Charlie Munger calls Elon Musk 'brilliant' and bitcoin 'stupid and immoral'

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  • Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
  • ANDY SERWER: I'm here with Charlie Munger, Vice Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Charlie, great to see you.
    CHARLIE MUNGER: Nice to be here.
    ANDY SERWER: I want to continue with some of the questions that people were asking you at the annual meeting and start maybe with China, and trade and tariffs. And you said that even Trump can be right on some of this stuff.
    CHARLIE MUNGER: Yes, when people get mad enough at one politician, they get to thinking everything he says and does is wrong, and that's never the case.
    ANDY SERWER: What, what, go ahead and continue. I'm sorry.
    CHARLIE MUNGER: And all I said was that you don't want to be such an absolute purist for free trade. I'm almost a purist, but not quite, but I wouldn't want the entire steel industry in the United States to move offshore. There's some place where you could draw a line without ruining the world.
    ANDY SERWER: What should our trade policy be then? I mean, yes China can be unfair, is unfair, but how should we pursue this?
    CHARLIE MUNGER: Well, attitudes entirely different from our president's. I'm glad that we ran a big trade deficit with China. That enabled them to rapidly get out of poverty and obscurity. I welcome the Chinese to the group of advanced nations, which I think we enabled considerably by our willingness to trade with them as they moved ever upward in terms of complexity of enterprise.
    So I like what's happened. I don't regard it as unfair and bad. I'm not saying that it would be unthinkable to have some tariffs somewhere, but basically I'm a free trader and I am particularly a free trader in dealing with China. And I like the fact that free trade with China has enabled China to expand so much, and they got out of poverty.
    They had hundreds of millions of people in rural poverty and they made huge, in the whole history of the world, no big nation has ever advanced faster than China. And this free trade helped them do it. And I like it.
    ANDY SERWER: But aren't they unfair to us? Just to follow up on, you know, intellectual property.
    CHARLIE MUNGER: I'm sure there are places where somebody in China has some advantage over somebody in the United States that you and I might not like perfectly, but that will always happen. But basically, the Chinese broke the Berkshire Hathaway shoe business in Maine. It disappeared basically because their shoes were very good and cheaper.
    I'm not mad at China over that and Berkshire has prospered. It's not so good for Maine, but we can't help it. There's no way to make an advanced civilization never hurt anybody as it evolves.
    ANDY SERWER: There's a lot of talk about an elephant that Berkshire is on the hunt for a big acquisition. Could that elephant be in China.? And if it was, could you even buy it given the relationship between the two countries right now?
    CHARLIE MUNGER: I don't think it's likely that we'll be buying any great Chinese companies. The Chinese are very proud of their companies and they're proud of what they've accomplished. What I consider quite likely is that we will be invited to buy part of some great Chinese company. And just because they like the good company. And I think that is very likely to happen some time, and we would welcome it. We own minority positions in a lot of companies. We own a minority position in BYD.
    ANDY SERWER: Let me ask you, then, about BYD and Chinese cars. When will Chinese cars be allowed in the United States and what's holding it up, is it bureaucracy?
    CHARLIE MUNGER: Well the auto market is very competitive and very fully occupied. And of course, nobody in the United States wants to lose our last two big domestic suppliers, manufacturers of autos. Well three if you want to count Ferrari Chrysler. And so it's hard for somebody new to come in the American market big. And China has such a big market of its own. My guess is they'll stay busy in their own part of the world for a long time.
    ANDY SERWER: So that's not a priority for BYD?
    CHARLIE MUNGER: Well BYD's biggest advantage is in the electric cars. Where they're so close to the cutting edge of battery technology. And so they'd be crazy not to emphasize the hybrid electric cars over the gasoline cars. Not that they'll go out of the gasoline market, but I think they will be biggest in the hybrid and electric cars.
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Комментарии • 1,7 тыс.

  • @mbernardo123
    @mbernardo123 3 года назад +261

    Charlie needs to say "over." at the end of his response so the interviewer knows when he's finished. XD

    • @louis1409
      @louis1409 3 года назад +26

      I like how Andy immediately zips his mouth though, he's here to get Charlie to talk and jumps out of the way when he gets him going.

    • @ginrummy3996
      @ginrummy3996 3 года назад

      3 seconds seems valid in mostly every context and if you can't catch it, I guess something is missing.

    • @abosij
      @abosij 3 года назад +21

      He’s 95 years old here - and at 95 he’s still smarter than 99.99999 percent of human beings. Give the guy a break!

    • @GamingHelp
      @GamingHelp 2 года назад +2

      It's also entirely possible he's not sure himself when he's done. It does lead to an interesting flow though. :)

    • @yasheshbhansali2643
      @yasheshbhansali2643 2 года назад

      😂😂

  • @greggorymiller74
    @greggorymiller74 5 лет назад +389

    “I can’t criticize anyone else for wiseassery”

  • @cscleghorn
    @cscleghorn 4 года назад +897

    I enjoy this Mr Munger’s no bullshit approach to everything. Cut the waste and drive forward!

    • @KingK339
      @KingK339 4 года назад +5

      Especially Bitcoin BS! Listen to the genius!

    • @Showmetheevidence-
      @Showmetheevidence- 4 года назад +1

      It’s so refreshing!

    • @hermitthefrog468
      @hermitthefrog468 4 года назад +14

      @@KingK339 lol bitcoin is the single best invention or the concept in the past 100 years. The government controls money and plunges the world into poverty through inflation bitcoin is deflationary. Keynsians think deflation is bad. What a fallacy. People actually get richer overtime instead of poorer what a concept

    • @irclaw42
      @irclaw42 4 года назад +15

      Sorry guys, bitcoin isn't going anywhere. You sound like the old senile parents that thought the internet would never succeed. I remember Charlie and Buffett wouldn't invest in internet companies because they thought it was a fad. They missed out on Google, Amazon, Facebook and they were late to the game on Apple. Charlie and Buffett were good for their time but they are now overrated and behind the times. In 18th century there was a revoltion that separated church and state. As a result the powerhouse known as America was born. We are now entering a time period which will separate money and state. Get on the train or get out of the way. Adapt or die.

