Zuckerberg built (one of) the machines that created this environment. No amount of PR campaigns and whitewashing should let us forget that.

Social media is left leaning because people under 40 are left leaning. New culture has always been left leaning, from that new tangled rock and roll in the 50s to whatever happened in the late 60s, you should have seen the conspiracy theories they came up with in those protests against Vietnam (largely proven right over time).

> Social media is left leaning because people under 40 are left leaning.

Attributed to Winston Churchill: "If you are not a liberal when twenty - you have no heart, if you are not conservative when forty - you have no brains."

I'm totally that, but one side is nuts right now, so I still have to split my vote.

Which side that is definitely will depend on your bias

I mean, sure, but one side has a track record of ruining the economy, and pushing for short term, feel good now policies that are irresponsible. Vote for stupid and your retire,ent funds can get burned.

It's a known fact there is quite a bit of foreign interference going on though. It's not just "kids on TikTok".

I see facebook and x as maga populist leaning

What is going on has been known of for centuries:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya_(religion)