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by dredmorbius 3185 days ago
Power depends on a great many things. The form in which it's expressed, the interactions through which it's transmitted, the cost and refraction period before it can be re-used, all matter.

Nukes are indeed powerful, but media organs have started wars before.

Remember the Maine!

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Fair enough. What's the hypothetical sequence of actions that Zuck might take to start a war?
Find a tinderbox. Toss a match.

History is your guide, the tactics have not fundamentally changed. The process isn't certain, and, as in many cases, the principle ingredient is disinhibition, recklessness, or ignorance.

And if not Zuckerberg, the next new-media mogul to hold the attention of a few billion eyeballs. More, I might add, than any media empire in history.

No offense, but that's non-specific rambling.