    • @K4n01
      @K4n01 4 года назад +3

      @@irclaw42 Bitcoin has died and revived so many times now, and what is dead may never die.

  • @rukascool
    @rukascool 4 года назад +62

    Amazing interviewer. Doesn't interrupt and asks interesting questions by taking very little time.

  • @mangravy2000
    @mangravy2000 4 года назад +76

    Amazing clarity at 95 years old. Him and Buffett sitting around sharpening their minds against each other.

    • @petefaders
      @petefaders 3 года назад

      Because he drinks baby blood full of adrenaline.

    • @hisheeelijah1482
      @hisheeelijah1482 3 года назад

      @@petefaders give me proof and dont speculate

    • @tquasa07
      @tquasa07 2 года назад

      Why not just skydive or take meth? Or play Russian roulette? Watch horror movies? Why baby blood…does adrenaline even make it through your stomach acid?

  • @Choo-choo-chookcha
    @Choo-choo-chookcha 4 года назад +683

    We need him to do a Joe Rogan podcast. 2-3 hours of Charlie talking about stuff would make the world smarter.

    • @firelordsozin3677
      @firelordsozin3677 4 года назад +44

      Андрей Борисович Joe would not be able to keep up

    • @Dk-ie4te
      @Dk-ie4te 3 года назад +10

      @davidl0917 musk is all about PR.

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 года назад +5

      Except when it comes to the blockchain

    • @jekabsblumbergs7225
      @jekabsblumbergs7225 3 года назад

      Yess please!

    • @JeremyTheEntrepreneur
      @JeremyTheEntrepreneur 3 года назад +14

      Charline munger: “the average human condition is ignorance and stupidity”
      🤣💯🔥

  • @jochem1986
    @jochem1986 4 года назад +626

    This man has the brain of a 30 year old in the body of a 90 year old.. it’s remarkable.

    • @Starrsy4
      @Starrsy4 4 года назад +25

      Sure is remarkable. You would think he would have gained a little wisdom in those many years.

    • @jochem1986
      @jochem1986 4 года назад +38

      @@Starrsy4 In terms of sharpness, not in terms of knowledge.

    • @xyjames
      @xyjames 4 года назад +18

      It's funny, you'd think he's an old fart with his dry, customary one-liners at Buffet's side. When he's cajoled to speak at length, it's like listening to 30 year old lawyer addressing the senate.

    • @SolarPlayer
      @SolarPlayer 4 года назад +13

      At his age he says "people like bitcoin because it's a great feat of computer science"... that's incredible to me

    • @GrimeUK777
      @GrimeUK777 4 года назад +5

      That makes zero sense - A brain of a 30 year old would has less experience. insights and knowledge. No wonder they all mock and control the lemmings of the world.

  • @RicardoWill
    @RicardoWill 4 года назад +33

    Munger is dropping BOMBS on this interviewer. That last note about politicians is heavy!!!!

  • @zanedickson2725
    @zanedickson2725 5 лет назад +44

    His 95 year old brain is incredible.

  • @LonelyWalker11
    @LonelyWalker11 4 года назад +122

    What a high quality interview. I wish we had more of journalists at this level. Very enjoyable. Thanks.

  • @LAWSON08
    @LAWSON08 3 года назад +11

    Elon Musk 'brilliant' and bitcoin 'stupid'
    Ironic that Elon Musk (via Tesla) recently purchased $1.5B of BTC.

    • @millerforester6237
      @millerforester6237 3 года назад

      right.

    • @tomcat8662
      @tomcat8662 3 года назад

      I was thinking the same thing. I don’t know what to think about Bitcoin anymore. You have very respected and highly intelligent people taking extreme positions either for or against it.

    • @George-cw2lk
      @George-cw2lk 3 года назад

      @@tomcat8662 watch for $100000 price by next spring 2022

    • @postblitz
      @postblitz 3 года назад +1

      By Elon's own admission, he did those things (BTC and DOGE) because of his belief in irony winning out over intelligence. It has nothing to do with smart/dumb, he is trolling.

  • @HassanAli-py9ce
    @HassanAli-py9ce 5 лет назад +425

    5:30 is where he talks about elon musk

  • @bluefm7370
    @bluefm7370 3 года назад +16

    His mind never became lazy, therefore his knowledge is considerable and his thoughts are straight up....Gid Bless🙏🏻❤️🙏🏻

  • @rickvangils100
    @rickvangils100 3 года назад +45

    I find it funny how after every few sentences, it sounds like Charlie is done talking and then right when the interviewer asks him a follow up question he immediately interrupts and continues talking XD

    • @borisj4054
      @borisj4054 2 года назад +2

      Just shows he is thinking first before speaking. What so many fail to do, and fail.

  • @dialac1
    @dialac1 4 года назад +35

    Best parts of this interview are the delicate moments of silence in between utterances of wisdom. Glad the interviewer shut up and allowed Charlie talk.

    • @raceanadreamcargrameater6227
      @raceanadreamcargrameater6227 4 года назад +5

      Silence in between utterances denotes reflecting, silence during utterances denotes listening

    • @D.A.-Espada
      @D.A.-Espada 3 года назад +1

      Also Charlie would stop taking as if he was done and then interrupt when the interviewer began to speak again as anyone else would after an approprite moment silence occurs to do so. It was hilarious throughout this talk
      Almost seemed like a power play

  • @Mohammed_Sabir.
    @Mohammed_Sabir. 4 года назад +35

    "We're way ahead of the romans at the end" 😂😂
    He has placed his expectations so low, he's content at the current situation.

