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

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[–]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/

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    [–]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. ...