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David Koch dead at 79

#1

Dave

Dave

https://www.kwch.com/content/news/Billionaire-David-Koch-dies-at-age-79-557984761.html?ref=761

A little less evil in the world.


#2

blotsfan

blotsfan

blotsfan said:
Tragedy today as only one of the koch brothers died.
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#3

sixpackshaker

sixpackshaker

I was always flabbergasted that he was personally a liberal, but funded so many damaging conservative causes.


#4

blotsfan

blotsfan

sixpackshaker said:
I was always flabbergasted that he was personally a liberal, but funded so many damaging conservative causes.
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He was at best a libertarian. He might not have personally been bigoted but he'd rather fund bigotry than risk losing even a small portion of his wealth. What you are in your heart is irrelevant in the face of what your actually do.


#5

drawn_inward

drawn_inward

Puppetmaster.


#6

Tress

Tress

In all seriousness, I hope that PBS continues to get as much funding for shows like Nova after his death. I may have hated his policies and the effect he had on our government, but he gave a shit ton of money to educational public broadcasting.


#7

PatrThom

PatrThom

I hope he wasn't treating PBS as his Indulgence.

--Patrick


#8

Frank

Frank

I know there's one of the two that is WAY worse than the other (they both suck). Is he the less shitty one or the more shitty one?


#9

Tress

Tress

Frank said:
I know there's one of the two that is WAY worse than the other (they both suck). Is he the less shitty one or the more shitty one?
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Pretty sure he was the less shitty one.


#10

jwhouk

jwhouk

Either way, I agree with @Dave.


#11

Dave

Dave

I mean, yeah he funded a lot of the arts and educational television, but he also has vehemently campaigned for destroying the planet. So in my estimation the bad far, FAR outweighs the good.


#12

Tress

Tress

Notice how I didn't say "Awww, I'll miss him because he donated to PBS" or anything like that? I'm not defending him, or saying that some of his good deeds offset his bad ones. I'm just saying I hope whoever inherits his wealth continues to donate the same large amounts to PBS and other good causes.


#13

Hailey Knight

Hailey Knight

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#14

@Li3n

@Li3n



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