    • @vinayseth1114
      @vinayseth1114 4 года назад +3

      Nope; there are good reasons for a logically thinking person to consider the current cultural scenario to be a doomed one: the rise of right-wing authoritarian regimes the world over and the resource crisis that haunts us all. So to read about the actual scenario at the end of Roman times could definitely help one get a better perspective as to whether we really are a doomed civilization or not.

    • @lukeulibarri3924
      @lukeulibarri3924 3 года назад +10

      Rise of right wing authoritarian regimes the world over? Which ones exactly?

    • @slavenrasic2173
      @slavenrasic2173 3 года назад

      @Luke Ulibarri The ones he (or should i say it?) disagrees with

  • @roberrplatt4214
    @roberrplatt4214 4 года назад +10

    My dad fought China in the early 50s. Carried shrapnel because of it. He felt that trade was a far wiser way to engage them.

  • @janetpattison8474
    @janetpattison8474 2 года назад +2

    The bill for 1 hr in the ER (waiting) after a car accident was $52,000.00. Insurance pd for 25k, & the balance falls on me. $37,000.00 for a pet scan, $8,000.00 for Dr., $8,000.00 for pharmacy and more! And nobody needs to inform you of costs. What a ridiculously corrupt racket! Also, I met a 20-something guy who just found out he had cancer, and he needed to borrow $25,000 BEFORE he could begin treatment. He didn’t have health insurance. This is another illustration of how healthcare in the US absolutely sucks! I worked in a large hospice for years & we knew that chemo treatment for a year is a Minimum of $100,000….YES, We need MAJOR changes in the US.

  • @vxu9208
    @vxu9208 3 года назад +13

    he predicted Democrats' wins on presidency, congress, and senate in 2019....

    • @vxu9208
      @vxu9208 3 года назад

      @ guess u r what you see

    • @lolwtnick4362
      @lolwtnick4362 3 года назад

      its not hard to predict...the pendulum swings. 8 years of a black dem, and then BAM! a white Republican businessman.

  • @tiffaniewilcox2219
    @tiffaniewilcox2219 2 года назад +271

    Buy a good cross section of an economy and you should do well over the long term. The market wil be high in 10 to 20 years, and significantly higher in 30. It's almost impossible for a company with no debt to go bankrupt. the U.S. is about 50% of the global market place, Pay yourself first. It's time in the market, not timing the market. last year I invested 100 grand in the S&P 500/ an allocation fund (with the help of my Financial Advisor Rita Lynn Evans of course) and made 370k, but guess what? I put it back and traded with her again and now I’m rounding up close to a million.

    • @borisj4054
      @borisj4054 2 года назад +3

      Sus, is this an add for Rita?

  • @esh8400
    @esh8400 4 года назад +27

    “Wiseassery” 😂😂🤣🤣 Oh Charlie! Zinging as always!

  • @dagemabera1353
    @dagemabera1353 2 года назад +57

    It's amazing how this man is in his 90's and is still sharp as a tool

    • @morpheus6749
      @morpheus6749 2 года назад

      The human brain comes with a use-it-or-lose-it proposition. Just like every other organ in the human body. Most people will stop using their brain altogether by age 80. And some will continue to use the hell out of it past 100.

    • @ExMuslimRev11
      @ExMuslimRev11 2 года назад

      Almost 100.

  • @mickcv4554
    @mickcv4554 4 года назад +41

    I just can’t imagine giving a crap at all about my money to this degree when I’m this old. Truly loves the game

  • @vladdanielanghel1294
    @vladdanielanghel1294 3 года назад +38

    There's no person in this whole world I admire more than Charlie Munger.

    • @ricklocket2812
      @ricklocket2812 2 года назад +6

      there is no person in the world who wanted to know that

    • @rodrigobraz2
      @rodrigobraz2 2 года назад +3

      @@ricklocket2812 at least 5 people did.

    • @hettvaya
      @hettvaya 2 года назад +1

      @@rodrigobraz2 no 8 people did:)

    • @drdrjr13
      @drdrjr13 2 года назад

      @@hettvaya heheh 9

    • @DarkbaseTTV
      @DarkbaseTTV 2 года назад +4

      @@ricklocket2812 If this is your attitude online, have fun trying to succeed in the real world

  • @ExaltedWarrior
    @ExaltedWarrior 4 года назад +64

    You would think one of the richest men in America would have better fitting glasses.

    • @pdxeddie1111
      @pdxeddie1111 4 года назад +10

      Funny when you get to a certain level of money you realize how little you really need that's why Buffet lives in the same house he bought forty years (probably drives the same car too)

    • @wmc9722
      @wmc9722 4 года назад +1

      @Billy CareforaHo: There are 1334 people richer in US in 2020. Check them too.

    • @firelordsozin3677
      @firelordsozin3677 4 года назад +2

      Billy Breakaho You stay rich by not spending your money on frivolous things like glasses ha ha… Also he’s got so much wealth that it’s great power and at that point everything else is an afterthought. He in Warren Buffett control the wealth open America, they are in like every large index fund😂

    • @ExaltedWarrior
      @ExaltedWarrior 4 года назад +2

      @@firelordsozin3677 that's the dumbest thing I ever heard what's the point of being rich if you can't go out and buy $40 pair of glasses that actually fit?

    • @fabiotrucco7969
      @fabiotrucco7969 4 года назад +1

      Resentment, not a good start

  • @lucasstone243
    @lucasstone243 5 лет назад +195

    It is disingenuous to not indicate that this was an interview from last year and only just uploaded. Shame on you, Yahoo Finance for passing this off as a recent interview when in fact it's outdated information.

    • @ricardosaadgr
      @ricardosaadgr 5 лет назад +6

      Lucas Stone well done

    • @nancyfahey7518
      @nancyfahey7518 5 лет назад +3

      I was searching for the date and thought he looked a little younger. Shoulda put the date.

    • @moflyboyblanquito541
      @moflyboyblanquito541 4 года назад +1

      I saw something like this just earlier thought that too.

