2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum**Facebook Co-Founder Commits $20 Million To Help Democrats Win In 2016**
Dustin Moskovitz, the billionaire co-founder of Facebook and Asana, announced on Thursday that he intends to give $20 million to a number of organizations to help Democrats, and Hillary Clinton, win in 2016.
Moskovitz published a fiercely worded Medium post arguing that Republican nominee Donald Trump is running on a zero-sum vision and that his attempts to woo economically disenfranchised voters are quite possibly a deliberate con, an attempt to rally energy and support without the ability or intention to deliver.
He also wrote that while he and his wife, Cari Tuna, have previously voted for Democrats in presidential elections, this is the first time they endorsed a candidate and donated.
The move represents a sharp break with Asana and Facebook board member, Peter Thiel, a Trump delegate who spoke at the Republican National Convention and earlier this week published an op-ed in the Washington Post in support of the Republican nominee.
Its not the first time hes broken with his board member, or publicly criticized Trump. In June, in response to a BuzzFeed News inquiry, Moskovitz seemed to distance himself from Thiels views, and disavowed Trumps comments on Muslims.
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https://www.buzzfeed.com/mathonan/facebook-co-founder-commits-20-million-to-help-democrats-win?utm_term=.roa5KDr8J#.yrGPLWYjn
(I may not like FB but I sure can applaud this!)
Egnever
(21,506 posts)glad it is going to Democrats but sick of those kinds of figures involved in our politics.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)Big money out of politics? Bernie wanted to do it. Not sure Democrats will want to, but yeah it would be a good thing. But, still, rather it go to us, than to the Republicans.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Still I hate it.
yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)but it will probably fall on deaf ears.
Mz Pip
(27,441 posts)It will be hard for them to push their idiot memes without it , though.