I Feel Like This Says Something About America…
Posted by MaxApr 12
The link above is to an article about a court case involving Mark Zuckerberg and the so-called Winklevoss twins. The Winklevoss twins settled for a pretty large sum of money after suing Zuckerberg for allegedly stealing their idea which Zuckerberg turned into Facebook. The article is about how they tried to get out of the settlement because they believed they were misled about the settlement.
Scroll down to the comments section. The comments all have an interesting theme… can you guess what it is?
It seems that everyone who posted has seen the Social Network, which isn’t a surprise. What is surprising is that they all seem to think that this movie, that is based on a fictional novel is the absolute truth. The movie portrays the Winklevoss twins as rich, snooty brats who had some idea for a social networking site that wasn’t really facebook. In reality, we don’t know who these people really are and we don’t know whether Zuckerberg stole a vague idea of Facebook (This is what the movie implies), the entire idea, or something in between. But everyone assumes that what they see on a screen is the truth, even when the makers of the movie openly acknowledge its speculation. This is probably why Michael Moore documentary’s and 9/11 conspiracy movies are so effective, if a movie that everyone is supposed to know is fake is taken as reality, then a documentary telling them what its showing is real, when it’s not, must be the word of God.
It’s crazy how many people think this way.
5 comments
Comment by Pat on April 12, 2011 at 3:03 pm
Did you actually read the article? Two brother with an “idea” got shares of facebook and 20 million dollars. I don’t think it really matters how much of the idea they had, but it must not have been as much help as his friend who is now a billionaire. People have ideas all the time, its just the ones with the drive, capital, and balls who make those ideas a reality.
Comment by Max on April 12, 2011 at 4:45 pm
I did read the article, did you? It only briefly touches on the original settlement, which was done privately. You also have to take into consideration that its not really about who did what, its about what can be proven. We really don’t know what happened between Zuckerberg and the Winklevoss twins.
I’m not trying to argue that they deserve more or less of a settlement. I’m arguing that people are judging this situation based on the movie, which is a dramatized, fictional account of what happened. To me that’s insane.
Comment by Andy on April 16, 2011 at 10:25 am
I Feel Like This Says Something About America…
US of America is very fast deteriorating democracy.
Eric Drooker predicted such developments
Particularly in his Manifest Destiny.
http://www.drooker.com
Comment by Andy on April 16, 2011 at 10:31 am
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Comment by Stone Glasgow on April 21, 2011 at 11:20 pm
I agree, good observation. Try reading the comments on Youtube sometime, they are almost always filled with blatant racism and pure idiocy.