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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 crit

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.

user3939382 9mo ago
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.
650REDHAIR 9mo ago
Tell me more about the surplus value that Warren produced
- WalterBright 9mo ago
  Look at a stock chart of Berkshire Hathaway over time.
  - laserlight 9mo ago
    I believe the point is that price is not value.
    - WalterBright 9mo ago
      Perhaps, but the price is the value.
bc569a80a344f9c 9mo ago
> 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 https://www.newyorker.com/cartoon/a16995
- Aarostotle 9mo ago
  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.
thisgetsit 9mo ago
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- winrid 9mo ago
  He literally sits around and reads financial reports all day.
- narrator 9mo ago
  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
- gsinclair 9mo ago
  I’m not convinced.

user3939382 9mo ago

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.

650REDHAIR 9mo ago

Tell me more about the surplus value that Warren produced

WalterBright 9mo ago
Look at a stock chart of Berkshire Hathaway over time.
- laserlight 9mo ago
  I believe the point is that price is not value.
  - WalterBright 9mo ago
    Perhaps, but the price is the value.

bc569a80a344f9c 9mo ago

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

Aarostotle 9mo ago
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.

thisgetsit 9mo ago

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winrid 9mo ago
He literally sits around and reads financial reports all day.
narrator 9mo ago
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
gsinclair 9mo ago
I’m not convinced.