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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: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
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Subject: Re: AOC’s thoughts on Taiwan
Date: 02/18/26 2:52 PM
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If he's so good at reading people, why hasn't he done better with his inheritance? "Making deals" is his forte, allegedly. The deals he has made have netted him less than if he put his inheritance in the S&P and let it sit for however-many years since his dad died. You would expect better performance from a "deal-maker" who is skilled at reading people.

I reiterate, I think he has made his way by being a bully because that's all he can do.

If you ever watched Game of Thrones, I'd put my money on him doing well in that game of wits over any of the more intellectually accomplished folks I've known over the years.

Wow. I think he'd get slaughtered. He would have been no match for either Tywin or Tyrion Lannister. They had brains, and cunning. He (IMO) has neither.

He is an ignorant, incurious, anti-intellectual, self-absorbed, inattentive and easily distractible, inarticulate and generally uninformed man who seems to lack any capacity for self-reflection or contemplation.

Totally agree.
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