Obituary: David Koch

Noted "libertarian" or extreme right-wing fascist billionaire David Koch, 79, has reportedly died.  He had been in poor health recently, which only goes to show that money can't buy immortality.  However, the foundations he and his absolutely evil brother Charles created will carry on with their campaign of deceit and lies in order to give their families even more money without any kind of regulations.

David and his twin brother Bill were the youngest of the quartet of brothers, whose lives were recorded in the book, Sons of Wichita.  Of course, all these brothers were sons of the filthy rich Fred Koch, who in turn was a rabid John Bircher.  It is little wonder the boys, especially Charles and David, turned out to be sociopathic and dressed up their sociopathy with a less negative label called "libertarianism."

Various authors noted David had sort of a rude awakening when he was nearly killed in a plane crash a number of years ago.  He survived, and he spent more and more of his time on philanthropy on less controversial matters, leaving the fascistic bullshit more and more to his truly evil brother Charles, who sees himself as some second coming of Martin Luther, the Protestant Reformer.  Completely delusional and evil.

The organization sometimes split with the GOP under President Donald Trump. It launched a multimillion-dollar campaign last year promoting free trade and warning against tariffs.

David Koch himself ran as the Libertarian Party's vice presidential candidate in 1980. He and the party's presidential candidate, Ed Clark, won a little more than 1 percent of the vote.

Koch, a prostate cancer survivor, donated hundreds of millions of dollars to medical research. He was also a huge supporter of the arts in New York City, notably donating to Lincoln Center and $65 million to support a renovation of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

When Koch was diagnosed with cancer 27 years ago, he was given five years to live, his brother said.

"David liked to say that a combination of brilliant doctors, state-of-the-art medications and his own stubbornness kept the cancer at bay," the brother's statement said. "We can all be grateful that it did, because he was able to touch so many more lives as a result."

Whether for good or for ill is a matter of opinion. Perhaps both.