the vice president of berkshire hathaway and owner of the daily journal was an anti-competitive monopolist who did not think you were a serious person if you weren't making assloads of money.
We've always believed he drove Dutton's Books out of business by getting his pals in Beverly Hills City Hall to offer them a sweetheart deal for a second branch that left the store unmoored and deep in debt. Munger's family is still trying to demolish the wonderful, derelict Barry Building on San Vicente, with no new project proposed for the site. https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/barry-building/
May he spend eternity in a place with no windows and no books.
We've always believed he drove Dutton's Books out of business by getting his pals in Beverly Hills City Hall to offer them a sweetheart deal for a second branch that left the store unmoored and deep in debt. Munger's family is still trying to demolish the wonderful, derelict Barry Building on San Vicente, with no new project proposed for the site. https://www.laconservancy.org/learn/historic-places/barry-building/
May he spend eternity in a place with no windows and no books.
https://www.archpaper.com/2023/08/university-california-abandons-windowless-dorm-munger-hall/