The $55 billion + is a waste product produced by his lifelong love of mathematics. Seriously. Even Buffett would probably agree that there’s a societal problem where a single human can amass that amount of (unnecessary) wealth. Probably explains why he gives it away. For him the satisfaction is seeing his system win - not necessarily the dividends it collects.

I’m no expert - it’s just that the (UK) liberal party merged with a left of centre party, the SDP (Social Democratic Party) and were briefly called the SDLP; before rebranding to the Liberal Democrats. They are still left of centre.

I think a lot of the liberal views towards capitalism can only be seen through the context of trying to humanise the inherent framework of capitalism. I think you’re correct that they never looked beyond existing within capitalism and therefore perhaps ultimately paid a price for that.

Thanks for the weekend wishes, same to you.

Again, no. I was talking about John Locke and David Lloyd George type characters - to suggest that the last Liberal party prime minister of the UK was to the right of the political spectrum was an interesting take I’d never heard before.

No. I’m not talking from a US perspective. I’m talking from a political perspective. Liberalism is a moral and political philosophy - that is available in more than one flavour. Many things liberalism stands for are incompatible with right wing governments. Conservatism is far right? No, fascism is far right and there is an enormous difference between being conservative and being a fascist. Right and left are both part of a spectrum and run the whole gamut from dipping your toe in the water to being fully submerged. It’s disingenuous to suggest otherwise.

No. Liberalism is against most things that the right wing of the political spectrum explicitly stands for. Liberalism exists as a counter argument to conservatism. As I mentioned earlier US political language has twisted and distorted what these words really mean.

Just remember that the first person to say the world went around the sun got downvoted into oblivion… but it is factually accurate and a giant leap towards out current understanding of the physical realm. I’m happy for people to disagree with my views. Fuck, I probably disagreed with half of them, thirty years ago.

I find the limited political knowledge a far bigger concern. The US has taken perfectly acceptable words and butchered them: liberal, libertarian, conservative, left, fascist, socialist etc mean different things inside the US to what they mean everywhere else. I reckon US political language hasn’t butchered itself - there’s a plan in there somewhere.

I killed a lot of my sacred cows in my early twenties… but, yeah, good point all the same. I do understand that when you’ve held a belief for so long it is a trauma to a.) realise you’re wrong and b.) reprogramme your mindset. Nothing but respect for people that can accept this and move on.

And the award for zero self-awareness goes to this person above. They get upset when their (incorrect) argument against my earlier post is mirrored back to them. Happy to be blocked by someone so fragile.

“…wheel to find a more people…”

You must be so stupid and lazy to leave mistakes in your text. /s

It’s wild. No matter how fond you might be of your opinion you’ve got to kick it to the curb when facts unravel it.

Your “complete lack of knowledge” is apparently more than sufficient for you to see (kind of) what’s going on here. Have you ever considered inventing “psychic punditry”? We’ll ask you questions about things you know nothing about and you’ll give us answers. Kerching, all the way to the bank.

I’m gonna print that out and put it up in the office. You’re an absolute legend. I’m not looking for credibility nor am I giving advice - I’m just having a cheeky scroll as I wait for my transport to arrive. We’re not all here trying to attain our PhD’s…

I wouldn’t want you to censor anything - not sure why you’d think that. I’ve really enjoyed reading your opinions. You’re a funny kind of person.

If we’re being pedantic (as you are below) … I’m not sure any COUNTRY has ever walked on the moon.

I’m not too worried about a simple predictive text slip. I can take that in my stride - doesn’t really alter the meaning any; does it.

What tribe are you? Because if you are living in the US and aren’t native you’re worst than the UK. They handed back almost everything they took. The US stole a continent and committed (at least 1) genocide on it. Please please please don’t be of European descent…

Just a random motherfucker. Why?

Nothing wrong with wearing your ignorance as a badge of honour… it lets me know how edgy and cool you are.

We’re talking Northern Ireland as opposed to Ireland, although they do both exist on the island of Ireland. There’s no orange or green on the flag of Northern Ireland.