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Reddit mentions of Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right
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| Release date | January 2016 |
They are a creepy damn family.
Dark Money
also an article that talks about the subject
>The reviews have understandably focused on the most indelible details Mayer has unearthed from the Koch past — particularly the stern German nanny with a policy of mandatory enemas for those children who didn’t master her toilet-training regimen. (The nanny quit in 1940, when Charles was 5, to return to Europe and help celebrate the Nazi conquest of France.)
Quote from Mayer in an interview:
> And she also had very strict rules about how they had to go to the bathroom right at the right point first thing in the morning, or else they would be subjected to castor oil and enemas. And it was just a very kind of authoritarian early childhood, which - I'm not a psychiatrist, and I really - you know, far from being able to know what effect that would really have on someone. But I found it very interesting that specifically, that was the early upbringing of Charles Koch, who has become a larger-than-life-size figure in the libertarian movement, which rebels against an awful lot of authoritarian rules and against government and is a, you know, cry for greater freedom. And I don't know if it's related or not, but it was a tough early childhood for both Frederick and Charles Koch.
Slate's Political Gabfest had an interview with Jane Meyer, who spent 6 years researching the Kochs to write this book and this is actually very true.
The Kochs started funding think tanks and scientists to publish studies that aligned with their interests like 40 years ago. Since they have oil money, they have poured a fortune into building up an academic argument to convince people that the science of global warming is in doubt. There are like 3 scientists on their side who publish work and fly all over the country testifying that global warming is fake. It's terrifying, and I'm glad someone is calling them out for the sinister way they influence our system.
Honestly, it's big money individuals like this who are scary influential in our politics. Corporations can't donate to politicians, but individuals that own them can, and none of them give to democrats. Well other than a few who really want to fight global warming, but honestly we should take that money. They start massive superPACs and force republicans to come to their conferences and beg for money.
[Read Dark Money.] (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0180SU4OA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0180SU4OA/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1
for anybody interested in the roots of modern American libertarianism.
Reading this now
Koch does business in 3 NC towns, and in every state they do business they do their darndest to destroy public transportation and public education because they profit pretty much anytime you buy any car.
Hasan Minaj did an episode of his show on Netflix just a couple weeks ago about their efforts to stop light rail, I believe, in Phoenix.
Check that out if you get a chance.
Then, read Dark Money.