Which is also a masterful advertisement for private business owners in a similar situation to sell to Berkshire Hathaway, for less money than they might otherwise get.
This is not a criticism: if I wanted to sell a private business and didn't trust any of the obvious trade buyers (nor private equity), I can imagine myself happily selling to Berkshire for less.
I think that's a big part of their humanism. They understand that the folks that they want to invest in aren't in it entirely for the money. In return, they make it easy to to sell to them: they'll give you a dollar amount, and close nine figure deals inside of a month.
When I looked at that I got the impression he was just wrong rather than evil i.e. it feels like a boomer-y "touch grass rather than go to therapy" ideal of social housing where people are "forced" to mingle.
That was my impression of the most recent design, maybe the older ones are more brazen.
Warren and Charlie have always struck me as deeply humanist folks. I really like that about them.