Jesse Eisenberg Criticizes ‘Tech Bros’ for Pivoting to Politics

• Jesse Eisenberg has criticized high tech leaders for getting concerned in politics.
• The actor, who as soon as performed Mark Zuckerberg, stated tech leaders ought to focus their cash and a focus elsewhere.
• Zuckerberg, Elon Musk, and Jeff Bezos had been among the many tech billionaires who attended Trump’s inauguration.

Jesse Eisenberg has stated that “tech bros” who’ve concerned themselves in politics could be higher off “doing good issues for the world.”

The actor, who portrayed Mark Zuckerberg within the 2010 movie “The Social Community,” made the feedback throughout a latest episode of “Actual Time With Invoice Maher.”

Eisenberg was requested by the present’s host what he considered the array of “tech bros” who attended President Donald Trump’s inauguration earlier this month.

The actor-director responded: “I take a look at it from a really particular perspective, which is if you happen to’re so wealthy and highly effective, why are you not simply spending your days doing good issues for the world? So it is onerous for me to grasp the specifics of what they’re doing.”

“You recognize, I married a lady who’s like this wonderful activist. All she thinks about all day is, ‘How can I assist the people who find themselves most in want?'” he stated of his spouse, Anna Strout, who works for a variety of nonprofits.

Eisenberg, who directed and starred within the Oscar-nominated movie “A Actual Ache,” continued: “So after I watch these extremely highly effective individuals, I simply suppose, ‘Why are you not spending your day serving to individuals?'”

“Why are you getting mired into this bizarre stuff — stuff I do not actually perceive — and taking privateness considerations away, hurting people who find themselves already hurting, marginalized individuals?”

“I am simply considering, ‘Why are they not spending day-after-day serving to individuals?'” Eisenberg added.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos had been among the many tech leaders to attend Trump’s inauguration.

Musk spent thousands and thousands of his personal cash supporting Trump’s election bid final yr and has since been tapped to steer the brand new Division of Authorities Effectivity.

Each Meta and Amazon have additionally provided their help to Trump, donating $1 million every to his inaugural fund.

Talking a The New York Instances’ DealBook Summit final month, Bezos — who has been at odds with Trump previously — stated that he was “really very optimistic” about one other Trump time period and that he wish to assist Trump along with his deregulation plans.

For Zuckerberg’s half, he has made a collection of sweeping modifications at Meta that look like remaking the corporate not less than partly within the picture of Trump and Musk.

Trump’s inauguration additionally noticed Apple CEO Tim Prepare dinner, OpenAI’s Sam Altman, TikTok exec Shou Zi Chew, and Google boss Sundar Pichai in attendance.