    • @rastamon9707
      @rastamon9707 4 года назад +3

      And what difference would that make

    • @mrseph007
      @mrseph007 4 года назад +3

      I tend to think that this is very relevant for now, particularly the last part on not getting too angry about leaders or politics! "I suggest you read the 100 years fall of the roman empire, it will make you feel a lot better about the current situation!" Class.

  • @dismantlegoogle6408
    @dismantlegoogle6408 3 года назад +4

    He thinks it immoral because he can't position himself as a gatekeeper to enrich himself.

  • @Gr8Layks
    @Gr8Layks 5 лет назад +137

    The interviewer has bad timing. Ya gotta give Charlie time to dispatch his wisdom nuggets.

    • @Tangvu
      @Tangvu 4 года назад +25

      He's actually a very good interviewer. It's just difficult knowing when Munger has finished his points, because he does erratically start up again. With Warrent Buffet interviews, this is rarely ever an issue.

    • @anthonygibson660
      @anthonygibson660 3 года назад +4

      Charlie is the one with the bad timing. He gives every indication he's done with a sentence, like he's baiting the interviewer.

  • @ImBeneficial
    @ImBeneficial 3 года назад +11

    We gonna just ignore the fact Charlie Munger predecited the current state of congress ? Munger >

  • @JerryStevens
    @JerryStevens 4 года назад +17

    It's so much more interesting to hear a talk like this on subjects like nationalized health care from someone who speaks without rancor or sarcasm. Politicians are terrible at this because it's not in their best interests.

    • @billjenkins1535
      @billjenkins1535 2 года назад +1

      Concerning his comments about nationalized health care. They control your health care they control your life. What an idiotic statement to make From someone who talks about history and quotes Plato from history. I think what he means to say is that he can make a lot of money from nationalized health care.

  • @RWAfuture
    @RWAfuture 3 года назад +8

    Today it's not about return ON capital. Today it is about return OF capital

  • @sunisrising_
    @sunisrising_ 5 лет назад +195

    16:00 he talks about bitcoin

    • @examinator9144
      @examinator9144 5 лет назад +3

      Hero

    • @GreekOrthodox7
      @GreekOrthodox7 4 года назад +23

      waterislife and he’s right

    • @Stoneface_
      @Stoneface_ 4 года назад +16

      ΜΟΛΩΝ ΛΑΒΕ nope he’s wrong!

    • @jesseh9286
      @jesseh9286 4 года назад +10

      @Jeff GG "blockchain technology" is a scam to pump shitcoins. Bitcoin is amazing.

    • @CosmicSeeker69
      @CosmicSeeker69 4 года назад +1

      @Jeff GG cough cough - sorry - but aren't you misinterpreting BTC and the Blockchain? I'm all for an non centralised Blockchain but I'm now way sure about BTC (especially now it's compromised by the futures market!). You say that you're up 750% - but, can you liquidate that tomorrow? If not - then it's an assumed value and not tangible wealth.

  • @xenaprince2717
    @xenaprince2717 3 года назад +17

    "That's a pretty low bar" lmaooooo

  • @valvalerio2642
    @valvalerio2642 3 года назад +7

    Munger has not time for BS. His POV is refreshing.

  • @cmdrlucas6949
    @cmdrlucas6949 4 года назад +254

    This guy proves that healthy living and learning everyday is the way to a long happy life. He's still a genius at 95 ffs

    • @SurferTy
      @SurferTy 4 года назад +7

      Cmdr Lucas healthy living?!

    • @tkeleth2931
      @tkeleth2931 4 года назад +33

      @@SurferTy If somebody is functional and very obviously mentally acute at 95, yeah, they did something right lol

    • @joshuamoore2721
      @joshuamoore2721 4 года назад +7

      He's only 95 because he's a wealthy reanimated corpse. No healthy person breathes like that.

    • @jcherestal
      @jcherestal 4 года назад +45

      @@joshuamoore2721 wtf you want him dunking basketballs?

    • @joshuamoore2721
      @joshuamoore2721 4 года назад +5

      @@jcherestal Shooting 3's at least!

  • @chivo_gaming
    @chivo_gaming 4 года назад +10

    They need someone with balls to interview Charlie...you can tell the reporter highly respects him but within that high regard is massive intimidation...

    • @0xszander0
      @0xszander0 3 года назад

      Yeah this is weak. No follow up questions. Monger seems to have a hard stance on bitcoin, yet acknowledges he doesn't know much about it. I would ask him for arguments behind his reasoning and weird baby brain analogy. And why his opinion about it is so strong right after saying he doesn't know much about it.

    • @ezrestorepc
      @ezrestorepc 3 года назад +2

      @@0xszander0 he said that will you invest in a company knowing that harvest baby brains? aka ETHICS and NOT SOCIAL VALUE, and THATS HOW HE FEELS ABOUT BITCOIN and THATS WHY HE DOES NOT INVEST IN IT, because bitcoin has no INTRINSIC value, you only buy it because you hope to sell it to someone else at higher price based on what? nothing

  • @Ramstar94
    @Ramstar94 4 года назад +87

    This title is so click-baity. The content Charlie is sharing is way beyond the snippets of Elon and Bitcoin. His stance is objective and clearly cuts through partisan noise.

    • @connorgodfrey
      @connorgodfrey 4 года назад +3

      Welcome to Earth 2020. The clickbait is the feature, and the substance is regarded as fluff. Celebrity gossip and shiny digital tokens are fun, don't bore us with frivolous things like facts or thoughtful insight

    • @duanejackson6718
      @duanejackson6718 4 года назад +1

      I just came to watch Charlie, I don't really give a crap about Elon or Bitcoin.

    • @Ramstar94
      @Ramstar94 4 года назад +2

      @@connorgodfrey dude, totally missed your comment. it's so sad.. whatever happened to real conversations that last more than 15 seconds?

  • @LAWSON08
    @LAWSON08 3 года назад +8

    Munger: Complains about the Fed printing money by the trillions
    Also Munger: BTC has no purpose, is stupid and immoral

    • @millerforester6237
      @millerforester6237 3 года назад

      While the govt buys votes, they will print you out of your life savings.

