No one likes a person with arbitrary power over their daily lives.
Shadow President and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is more polarizing.
People dont like him, but the hate falls along party lines.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, too close for comfort.© David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Two-thirds of Americans have an unfavorable view of Zuckerberg.
This includes 26% who are very unfavorable toward him.
Zuckerberg has spent a lot of the last few years attempting to get people to like him.
Billions of people use Facebook.
Its changed the way we all live.
People use it to connect with friends, do business, and interact with their community.
Zuckerberg made himself the face of the brand.
When you think of Facebook, you think of its founder and CEO.
That cuts both ways.
Democrats blamed him for the election of Donald Trump in 2016.
Conservatives blamed him for censoring their posts.
His appearances in Congress throughout the first Trump Presidency made him appear alien and strange.
His wide eyes and caesar haircut helped spread the conspiracy that he was a reptilian.
Then came the great re-branding.
America knows who Zuckerberg is.
Most of them live on Facebook and they hate it.
They hate it when posts vanish.
They hate it when theyre banned for posting for no reason.
They hate that their perceived political enemies have more clout on the site than them.
They hate every AI-generated image they see of limbless soldiers begging for change on the street.
They hate Mark Zuckerberg.
Few Americans are unfamiliar with either of these tech leaders.
Of the two, Musk is wielding much more power.
Hes richer and hes a heartbeat away from the Presidency.
As the inciter of DOGE hes taking a chainsaw to Americas backend.
Pew found that, for the moment, Republicans largely like this, but most Americans dont.
About four-in-ten (42%) express a favorable view, including 11% who are very favorable.
And those affiliations break down along tribal political lines.
73% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independentsincluding 84% of conservative Republicanshold a favorable view, Pew said.
Far more Democrats than Republicans have an unfavorable view of Musk (85% vs. 24%).
Pew conducted the poll at the end of January so its possible opinions will shift.
But no matter what happens, I bet everyone will keep hating Mark Zuckerberg.
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