Meta Hires Project 2025 Co-Author : whitepeopletwitter

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 166 points 3 months ago

If you think it's news that Meta's new public policy director, Dustin Carmack, is a Project 2025 co-author,

Consider dropping a tip to your preferred news outlet. I've already sent an email to The Verge's tipline and I implore you to do the same.

https://www.theverge.com/c/tech/22579076/how-to-tip-the-verge-email-signal-and-more

[-] SteveFromMySpace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 31 points 3 months ago

Smart

[-] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 80 points 3 months ago

I made this with Xitter in mind but I think the idea carries over nicely.

[-] Sunroc@lemmy.world 73 points 3 months ago

Since project 2025 violates their community guidelines he is in breach of his employment agreement and should be fired, right Meta?

As someone who worked there, this is a crock. Low level employees would be fired for this. The longer he stays at Meta the more it confirms their true intentions.

Everyone has access to the community guidelines which may appear to be very even keeled and appropriate. As someone that's been on the inside, if you look at their enforcement guidelines, it's a different story entirely. The amount of tolerance they have for hate speech is remarkable.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 21 points 3 months ago

He wants to be Ceaser, so we all know where this is headed.

"You have all these good and bad and complex figures. I think Augustus is one of the most fascinating," Zuckerberg told The New Yorker. "Basically, through a really harsh approach, he established two hundred years of world peace.”

In case you aren't up to date on your Roman history, Augustus is not the worst of the Caesars — that would be his great uncle and adopted father, Julius. While Augustus had room to be worse, that didn't make him the best. He did a lot of conquering: Egypt, northern Spain, and a great deal of central Europe. He killed people. He banished his allegedly promiscuous daughter. His heirs kept mysteriously dying.

"What are the trade-offs in that?" Zuckerberg told the magazine. “On the one hand, world peace is a long-term goal that people talk about today. Two hundred years feels unattainable.” On the other hand, he said, "That didn’t come for free, and he had to do certain things."

https://mashable.com/article/mark-zuckerberg-augustus-caesar-comparison

[-] Zagorath@aussie.zone 14 points 3 months ago

In case you aren’t up to date on your Roman history, Augustus is not the worst of the Caesars — that would be his great uncle and adopted father, Julius.

This is such a weak take. Julius Caesar was a really terrible person in many, many ways. He was basically Donald Trump, if Trump were also an extremely accomplished statesman and military commander. But to just flat-out state he's the worst of the Caesars? We're talking about a dynasty that also had Nero and Caligula. There's an argument to be made for Julius because of the fact that he established the whole thing and caused the downfall of the Republic. But that argument actually needs to be made, not just asserted. Or at the least, couch your comments with words like "possible" or "maybe".

But also, wtf Zuck? How is Augustus the most fascinating? I'm deeply suspicious of anyone who doesn't find Julius the most interesting.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

It's awesome to see that the really smart people came over from Reddit. I was hoping someone knew their Roman history.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 12 points 3 months ago

I do love how many autocratic regimes had "X years of peace" only because fighting the wars conquering additional land and wars with less powerful or small nations/tribes during that time don't seem to count

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

https://www.workingclassicists.com/post/the-antiquity-to-alt-right-pipeline

Zuckerberg getting high on his own supply.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 50 points 3 months ago

News: some shit I’ve avoided since day 1 is doing horrible things again

Me:

[-] ech@lemm.ee 27 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Turns out things happening in the world affect everybody, and like it or not, your personal habits don't represent those of 3 billion other people.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 19 points 3 months ago

Awww maaaaan

[-] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

Hindsight bias is strong.

[-] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

Username checks out.

[-] I_Clean_Here@lemmy.world 31 points 3 months ago

Project 2025, the Real Life conspiracy to trump all fake bullshit conspiracies.

Tin hats, this is your moment. What did you prep for if not this?

[-] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

It's aluminum foil hats, dammit! Tin won't stop CIA brainwaves.

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 21 points 3 months ago

Facebook far right feed is there to remind me to close the tab after acrolling half page

[-] octopus_ink@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 months ago

Something something fedipact!

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 13 points 3 months ago

This will be the face of Threads' EEE policy. Watch it over the next five years.

[-] ReiRose@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

On the scale of 1 to 10, how worried should I be?

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

Yes

[-] fossilesque@mander.xyz 8 points 3 months ago

Hmmm I wonder what effects this will have on Mastodon, as Threads has recently started to bridge over.

[+] hotpot8toe@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

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[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 38 points 3 months ago

For him being a piece of shit: https://defeatproject2025.org/author-bios/dustin-carmack/

For him being hired by Meta: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dustin-carmack-ab159a27#main-content

[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 11 points 3 months ago

ohh look at that work history

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 11 points 3 months ago

Oh shit, look at those Desantis creds….yeah he’s a POS.

[-] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.world 8 points 3 months ago

The source is in the tweet, it's the Project 2025 mandate. His name isn't hidden on it or anything.

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 months ago

For his authorship or his new position?

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not the same person, but I for one would like reliable references I can lean on for both in the event this does blow up

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 17 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

He's credited as the author of Chapter 7 (Intelligence) on their website. https://www.project2025.org/policy/

The information regarding his position is from linkedIn.

[-] PrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

He was Chief of Staff for the DNI administrator for a couple years, according to LinkedIn.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

What dumbass still uses Facebook products?

[-] spaduf@slrpnk.net 68 points 3 months ago

Literally billions of people.

[-] PriorityMotif@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

I use FB marketplace to buy and sell locally.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 14 points 3 months ago

Everyone has WhatsApp in Europe sadly.

[-] MadBigote@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

Sadly I still have a WhatsApp account. There's people too stubornt to make the change... And I need to know if there's homework...

[-] nobleshift@lemmy.world 14 points 3 months ago

If you travel internationally, especially Central and South America, EVERYONE uses Whatsapp. 1st time in Panama I was stunned, I didn't even have an account then. ( Sigh ) I do now.

[-] MadBigote@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

I'm from Mexico, that's why everyone I know used WhatsApp. I've been to Europe too, the too use WhatsApp. Still id like people could give a chance to other services like Telegram for day to day use and not only for when WhatsApp is down.

I deleted my account last year, but had to make a new one when my banks wouldn't communicate with me without it...

[-] purrtastic@lemmy.nz 6 points 3 months ago

Yep, I deal with Brazilians and WhatsApp is what they expect to use

[-] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 7 points 3 months ago

Lots of people without your digital literacy and/or political awareness. Labeling them as dumbasses isn't making any of them switch to better alternatives.

[-] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 months ago

I mean, I agree with you, but also this appears to be a xitter post, you know, also run by a contemptible right wing pos.

Like, I am a person that hasn't used a major US bank since 08, I use local credit unions. I don't use facebook and deleted it after they started getting outted for shady shit a decade + ago.

I don't use windows, or reddit, or anything else it is possible for me to avoid for similar reasons.

Hell I used to only shop for groceries at the only nearby co op until a series of extraordinary events forced me to move somewhere that did not have any.

But we live in a world full of tiktoks complaining about how bad tiktok is, where people will tell you how much capitalism sucks and how much they are against it as they are, at the very same moment ordering fast fashion and a knock off stanley cup from TEMU.

[-] PunnyName@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I don't use shitter anymore either.

[+] solsangraal@lemmy.zip -11 points 3 months ago

hilarious that he's warning about some asshole joining a social media company....while on twitter

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