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Billionaire industrialist David H. Koch, who with his older brother Charles was both celebrated and demonized for transforming American politics by pouring their riches into conservative causes, died Friday at 79.
The cause of death was not disclosed, but Koch Industries said Koch, who lived in New York City, had contended for years with various illnesses, including prostate cancer.
https://www.twincities.com/2019/08/23/ap-source-billionaire-david-koch-has-died-at-age-79/
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/us/david-koch-dead.html
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-koch-died-conservative-donor-and-philanthropist-dead-age-79-2019-08-23/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/08/23/david-koch-dies-billionaire-leader-koch-industries-79/2094016001/
(Score: 5, Insightful) by bzipitidoo on Saturday August 24 2019, @03:02AM (2 children)
I don't miss him either. But the Koch brothers and others like them aren't the root of the problem. It's all those minions who empower them. Big bosses would get nowhere if it weren't for all the wealth worshipping fools whose aspiration in life is to be a rich and powerful man's poodle. The minions will find another master to whip and beat the laziness out of them, and tell them the lies they like to hear. There's an endless supply of wannabe big men.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 24 2019, @04:43AM (1 child)
well how much Georgia Pacific wood and paper products are in your house? That's the real empowerment we inadvertently have all given them over the years.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Saturday August 24 2019, @05:30PM
Exactly. I don't know what the answer is yet though, other than moving into a barrel to live, like Diogenes the Dog (these days you'd keep getting "moved along" if not arrested). Not having any kids is a start.
"rancid randy has a dialogue with herself[...] Somebody help him!" -- Anonymous Coward.