As a form of tribalism, the way was paved for this in part by the displacement of rationality as a form of Western oppression. It’s not. It’s rationality.
(Zuckerberg probably soaked it up at Harvard, in part from or because of the presence of people like me – all earnest to do good and to please others.)
See also https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/ufcs-dana-white-joins-metas-board-weeks-trump-takes-office-rcna186491 for another angle, the “bro” culture.)