the general public? It's a mystery to me, why he has not been kicked of the Tesla board already. He is clearly an obstacle. Not only are Tesla cars of questionable quality, which makes it a hard sell in the first place. But now, even people who considered buying a Tesla, will stay away because of Musk. It is just a matter of time until the bubble bursts. The value of this company is so immensely overvalued, it is ridiculous.