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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.


> 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


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.


Tell me more about the surplus value that Warren produced


Look at a stock chart of Berkshire Hathaway over time.


I believe the point is that price is not value.


Perhaps, but the price is the value.


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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He literally sits around and reads financial reports all day.


I’m not convinced.


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




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