Mark Zuckerberg

We Don’t Want Mark Zuckerberg’s Charity

By Jacob Farnman | Jacobin | December 7, 2015 The media-as-public-relations-machine was in full swing last week, abuzz over Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s public letter to their daughter that contained a $45 billion pledge to establish the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. The mainstream media produced an avalanche of praise. “Mark Zuckerberg Philanthropy Pledge Sets New […]

Charlie Hebdo ou la malédiction de Desproges-Zuckerberg

Je n’aime pas beaucoup Charlie Hebdo. Certes, je ne partage pas beaucoup de leurs idées, mais de telles divergences politiques ne m’empêchent pas d’apprécier le travail d’autres dessinateurs et artistes. Certes, je trouve certains de leurs dessins déplacés, mais cela ne me choque pas outre mesure, je ne suis pas du genre sensible à ce niveau. Non, si je n’aime pas beaucoup Charlie Hebdo, c’est tout simplement parce qu’en général, le journal ne me fait pas rire.

Billionaires Love Sweet Tarts

Let’s get blunt: when the rich support presidential candidates they do so out of self interest. They don’t want to change anything other than perhaps get their taxes further reduced. The system has worked for them perfectly thus far. Why fix what ain’t broken? I suppose you could say most vote from self interest, but when their interests revolve around paying rent next month it tends to hold more weight than I want a bigger yacht.