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The week's question
In December 2024, in the thread "Re: BRK: Why Not XOM?", BreckHutHigh asked the members: "What about the long road trips with kids?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: sykesix   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Investing with an eye on rising authoritarianism
Date: 07/11/24 1:41 PM
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Looking at a couple of governments that tend towards authoritarian, say Russia and China, some companies have performed okay and some disappear when they fall out of favor.

If elections go the way they might, certain tech and media companies will be out of favor. We've already seen how this might play out. The former president got cross-threaded with Jeff Bezos and almost certainly used his influence (as per credible first person witnesses) to block a cloud computing contract which went to Microsoft instead. Amazon sued and partially won:

npr.org - Pentagon scraps billion contract with microsoft bitterly contested by amazon

Similarly, the former president recently said he wanted a long jail sentence for Mark Zuckerberg as well as military tribunals for his political opponents, who he named.

This is on topic, because the former president has said some uncomplimentary and untrue things about the Chairman. I imagine there is some political risk for BRK if things don't go the right way this fall.

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