Some documentaries are wrong from the start, and others manage to become even more laughable with time. Rigged falls into the latter category-a paranoid, self-serious attempt to paint Mark Zuckerberg as the mastermind behind Trump's 2020 loss, a claim that was absurd when it was made and is downright humiliating in retrospect. Watching it now is like reading an ancient prophecy that not only failed to come true but backfired so badly that its authors should be hiding in shame.
The film builds its entire case on the idea that Zuckerberg's funding of election infrastructure was part of a grand Democratic conspiracy to "rig" the election against Trump. It strings together ominous music, cherry-picked statistics, and dramatic talking heads who say "follow the money" as if they've cracked the Da Vinci Code. But there's just one problem: time has obliterated its entire premise.
Since the film's release, Zuckerberg has gone from alleged anti-Trump villain to one of his most eager enablers. He reinstated Trump's social media accounts, relaxed Facebook's moderation policies to benefit conservatives, and has made it abundantly clear that his real priority is staying on the good side of power-whoever holds it. The idea that he was ever some leftist puppet master working to bring Trump down is now so ridiculous that even the most diehard MAGA loyalists should feel a deep, existential embarrassment for ever believing it.
If Rigged was already weak when it came out, it is now a full-blown joke. What was intended as an exposé has instead become a time capsule of delusion, a testament to how quickly political narratives can collapse under the weight of reality. If you enjoy watching once-confident conspiracy theories crumble before your eyes, this film might actually be worth your time. Otherwise, it's best left in the scrapheap of failed propaganda.
