More David Koch

Yes, my memory was right about that plane crash David Koch was in but survived.  The experience altered his life, but of course it wasn't enough.  He still caused a lot of damage to the country and the world, but he left more and more of the political shit to his evil brother Charles, the mastermind of the two, while David focused more on uncontroversial philanthropy such as giving millions of dollars to the arts.

Like all sociopaths, David Koch made life worse for others.  It is just that he and Charles had the obscene wealth to do far greater damage, all under the guise of "libertarianism."

Koch went by many titles — billionaire industrialist, businessman, philanthropist, entrepreneur, conservative activist, libertarian vice presidential candidate — and I expect we’ll see many of those thrown around today. But “villain” is the one that suited him best.

Indeed, such is the appropriate term for a profoundly wealthy man who relies on a shadowy network of political advocacy groups to sell unpopular, detrimental policies to unsuspecting voters for the purposes of personal gain.

Along with a 42 per cent stake in Koch Industries, David inherited what could be described as a pathological distaste for government from his father, a founding member of the far-right John Birch Society and a man who reportedly once built an oil refinery for Nazi Germany. Together with his brother Charles, David would use both to reshape America for the worse.

There are three books documenting the life and political activities of the Kochs that everybody should read:  Dark Money, Sons of Wichita, and, above all, Democracy in Chains, which is one disturbing book.

In the meantime, the insane pursuit of wealth isn't worth much if everybody on earth winds up dead in the process.