In the realm of wise investors and business moguls, Charlie Munger, the billionaire business partner of Warren Buffett, is a source of valuable advice. His interests span wide, but they all converge on a singular focus: the pursuit of wealth, happiness and the avoidance of making dumb mistakes. During the 2023 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual meeting, Buffett expressed his desire to be born in the present day, considering it a superior world compared to any before. He acknowledged that modern comm
You’re not wrong, but the context here makes this statement entirely different. The billionaire expects to continue to be a billionaire, but it is we who need to expect less and be happy for it. We wouldn’t need to accept less in the first place if he weren’t so greedily hoarding the fruits of exploited labor. But that’s not negotiable for him. The idea itself is absurd to him on the same level as unicorns propelling their way across the sky by way of rocket-farting fairy dust.
All the more reason for him to stop hoarding the fruits of exploited labor that he won’t live to enjoy anyway. He has the power to change the world such that we don’t need to expect less and have a tougher world. Rather than actually doing anything about what he’s predicting, he’s just telling the future of humanity to deal with it. He’s a selfish prick and I hope his death is painful with proportion to the pain his existence upon us is, has been, and will be for generations to come.