    • @Primus-ue4th
      @Primus-ue4th 3 года назад

      I THINK I heard either him or warren say that they thought it would eventually be regulated by the government. And that you’d be wrong to think different. It is hard to believe that Uncle Sam would allow it to not be taxed. But, I am an idiot when it comes to Bitcoin. I don’t even understand how it gets ‘mined’ 😂

    • @tompaulcampbell
      @tompaulcampbell 3 года назад

      @@millerforester6237 Yes, but they will give you $600!

  • @socrates_the_great6209
    @socrates_the_great6209 4 года назад +14

    20:30 said in another way : Democracy limits how much damage a bad leader can do, and limits how much good a great leader can do. Dictatorship can be the best and the worst. Depends who is in the dictatorship seat. So dumb as humanity is it is wise to limit the damage 1 salesman can do after he is elected in. They can say whatever before the election and the 95% will eat it strait up and vote the guy/girl in and regret it after.

    • @LoanwordEggcorn
      @LoanwordEggcorn 4 года назад +2

      Democracy can turn into dictatorship. Hitler was sort of democratically elected. Rome went from a Republic to an Empire.
      Democracy without checks and balances and absolute guarantees of individual rights and responsibilities is mob rule.

    • @lolwtnick4362
      @lolwtnick4362 3 года назад

      well yeah power corrupts. just look at what happened to Nicaragua

    • @dragonblazzer9698
      @dragonblazzer9698 5 месяцев назад

      @@LoanwordEggcorn Don't forget the US. Hasn't been a democracy for decades now lol

    • @LoanwordEggcorn
      @LoanwordEggcorn 5 месяцев назад

      @@dragonblazzer9698 The U.S. is a Constitutional Republic. Study what that means.

  • @dialac1
    @dialac1 4 года назад +15

    “As the world gets tougher, you have to fish in places you didn’t fish before”
    “One rule about politicians: They are never so bad, you don’t live to want them back”
    - Charlie Munger

    • @BalticIOW
      @BalticIOW 4 года назад +1

      Except AOC. Shes too dumb and divisive. I can easily imagine this being true about Sanders, Trump, Obama, Clinton, Warren etc., but not AOC.

  • @anthonymax2516
    @anthonymax2516 3 года назад +28

    Mrs Stella Mark is legit and her method works like a magic I keep earning every single week with her new strategy

    • @luisbest3789
      @luisbest3789 3 года назад

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    • @luisbest3789
      @luisbest3789 3 года назад

      She helped me recover all I lost trying to trade myself

    • @andreikelly6198
      @andreikelly6198 3 года назад

      I think I am blessed because if not I wouldn't have met someone who is as spectacular as expert Mrs Stella Mark

    • @andreikelly6198
      @andreikelly6198 3 года назад

      I think that she is the best broker I ever seen

    • @GermaninVenice119
      @GermaninVenice119 3 года назад

      yes I'm also a living testimony of expert Mrs Stella Mark

  • @cavaleer
    @cavaleer 2 года назад +1

    I don't think Munger is paying too close attention to the Chinese government. Arming your enemy is never good. I don't care how much money you make, especially if they won't allow us to trade fairly with them.

  • @razorback7158
    @razorback7158 3 года назад +4

    The fact the he read " The rise and fall of the Roman empire" to feel better says a lot about where he thinks we are

    • @jimmysmith736
      @jimmysmith736 2 года назад

      What does he mean by this?

    •  2 года назад

      @@jimmysmith736 He means that the off-brand Europeans of the United-States project had a good run but it's about time the world returned to its natural order.
      The future is bright red 🇨🇳

  • @fpark101
    @fpark101 3 года назад +6

    Charlie Munger describes American healthcare system so accurately in this video.

    • @billjenkins1535
      @billjenkins1535 2 года назад

      And I think hes off his Crocker to think that government run health care will be better.

  • @segal_3237
    @segal_3237 4 года назад +7

    He’s 96 and still has a great sense if thinking.

    • @irpiggie
      @irpiggie 3 года назад

      the best counter to brain degradation is constant reading and learning

  • @USVIsteve
    @USVIsteve 3 года назад +2

    I wonder what Charlie would think of brilliant Elon buying $1.5 billion worth of stupid bitcoin.

    • @USVIsteve
      @USVIsteve 3 года назад

      Buying bitcoin is not hoarding/hiding your money it’s a non-correlated hedge Against inflation caused by the central banks printing vast money.

    • @USVIsteve
      @USVIsteve 3 года назад

      @@cornpop8949 please stop repeating double Dutch whatever you’re saying I’m not interested

  • @lifestylelecanal9527
    @lifestylelecanal9527 4 года назад +25

    Amazing interview. Straight to the point and a lot of uncommon sense that should be common from Charlie.

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 года назад

      A total moron when it comes to the blockchain

    • @mhmhmmhmhm5162
      @mhmhmmhmhm5162 3 года назад

      @@mickeydrago9401 How is he a total moron? Everyone who looks at bitcoin from a financial perspective thinks it's madness... It's obvious that bitcoin is nothing more than a few lines of codes and nothing more. it's not backed by anything. It's just another fiat currency that is not inflateable (which is not good for the economy long term). Plus Bitcoin is not backed by trillions upon trillions of dollars in securities, real estate and a government... guess what the USD has all of those qualities... Bitcoin does not have any other qualities, its not backed by anything... it's just a few lines of codes... And bitcoin is never gonna become a global super currency... Bitcoin's float is bad, extreme unstable volatility, Extremely easy to commit financial crimes with, lots of fraud that is not controllable, The world governments would never allow bitcoin to take over their currencies. the biggest enemy of the state is financial crimes.... SO no bitcoin is heading towards a brick wall, while the investors are so deluded to the point they think bitcoin is made by god... The investors are gonna jump off in panic, because they dont realize they are heading towards a brick wall...

