| ▲ | CPLX 6 hours ago |
| Buffet is not a good guy. Our society’s greatest problem right now is concentrated corporate power being used to destroy the ability of working people to prosper. Buffet had an active and direct role in making this happen. He supported and advocated for monopoly, and profited from it. He lived a lavish life that included opulent mansions and private jets, and used his resources to deftly drive a media narrative of himself as a regular guy, with apparent success as your post demonstrates. |
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| ▲ | mr_00ff00 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Not doubting you, but any specific examples of him supporting monopoly? Or are you saying the general environment of high finance supports this? No doubt he had more money than he needed but if this is referring to his preference for coka-cola and apple stock / any stocks with the ability to set their own prices because of market dominance, I feel like that’s not a totally fair criticism. |
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| ▲ | CPLX 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | Tons of evidence it’s all hiding in plan sight: https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/warren-buffett-americas-f... | | |
| ▲ | JumpCrisscross 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | The Verisign investment was a minority holding. And this bit is tripe: “Buffett is the avatar of monopoly. This is a guy whose investments philosophy is literally that of a monopolist. I mean, he invented this sort of term, the economic ‘moat,’ that if you build a moat around your business, then it's going to be successful. I mean, this is the language of building monopoly power.” Seeking moats isn’t monopolistic. It’s inherent to competition. |
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| ▲ | gbacon 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Which “opulent mansions”? |
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| ▲ | sizzzzlerz 5 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | He lives in the same home in Omaha that he had in the 60's. BH does not own any corporate jets but they do own NetJets that sells/leases fractional shares of their jet fleet of which Buffet uses for his travel. | |
| ▲ | gnopgnip 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | The 6000 sq ft home in Omaha. The $10m+ home in Laguna Beach. Plus purchasing the home next door as overflow | | |
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| ▲ | throwaway85825 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| It's very obvious that some of the lesser plutocrats have public PR campaigns now. Zuck obviously got a stylist too. |
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| ▲ | DrewADesign 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | Can’t even remember if Zuck testified before the Congress or Senate, but his super weird fucking haircut on that day is indelibly etched into my brain. So a stylist is probably a solid strategic choice for him. | | |
| ▲ | chihuahua 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | Legend has it that Meta was having difficulty making their metaverse Mii characters look human, so Zuck solved that problem by making himself look like a Mii. | | |
| ▲ | DrewADesign 10 minutes ago | parent [-] | | That was his biggest win in quite some time if true. Really hit the mark. My guess is he refused to acknowledge his receding hairline so he just kept having hard "bangs" cut further and further back. |
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| ▲ | monero-xmr 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Like he said, an American Hero |
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| ▲ | LastTrain 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Do you feel this way about all billionaires or is it something about Buffet? |
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| ▲ | FpUser 6 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I do feel exactly that with few exceptions. | | |
| ▲ | LastTrain 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | What would warrant an exception? I generally don’t like billionaires either, but I wouldn’t put Buffet at the top of my shit list just for curating a public persona. | | |
| ▲ | FpUser 5 hours ago | parent [-] | | There are couple of artists for example that had managed to become near- or full billionaires. Of course I do not know the details but in my view this warrants an exception | | |
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| ▲ | quietsegfault 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | I think you must have at least some sort of antisocial and sociopathic personality qualities to become a billionaire. |
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