Taking a dig at social media and pointing out at its ability to spread hate, Disney CEO Bob Iger said that dictator Adolf Hitler, the German Nazi dictator would have loved social media as it is a great tool to spread propaganda. Iger made the statement while he called upon US politicians to reject hate in the run up to the 2020 election.
"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.
"I want to see a vision big enough to include everyone," Iger said while he talked about the fierce campaigning that will be expected in the coming months for the 2020 US presidential elections.
Iger is slated to be part of a fundraiser for a 2020 Democrat candidate.
