[lbo-talk] Re: Warren Buffett's philanthropy

[Luke Weiger]

Marvin Gandall wrote, "Pretty good article on the contradictions of Warren
Buffett and charitable
giving in general which Louis Proyect copied to the Marxmail list. It's by
David Walsh who, like Proyect, writes astute film reviews."

Actually it's a pretty bad article--make that really bad.  Walsh points out
the obvious fact that Buffett owes his extraordinary wealth to capitalism.
He does nothing to show that Buffett made capitalism any more vicious than
it would otherwise have been.  It's true that we'd have less need for
charity in a better world, but thank goodness for those who actually do
something to make an imperfect world better.

-- Luke