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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: PhoolishPhilip   😊 😞
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Subject: Re: Berkshire and Tariffs
Date: 04/06/25 9:24 AM
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“I don't think that analogy applies to Trump's actions. It's not like enmity against Canada was building up in US or there was a popular groundswell to rename Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.”

You’re looking in the wrong direction. Look west across the pacific for the dry tinder, not north.

My dissertation advisor argued nearly 30 years ago that the US and China would eventually go to war. I argued that the globalization of trade, commodity production, and capital flows, was creating a global capitalist class that would end interstate wars. Once again I proved to be the sophomore.
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This community has written 21,448 posts about Berkshire Hathaway. The article-length ones it recommended most:
BRK: Why Not XOM? · 62 recs · 2024
Second quarter comments · 60 recs · 2023
Berkshire's Profit Contributors · 57 recs · 2023
Summary of 2Q 2026 · 54 recs · 2026
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