A man who built what he loves and produced so much surplus value for the rest of us to enjoy (read: profit) is _exactly_ a hero. I’m sure I could find ways critique him, but not in the context of celebrating his career.

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bc569a80a344f9c 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> A man who built what he loves and produced so much surplus value for the rest of us to enjoy (read: profit) is _exactly_ a hero.

Life imitates art, I suppose.

https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995

	▲	Aarostotle 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		My friend, Earth has never been a better place for humans to live than it is today. I hope more entrepreneurs come along to make it even better. The idea that humans have destroyed the planet is quite silly.

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650REDHAIR 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Tell me more about the surplus value that Warren produced

	▲	WalterBright 35 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Look at a stock chart of Berkshire Hathaway over time.

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user3939382 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Art vs artist debate is tired, as is celebrity distance appraisal. If you want to know if someone is good or bad your best bet (still iffy) is to ask their kids or spouse. That’s he’s skilled at the financial game is obvious. Whether that’s valuable is a philosophical question that has little to do with Warren Buffet.

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thisgetsit 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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	▲	winrid 6 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		He literally sits around and reads financial reports all day.
	▲	gsinclair 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I’m not convinced.
	▲	narrator 5 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Hey, with all the de-industrializing Europe has been doing, everything is now made in China and the only decision western civilization has to make is how do we equally distribute those goods. I mean why do absolutely anything if they just do it China? You can just demand your share of the goods as a human right. They can't shut you down, you're the heroic consumer after all without which the economy wouldn't exist. /s