Oh like you’ll be a saint when Soros does.
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Oh like you’ll be a saint when Soros does.
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Jobs also didn't spend his entire life lobbying against green energy. He just made product people like a lot.
I'm surprised Trump bots are defending Kochs, well not really, I understand it's tribal.
The Kochs are hardcore libertarians and support the free flow of labor (open borders) and openly opposed Trump in 2016.
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Major funder and architect of many conservative candidates and policies.
Not my kind of guy, but I'm not going to celebrate his death. He was a big player, a notable passing.
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david koch was a social liberal. supported gay rights, women's right to choose, same sex marriage...he opposed the war on drugs. also, was a huge philanthropist for the arts and education
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Man you should read the comments on the HuffPo article on this. Those people have completely lost it.
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Defending him by not celebrating his death like others in this thread? He seemed like a good guy. I didn't agree with everything he did or believed everything that he believed, but I'm not a crazy person who thinks that a person has to be in lock step with me on everything to think he's decent and deserves respect.
There's a lot of stuff that he believed that you'd agree with. He was pro choice, pro gay marriage, pro gay rights and wanted decriminalization of drugs. Sounds like you're the one being tribal. The left hates the guy, so you have to as well.
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I think it's a little disingenuous to say he was in direct support of those things.
He was just opposed to all government regulation in the social and business spheres.
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He was VP candidate for the Libertarian party in 1980.
Plenty of left wing views mixed in there.
He specifically triggers the left because of his environmental views and ultra corporate perspective.
A complicated person. People are too quick to detest the whole package based on a few positions.
Life is nuanced
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Check your privilege bud
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That place is in a full state of compost
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You know I googled a few of the Koch industry jobs a few years back when everyone started asking for $15/hr and saw the avg pay was $18-21/hr in most of the jobs at their companies.
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lol at this logic. He should have walked around the world barefoot with no possessions. Like Jesus. Fuckin Jesus freaks.
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I have more respect for doctrinal libertarians like the Kochs than I'll ever have for Trump apologists.
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I’m actively celebrating his death right now. It's a little early but I've got a bottle of champagne popped and a cigar lit. It's friday too! Goddamn what a day! #blessed
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1.) 79 isn't a bad run as @Lowmanproblems said
2.) Passing when he did means he probably got to avoid all the shitty aspects of being truly old like dementia and shitting/pissing yourself
3.) I feel bad for his family. Burying loved ones sucks dick.
4.) Past that I ain't saying shit.
2.) Passing when he did means he probably got to avoid all the shitty aspects of being truly old like dementia and shitting/pissing yourself
3.) I feel bad for his family. Burying loved ones sucks dick.
4.) Past that I ain't saying shit.
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I disagree heavily with these guys in their environmental positions but theres something I've always respected about them. I dont really like Tom Brady either but I respect the guy.
