I think it's worth an attempt to keep the BRK board about BRK and some OT topics concerning finance but try to actively avoid politics, because it's something that really punches people's buttons these days.

@tedthedog
Discussion of politics, including the war in Ukraine, are probably too much of a 'hot button' to discuss here and hope to retain the collegiality of this board.
@Lear
Maybe, but the increasing sympathy for, or neutrality with respect to, Russian aggression in certain U.S. circles is part of why I'm slowly doing what Jim has done quickly.

I'm Canadian, and the newfound U.S. stance on Russia-Ukraine/EU relations puts an important gloss on U.S. threats to treat the U.S.-Canada border as less than sacrosanct. Violating Canadian / non-U.S. citizens' rights in property or contract is hardly a massive reach when Trump can't go a day without describing Canada as the 51st state. And these aren't isolated incidents either.


I sympathize, and as an American I apologize. IMO, what's going on the U.S. is insanity.

Did people voting for Trump vote for him to bring prices down (that's impossible, he could bring inflation i.e. the rise in price down), or for him to invade Canada and take Greenland and Panama by force?
I don't recall e.g. invasion of our closest ally as a discussion topic or a talking point, pre-election.

Trump voters might have voted to reduce the federal bureaucracy. But did any but the most hardcore want it suddenly destroyed with a chain saw by the richest man in the world? And the attendant consequences, including massive conflicts of interest of this richest man? I don't recall Musk and chainsaw as a serious discussion topic or a talking point pre-election. Musk was certainly in view, and this raised questions about the advisability of the world's richest man donating $250M (or whatever it was) to elect the political candidate of his choice. After which he started hanging about in the White House and other federal offices. Vote Trump, get Musk?

I'm honestly not being snarky, I just don't understand these points.