CONGRATULATIONS ARE IN ORDER. Facebook has managed to do something that climate change, the national deficit, the opioid crisis, student debt and income inequality could not: unite Democrats and Republicans.
Last year, CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent 10 hours as a Congressional piñata, with legislators from both sides of the aisle pushing and shoving for their chance to take a swing. Recently, it was executive David Marcus’ turn. The company has climbed to the top of the “most-hated corporation” list over some pretty stiff competition, including Purdue and Wells Fargo, not to mention perennial contenders Walmart, Dow Chemical, Microsoft and Phillip Morris.
Which raises the question: So what? Does being hated, or at least mistrusted, really matter? The answer is yes, but probably not in the way most of us think.…