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‘Hitler would have loved social media’: Disney CEO
LOS ANGELES, April 12, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Disney CEO Bob Iger on Thursday
called upon US politicians to reject hate in the run up to the 2020 election
— and claimed that Adolf Hitler would have “loved social media” as a tool to
spread extremist propaganda.
“Hate and anger are dragging us toward an abyss,” he said at a dinner
organized by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization.
“Our politics, in particular, are now dominated by contempt.”
“Hitler would have loved social media,” he added. “It’s the most powerful
marketing tool an extremist could ever hope for.”
“At its worst, social media allows evil to prey on troubled minds and lost
souls,” he said.
With a fierce campaign for the 2020 US presidential election expected in
the coming months, Iger also stressed that it is “possible to argue policy
without attacking people.”
“I want to hear a pitch that isn’t grounded in contempt of others,” he
said.
“I want to see a vision big enough to include everyone.”
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