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

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    [–]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

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      [–]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.

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        [–]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.