I'm surprised that Mark Zuckerberg can hear those "fearful voices" past
the perimeter walls to his estate. And certainly a man who bought four houses nearby wouldn't understand
the whole "walls" thing.
Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg criticized the "fearful voices calling for
building walls" during his opening remarks at the company's developer
conference Tuesday in San Francisco.
"We've gone from a
world of isolated communities to one global community, and we are all
better off for it," Zuckerberg said. "But now, as I look around and I
travel around the world, I'm starting to see people and nations turning
inward — against this idea of a connected world and community."
He added: "I hear fearful voices calling for building walls and
distancing people they label as others, for blocking free expression,
for slowing immigration, reducing trade and, in some cases around the
world, even cutting access to the internet."
And now back to Mark Zuckeberg's house...
Zuckerberg apparently bought four houses surrounding his home last
year, for an estimated $30 million. Which gives him a lot of clout when
it comes to new people moving into the area.
Theoretically, that's enough space for one spectacular moat.
The Chronicle reports the rash of "no parking" signs in the area have
kept many neighbors from parking outside their own homes over the past
17 months.
I'm guessing Zuckerberg somehow got himself
elected president of the local homeowner's association. There's also
round-the-clock security.
"This is nothing short of a
fortress," one homeowner reportedly said. The person supposedly asked
that their name not be used, presumably because they're scared of people
with more money than Europe.
Those pesky "fearful voices". If only every American could have his own "fortress". And
16 bodyguards.
Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly responded to online threats by hiring 16 bodyguards to protect him at home in California.
The co-founder of Facebook is among a number of young billionaires in
Silicon Valley who have increased security after receiving disturbing
messages online, a celebrity news website reported.
“He has
guards over at his place,” a source told Page Six, adding Mr
Zuckerberg's 16-person detail work in shifts at the $10 million home
near Palo Alto.
I don't understand all these
annoying people who want to build walls instead of "connecting." With my
16 bodyguards and my fortress compound where I intend to survive the
destruction of the earth.
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