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Warren Buffet is the definition of oligarchy. Dude runs a rail and insurance monopoly while buying large top stocks for yield. He maintains a persona of this tr
by csomar 1y ago
Warren Buffet is the definition of oligarchy. Dude runs a rail and insurance monopoly while buying large top stocks for yield. He maintains a persona of this traditional and nice family dude who is old and wise. But this is the US, and people are ranked/valued by how rich they are regardless of how it is acquired.
Still, he avoided political scrutiny (say comparing to Musk or Bezos) by maintaining this image. That was wise.
- unmole 1y ago> Warren Buffet is the definition of oligarchy. Find a better dictionary.
- Balgair 1y agoThe image machine for him really is something. Buffet is a bigamist. By all intents and purposes he lived with two wives. The legal status was not that of bigamy, to be clear. He married his other wife after his first wife died. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Buffett The personal section here is not exactly false, but is a great example of how one should not trust Wikipedia outright. A careful reading of it shows his lifelong relationships/marriage with two women at the same time. Look, I'm not going to yuck his yum. Do whatever you want man. But the homely aww shucks image is very intentional. And very much against his actual life choices. Homespun he ain't.
- randyrand 1y agoTo be clear, he had 1 wife and a mistress. I agree it's not in line with his traditional image, but it's not illegal.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 1y agoFor someone with his wealth, having only one mistress shows some self-constraint.
- tim333 1y agoNot even really a mistress. His first wife left him and then he got a girlfriend who he married after the first wife died. In modern America peoples marriages breaking down and then them getting together with someone else is pretty common.
- Flatcircle 1y agoNot a bigmaist, Had a wife, they split up, but didn't get divorced because he had no prenup and he was one of the wealthiest people in the country. After she died he married again.