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 года назад

      @@mhmhmmhmhm5162
      The currencies can all exist and have a shorter and shorter lifespan on the internet acting as merely a go between exchange mechanism whereas Bitcoin can be a store value like gold but digital on the internet...
      Bitcoin is not actually a threat, It is a means of keeping other values improved upon as they move and shift to Bitcoin... Bitcoin is a way out for failed currencies, And again it's better to disintermediate Fiat into gold silver cryptos and other assets...
      Inflation jumped from 1.7% to 2.6% in one month, That's an over 50% increase in one month in the CPI...
      USD has lost something over 95% of its value and could actually do that again! 95% of the remaining 5%!

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 года назад

      @@mhmhmmhmhm5162
      There's no such thing as governments disallowing and outlawing Bitcoin, It's decentralized and global and would require controlling the entire internet to control Bitcoin and in fact would require destroying the internet so unless there's a collective response globally by the people to move back to the 1950s....
      It's real simple, use a VPN

    • @mickeydrago9401
      @mickeydrago9401 3 года назад

      @@mhmhmmhmhm5162
      As largely explained there is a reason why there is a bounty of over $600,000 to be paid by the IRS for anybody that can crack the code of Monero, No such bounty is held high for Bitcoin...
      BITCOIN is a lot more than a few lines of code, It's open source and you can look it up and read the Satoshi white paper...

  • @chrisz0619
    @chrisz0619 3 года назад +1

    How can we be accepting of a country that won’t allow Americans to own businesses in, but are here in our country buying up all kinds of land, companies and other crucial acquisitions...why are these people so loving on them? The architecture school I went to was bought by a Chinese company 3 months before the lockdowns....they bought the school, raised tuition, reduced the size of campus, went fully online then got paid out millions by the government for PPP....

  • @Mstrofpup
    @Mstrofpup 3 года назад +14

    Charlie: 'Bitcoin is almost as bad as harvesting baby brains.'
    HODLers: O.o 'did he say baby brains?'

    • @zacharycebu
      @zacharycebu 3 года назад +9

      New & fantastic technology (Bitcoin) has historically made smart old dinosaurs sound psychotic, especially when they're heavily invested in anti-technology, in Mungers case, the (scammy) traditional banking system.

    • @ezrestorepc
      @ezrestorepc 3 года назад +3

      nope, he said that will you invest in a company knowing that harvest baby brains? aka ETHICS and NOT SOCIAL VALUE, and THATS HOW HE FEELS ABOUT BITCOIN and THATS WHY HE DOES NOT INVEST IN IT, because bitcoin has no INTRINSIC value, you only buy it because you hope to sell it to someone else at higher price based on what? nothing

    • @Mstrofpup
      @Mstrofpup 3 года назад +7

      @@ezrestorepc Bitcoins intrinsic value IS up for debate.
      What's NEVER up for debate: baby brain harvesting's intrinsic value.
      Comparing these these 'values' is utterly ridiculous.

    • @ezrestorepc
      @ezrestorepc 3 года назад

      @@Mstrofpup and exactly HIS POINT and WHY he does not invest because is RIDICULOUS TO HIM to invest in bitcoin that why he compare it to

    • @Mstrofpup
      @Mstrofpup 3 года назад +4

      @@ezrestorepc Munger doesn't attempt to understand Bitcoin. He could, but it's clear he chooses not to.

  • @usayeed727
    @usayeed727 2 года назад +21

    This man is an intellectual powerhouse and I as a 28yr old NEVER tire of listening to what he has to say. I hope he lives at least another twenty years that I may benefit from his wisdom.

    • @Jupiter1423
      @Jupiter1423 Год назад +3

      What does being 28 have to do with it?

    • @paladro
      @paladro Год назад

      just another crook in a suit

  • @taylorhu7685
    @taylorhu7685 5 лет назад +58

    Love Charlie so much, such a brilliant great person

  • @davidjackowski4336
    @davidjackowski4336 3 года назад +2

    So a brilliant man has invested in a stupid thing. Somebody is wrong and I don't think it's Musk.

  • @Divyendu619
    @Divyendu619 5 лет назад +13

    I have a deep ♥️ and respect for Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet....lots of love from 🇮🇳

  • @superandreanintendo
    @superandreanintendo 5 лет назад +10

    He's in the top of the world when he doesn't give a f for his glasses. Gotta love him.
    Wise man like him know what is best for the world. He know the economy and happiness level would be better if poor could get affordable healthcare and similar. He know poverty is a cage, thus he's not socialist. He's wise. He's not giving free money

  • @datra6251
    @datra6251 5 лет назад +36

    6:27 - LOL!!! I haven't laughed that hard this year yet.

  • @PedalScience
    @PedalScience 4 года назад +5

    another critic of bitcoin that simultaneously doesn't understand its purpose. "we've got debit cards."

    • @swertooo
      @swertooo 4 года назад +1

      he should have just said he doesn't understand it so he doesn't buy it, which would have been a perfectly acceptable response given his age, you can't call something immoral you don't understand. These guys are from a different era, they still think banks should be keeping their financial monopoly in the economy

    • @PedalScience
      @PedalScience 4 года назад

      @@swertooo the immoral comment made me laugh.. as if the financial world is suddenly motivated purely by ethics

    • @markcole8887
      @markcole8887 4 года назад

      @@PedalScience reminds you of POLITICS!!!

  • @richho5610
    @richho5610 3 года назад +10

    6:40 Charlie accurately predicted the result of president and both houses’ elections almost 2 years ahead! OMG!!

    • @kevindavis8762
      @kevindavis8762 3 года назад +5

      Wow, this guy predicted something that happens every couple election cycles!

    • @scottw5315
      @scottw5315 3 года назад

      Even the wholesale fraud? What about the 2 am votes? Did he predict those?

