Reminder that Zuckerberg would never have come on if the election and other things didn't play out the way they did

He waited to see what the outcome of the election was and wanted to know what direction things were going and saw the further fragmentation of the internet and social media and wanted to try and adhere himself and meta to Joe and others like him (Dana White) before it was too late. The biggest fear guys like Zuckerberg and Elon have is being seen as irrelevant or no longer worth talking about or not being in vogue with whatever the zeitgeist is. They will basically parrot whatever is the conventional wisdom or belief of the day if it means a little bump or retention in people's minds. That's why you have these so called withdrawal of "woke" policies or the appearance of more conservative ideas in their public statements.

It wasn't that long ago they were parroting DNC White House policy and now they're flipping over again with Trump. This has nothing to do with "preserving free speech" or "reducing censorship". They don't want to be relegated to the dust bin of history and become another Myspace or Digg. This truly terrifies them, especially after they took a really big swing and failed with the Metaverse and VR.

Also Zuckerberg is very clever in that he is carefully wording and phrasing his so called "falling out" with the mainstream media after the pandemic when he talked about the public's trust declining. He created this narrative that they were somehow friendly and have not been competitors since day one. This is a smokescreen which happens to put him in a very fortunate position to where he can try and envelop and replace all media (including new media like podcasts/YouTube) and have Meta be the only source or place where people get their information from. Much like how Spotify approached Joe. Some would argue that it's already happened with older people, but he wants to have complete global dominance in all ages and demographics and be the final say in all information. Once you have 100% of the population it makes it incredibly easier to change narratives and commonly held beliefs.

The idea that Zuckerberg is a just an "aw shucks" down on his luck guy, like he's a janitor doing a humble thankless job while trying to arbitrate information is absurd. And it's weird how Joe tries to defend him at the beginning. I really think people need to understand why Zuckerberg is doing this now.