Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg might not be the first person who comes to mind upon hearing the term “alpha male,” but he recently opined that America’s business realm could benefit from a big dose of masculinity.
He weighed in on the matter as part of a wide-ranging interview on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast, asserting that a culture war against men and boys has directly contributed to many of the problems in today’s corporations.
As Fox Business reported:
“It’s one thing to say we want to be kind of like welcoming and make a good environment for everyone and I think it’s another to basically say that ‘masculinity is bad,’ and I just think we kind of swung culturally to that part of the – the kind of – the spectrum,” Zuckerberg said during his recent interview with Joe Rogan.
Zuckerberg, who grew up with only sisters and now has only daughters, told Rogan that he wants women to succeed, but doesn’t think masculinity needs to be categorized as “toxic” for that to happen.
The tech billionaire credits martial arts for his change of heart when it comes to masculinity, telling Rogan that having something to do with his male friends where they can “beat each other” has been a “positive experience” for him.
“I think having a culture that celebrates the aggression a bit more has its own merits that are really positive,” Zuckerberg added.
This was just one of many noteworthy segments from the recent episode of “The Joe Rogan Experience.”
Mark Zuckerberg just admitted that the Biden administration made them delete memes and vaccine information that turned out to be true. Let that sink in.
Now, he’s on Joe Rogan playing the victim, saying it was “brutal” and that they “went after his companies.” But here’s the… pic.twitter.com/EKToyaQ6uZ
— Dr. Simon Goddek (@goddeketal) January 10, 2025
🚨JOE ROGAN: "This recent announcement that you did about content moderation — how has that been received?"
ZUCKERBERG: "It probably depends on who you ask."
LMAO 😂 pic.twitter.com/MyUDSIY1Bf
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) January 10, 2025
The way Mark Zuckerberg talked on Rogan, you would think he was a freedom fighter and not the guy who let people's baby photos be deleted forever because they didn't want the vax.
— Royce Lopez (@hippojuicefilm) January 10, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg on the Joe Rogan podcast:
"In 2025, we will have AI systems comparable to mid-level engineers." pic.twitter.com/jz5W8uKv6c— AshutoshShrivastava (@ai_for_success) January 10, 2025
Of course, Joe Biden couldn’t resist taking a parting shot at Zuckerberg on his way out of the White House.
As NBC News reported:
President Joe Biden on Friday slammed Meta’s decision to end its fact-checking program, calling it “really shameful.”
While answering questions from reporters following remarks about the economy, Biden said the move would allow “things that are simply not true” to be read by millions of people.
“It’s just completely contrary to everything America is about. We want to tell the truth. We haven’t always done it as a nation. We want to tell the truth,” Biden said.
“The idea that, you know, a billionaire can buy something and say, ‘By the way, we’re not gonna fact check anything,’ and you know, you have millions of people reading, going online, reading this stuff,” he continued. “Anyway, I think it’s really shameful.”
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Plenty of other Americans, however, are cautiously optimistic that Meta will follow the example of Elon Musk’s X and embrace a more robust free-speech policy:
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