  • @factcheck1776
    @factcheck1776 2 года назад +1

    "It's immoral for people to exchange value with each other in a way that I and the banks cannot control and profit obscenely from."

  • @Miguel-pd3no
    @Miguel-pd3no 4 года назад +10

    Andy did a great job with this interview.

    • @emreduygun
      @emreduygun 2 года назад

      Andy is a liberal buffoon and extremist

  • @horizon369.
    @horizon369. Месяц назад +1

    Wow. This video is 5 years ago. The prediction is so accurate lol. What a legend.

  • @shirleylake7738
    @shirleylake7738 3 года назад +6

    Brilliant interview 👏. Charles has a handle on the ways of the world.

  • @mattdemir97
    @mattdemir97 3 года назад +1

    Elon just bought 1.5 billion dollars worth of bitcoin. Oxymoron title

  • @jaybee5478
    @jaybee5478 3 года назад +9

    This aged nicely didn't it LMAO

  • @nicholasgilani1054
    @nicholasgilani1054 4 года назад +9

    A very astute and learned man. Respect him...

  • @noahhastings6145
    @noahhastings6145 4 года назад +9

    "We've all become fed up with the bureaucracy (in healthcare)"
    Yes! So let's put the government in charge of it! They're great at getting rid of bureaucracy!!

    • @glorymanheretosleep
      @glorymanheretosleep 4 года назад

      Why won't it be better?

    • @thelaw3536
      @thelaw3536 4 года назад +1

      @@glorymanheretosleep
      They constantly mess up even basic financial concepts like all their price control laws

    • @glorymanheretosleep
      @glorymanheretosleep 4 года назад

      @@thelaw3536 Do you think that's unintentional or is there some form of corruption going on with basic incompetence?

    • @thelaw3536
      @thelaw3536 4 года назад +1

      @@glorymanheretosleep
      The survey on Americans and Economists on the Economy shows that many issues that the public agrees with, that are wrong economically, are done, buy with less commitment. If anything things should be worse given the data. Singapore also has this problem except the only winning Party holds economically sound ideas as a requirement to join.

  • @dustinhensley7995
    @dustinhensley7995 2 года назад

    Bitcoin immoral? The banking system is the definition of immoral!

  • @gartholamu7916
    @gartholamu7916 5 лет назад +5

    Charlie Munger and Warren Buffet always have a can of Coca Cola at interviews. Is it secret to long life?

    • @arielpaulettirauber4454
      @arielpaulettirauber4454 4 года назад +1

      Garth The destroyer yes , o I know a man who died 98 and drinked coke for the past 30 years huahuahus it makes no sense but a coincidence to be considered.

  • @igrewuponsupernintendo
    @igrewuponsupernintendo Год назад +1

    January 2022, and Charlie Munger was right again.

  • @wilwilson8146
    @wilwilson8146 4 года назад +7

    "good" interview. Charlie looked uncomfortable AF (suffering fools is my guess)
    same exact questions for the last 70 years... I would be "thrilled" about my annual "interview" to...

  • @STELLASCUTENESS
    @STELLASCUTENESS 2 года назад +1

    Munger’s comments on Bitcoin should be required learning in school.

  • @marcusavila2961
    @marcusavila2961 4 года назад +4

    Ole boy Charlie said, "Owwwww.... Bitcoin bit me!"

  • @anicca8957
    @anicca8957 3 года назад +1

    Asking him about Bitcoin is like asking about Uber to regular taxi drivers...

    • @alvinmc5593
      @alvinmc5593 3 года назад +1

      lol There is nothing intrinsic about it. Its a huge multinatinalional pump and dump scheme. That's why you see tons of crypto spams all over the internet today.

    • @whatwherethere
      @whatwherethere 3 года назад

      @@alvinmc5593 There is nothing intrinsic to the USD. It is an global pump and dump scam. All currencies, all companies regress to the mean. Unfortunately, Americans are about to come off the sugar high of stealing European IP during the war and trading in against a decimated industrial sector.
      Value is the coordinated efforts of humans. Does the stock exchange feel coordinated? Does the internet feel coordinated or controlled? Bitcoin will give way to a superior account system that can not be manipulated by the likes of CM.

  • @vivaparenzo
    @vivaparenzo 4 года назад +3

    WOW! Mr. Munger said 'big trade deficit enabled China to escape poverty'. People of China produce goods and send them to US, with less goods in return. So people of China are poorer and people of US are richer by this trade. Despite all this, despite the communist dictatorship, embracing free markets made China richer very fast. Now they can be even richer even faster by consuming the goods themselves, and even richer even faster using deficit dollars they accumulated to buy European technology and African resources. Big trade deficit enabled US to escape poverty, and sure, US is free market and can re-industrialize itself quick if needed, but same dollars needed to re-industrialize are now competing with China for European tech and African resource.

  • @LoanwordEggcorn
    @LoanwordEggcorn 4 года назад +1

    He's right and wrong about Bitcoin. Bitcoin as a pyramid scam is immoral. Bitcoin as a distributed, secure, block ledger for storing information, contracts, etc., is revolutionary. It's clear there's much Charlie and Warren don't understand. Apple is a great investment, but so are Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Amazon and many others which Berkshire doesn't invest in.

  • @modr0160
    @modr0160 5 лет назад +4

    I admire sharp minded people like Charly. They don't take shit.

  • @wsavage11
    @wsavage11 5 лет назад +4

    Shoes.
    Ketchup.
    Oatmeal.
    Automobiles.
    Bitcoin sits squarely outside of "the circle of competency" of Mr. Munger.

  • @prayunceasingly2029
    @prayunceasingly2029 4 года назад +3

    When you have a munger, you also need a buffet.

  • @HepCatJack
    @HepCatJack 3 года назад

    He invested in IBM via Berkshire and Hathaway. Technology from IBM was used in concentration camps, Bitcoin technology was not. Which is more immoral ?

