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.

Tons of evidence it’s all hiding in plan sight:

https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/warren-buffett-americas-f...

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.)

Which “opulent mansions”?

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.

They did directly own/operate aircraft in the past as well, as disclosed in letters to investors.

https://sentinel-aviation.com/blog/warren-buffett-nicknamed-...

The 6000 sq ft home in Omaha. The $10m+ home in Laguna Beach. Plus purchasing the home next door as overflow

That actually sounds pretty meager considering his wealth.

Funny how the goal posts shift. From modest house in Omaha to multi-million dollar property in Laguna Beach. If more properties are revealed are those "pretty meager" too? It's amazing the degree to which normal people will simp for billionaires.

Since I hadn't established any goal posts, I couldn't have shifted them.

But I get your point. I'm happy to make billionaires illegal by taxing them back to being millionaires, but to try and hoist Warren Buffet up as the problem ignores the much, much worst offenders out there.

Do you feel this way about all billionaires or is it something about Buffet?

I do feel exactly that with few exceptions.

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.

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

Do artists who make business deals also warrant an exception?

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/180675/trump-the-ar...

Why does an “artist” get an exception for being a billionaire?

I think you must have at least some sort of antisocial and sociopathic personality qualities to become a billionaire.

It's very obvious that some of the lesser plutocrats have public PR campaigns now. Zuck obviously got a stylist too.

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.

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.

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.

Like he said, an American Hero