David Koch, billionaire industrialist and libertarian political activist, dies at 79

submitted by r721 from (cnbc.com)

all 24 comments
sorted by:
top
newinsightfulfun

[–]EndlessSunflowers 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

Good riddance to these kock suckers!
Hopefully the rest of these shitty old assholes die off soon too

[–]Rastafoo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Go fuck yourself. He had a family.

[–]Soopamanluva 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You're right, hopefully they are not too far behind.

[–]wilbureduke 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

why yes he did and WHAT A FAMILY it is too.... https://bigleaguepolitics.com/koch-brothers-blackmailed-their-allegedly-gay-brother/

[–][deleted]  (2 children)

[deleted]

    [–]wilbureduke 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    yeah it's a horrible source agreed but i'm lazy and it was the first one at the top of the page. didn't think i would need to do better since it's common knowledge i've heard for years. if you honestly had never heard that i would be surprised. you want more i sure i take that extra minute but you already knew this was true.

    [–]wilbureduke 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    https://newrepublic.com/minutes/148838/koch-brothers-cain-abel-plutocratic-politics

    ...“Charles pushed David out,” one Koch associate told Mayer. “It was done with a wink, and a nod, and a nudge.” Another source offered the same story, telling The New Yorker that “Charles had been pushing him out for quite some time. David kept resisting. It was bad. Charles took control.”

    This is not the first time fraternal intrigue has divided the family. Frederick Koch, the eldest brother in the family, alleges that after their father died in 1967 Charles tried to use “homosexual blackmail” to force Frederick to sell his shares of the company business. “Charles’ ‘homosexual blackmail’ did not succeed,” Frederick told Mother Jones in 2014, “for the simple reason that I am not homosexual.” (Charles Koch denies these allegations.) Another sibling, Bill, who is David Koch’s twin, has also wrestled for control of the company with both David and Charles. ...

    [–]FormosaOolong 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

    May it be so!

    [–][deleted] 0 insightful - 1 fun0 insightful - 0 fun1 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

    His death won't make any differences his thousands of agents and his kids that will inherit 0.1% of his wealth will continue his work and the other 99.99% goes to other rich billionaires like him

    [–]magnora7 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (11 children)

    Probably one of the top 10 people to have severely damaged US political discourse. However I hope he rests in peace. And I hope the US lower and middle classes can recover from the damage he and his brother have caused.

    [–][deleted]  (8 children)

    [deleted]

      [–]magnora7 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

      No he damaged discourse by creating 20+ media companies and flooding the media with propaganda that aligns to his views, more aggressively than almost many billionaire in US history. He's one of the reasons there are no longer Unions in the US, among many other things

      [–][deleted]  (6 children)

      [deleted]

        [–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

        I'll agree they had a bigger impact, but I think Koch had a more damaging impact. The splash wasn't as large, but the direction it went was far more drastic (very far right authoritarian anti-worker type of propaganda). Zuck may surpass that yet, but we'll see.

        [–][deleted]  (4 children)

        [deleted]

          [–]magnora7 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

          He actively worked to destroy unions, and hollow out the middle class, to make himself and his brother more wealthy. I know what he did.

          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

          His death won't make any differences his thousands of agents and children that will inherit 0.1% of his wealth will continue his work and the other 99.99% goes to other rich billionaires like him

          [–]magnora7 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

          He still organized and planned a lot of it. It does affect the momentum these programs have

          [–]lumberjohn 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

          "Can't Buy Me Lii-iife"

          Can't understand how anyone can sit on a billion instead of doing something useful with it.

          [–]solder0 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

          Not a total loss, there's one more koch left. :)

          [–]Jesus 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

          My neighbor just died too. God bless him.

          [–]Ogimaa 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

          Fuck the Koch family and everything they represent

          [–]Rastafoo 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

          Rest in peace.

          [–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

          Are they really going to refer to this dude as a libertarian....?

          [–]r721[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

          Ctrl-F "Libertarian":

          The sprawling political empire includes conservative and libertarian nonprofits such as Americans for Prosperity, Freedom Partners and Concerned Veterans for America.

          In 1980, the younger Koch was nominated as the vice presidential nominee for the Libertarian Party. His running mate at the time was Ed Clark and their campaign ran on abolishing Social Security, the Federal Reserve board, welfare, corporate taxes and minimum wage laws.

          A bit sketchy, yeah.

          [–]astronautrob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

          Super sketch

          [–][deleted] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

          God has responded to switching "donations" to the leftists. Plug pulled.