  • @swphilosophy3040
    @swphilosophy3040 4 года назад +3

    I also enjoyed this interview from Charlie. Much better than so much of his material which involves giving flippant and obscurantist answers to sensible questions. This, by contrast, is really excellent and a rewarding watch.

  • @CaptainMarvel007
    @CaptainMarvel007 27 дней назад

    Agree 💯 with the late Charlie Munger, crypto currency is just speculative and immoral.

  • @businessgenius1605
    @businessgenius1605 5 лет назад +34

    Why are you reposting this as if it were new when we are expecting a new interview following the annual meeting yesterday?

    • @wmc9722
      @wmc9722 4 года назад

      Why do you think?

  • @sukilee73
    @sukilee73 3 года назад

    "I don't regard this as fair or bad...They got out of poverty. There is no way to make an advanced civilization never hurt anybody as evolved."

  • @emanuelherrerias4082
    @emanuelherrerias4082 5 лет назад +8

    " There's no way to make an advanced civilization that never hurt anybody as it evolves"

  • @iFreeThink
    @iFreeThink 2 года назад

    Oh, it's what prevents damages. Anything to avoid billions of losses.

  • @geraldfawcett9479
    @geraldfawcett9479 5 лет назад +3

    Thousands of companies left the US

  • @izzyauna8814
    @izzyauna8814 2 года назад +1

    He said what people are saying now. There is always a time when you want the old politician back .

  • @243wayne1
    @243wayne1 5 лет назад +14

    Meanwhile, JP Morgan launches it's own Crypto currency approximately one year after Jamie Dimon says he's against Bitcoin. Class dismissed.

    • @pr4nk5tr
      @pr4nk5tr 5 лет назад +4

      It's a USD pegged private settlement coin. Very little to do with Bitcoin.

    • @CraftWon
      @CraftWon 5 лет назад +3

      pr4nk5tr everything to do with bitcoin. Blockchain and modern cryptographic currencies would not exist without bitcoin. Can’t separate the two.

    • @juggsbunny7866
      @juggsbunny7866 5 лет назад

      maybe same as Tether, or Ripple... far from Bitcoin. @@CraftWon

  • @gman3451
    @gman3451 3 месяца назад

    Most prophetic moment is when Charlie said people would want Trump back! This was in 2019 😂😁 How right he was! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @pulsefire3467
    @pulsefire3467 3 года назад +15

    It's strange how angry he got when they started talking about bitcoin.

    • @Bella-lc8du
      @Bella-lc8du 3 года назад +2

      They will all act different publicly.

    • @Zaflon
      @Zaflon 3 года назад +5

      he compared it in ethicy to freshly harvested baby brains... jeez

    • @jewellui
      @jewellui 3 года назад +5

      Years ago in an interview with Warren they both said they don’t care about Bitcoin yet everyone always wants to know their opinion. They’ve made it clear they don’t like it and it’s crap yet they still keep getting asked so this would explain it.

    • @tomoconnor7451
      @tomoconnor7451 3 года назад +1

      @@Zaflon he looked like Bilbo Baggon's trying to get the ring again. His fangs came out. Lmao.

    • @robertoakherst6540
      @robertoakherst6540 3 года назад +4

      It’s because he owns metals and currency, bitcoin will cut into his pockets

  • @Furtivo95
    @Furtivo95 3 года назад +1

    I respect Musk and Munger immensely. But I find that very conflicting when investing.

    • @Furtivo95
      @Furtivo95 3 года назад +1

      @@cornpop8949 I would never copy The Musk, i just buy as much his stock possible and let him crack the skull. Hahaha 🤣

  • @animusadvertere3371
    @animusadvertere3371 4 года назад +8

    Ending starvation is great. Now China just needs to release its citizens from slavery.

  • @mgd8867
    @mgd8867 4 года назад +1

    Oh bitcoin only has the value that people put onto it, completely unlike any other fiat currency in the world today...

  • @AR-me9jy
    @AR-me9jy 3 года назад +5

    charlie was spot on with bitcoin, what a sham

    • @donjuan7229
      @donjuan7229 3 года назад +2

      Bought it at 2000 sold at 46 k. You sir know little.

    • @XyzTorres
      @XyzTorres 3 года назад

      Just hours ago Elon Musk announced $1.5b worth of BTC to be bought through Tesla... I was going to comment saying ‘How did that comment work out for you?’ But when BTC peaks this year and then goes into another bear market, I’ll have the same being said to me. Then when it next pumps in a bull market a few years from now, which historically speaking it has a high chance of doing, I’ll say the same back to those comments. So I’m just not going to bother in the first place😂

  • @olgreywolf9688
    @olgreywolf9688 2 года назад +1

    Mr. Munger's considerations of China are astonishing, and shocking. Even naive. He appears to utterly disregard the now obvious dishonesty, basically immoral behavior of the controlling Chinese government. There IS NO limit to their interference in the normal daily function and operation of markets, as well as internal control of individual businesses. Were same behaviors echoed by the U.S. government, I'm sure Mr. Munger's outrage over such unfair practices would exceed even his opinions of bitcoin!!

    • @wenmoonson
      @wenmoonson 2 года назад

      nah, he'd just cozy up even closer to the ruling party members like the ChiCom financiers do.

  • @alexserns
    @alexserns 5 лет назад +4

    He said computer science isn’t his subject.

  • @adityad4150
    @adityad4150 4 года назад +1

    Hard to see unfairness in China when you have monetary stakes in China 😆😆😆😆

  • @jn3750
    @jn3750 3 года назад +3

    The guy was so smart that the army had to send him to Caltech to study before returning to the Army. Iq must around 170

  • @user-fc6cz2qo3z
    @user-fc6cz2qo3z 3 года назад +2

    You know it’s time to retire when your financial stories are about Rockefeller.

  • @LostSoulAscension
    @LostSoulAscension 4 года назад +3

    He also calls Singapore's leader "brilliant"

  • @dougb4835
    @dougb4835 3 года назад

    Munger doesn't understand Bitcoin well enough to evaluate it.