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You can't really make a political judgement about the man based on a soft video interview. The Koch brothers support both libertarian causes and are opposed to
by untog 9y ago
You can't really make a political judgement about the man based on a soft video interview.
The Koch brothers support both libertarian causes and are opposed to action against climate change, to name two. They also put private investigators to dig into the background of a journalist that was writing about them:
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/nyregion/what-happened-to-jane-mayer-when-she-wrote-about-the-koch-brothers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/nyregion/what-happened-to...
More broadly, they are able to affect the shape of the laws being produced in this country by bankrolling various politicians. Their qualification to do so is simply that they are rich. You can find that politically questionable even if you're in favour of their politics.
You don't have to object to them personally, but you can't really say there is nothing for anyone to disagree with.
- chestervonwinch 9y ago> The Koch brothers ... are opposed to action against climate change. Even after the results from Berkeley earth that was in part funded by one of the Koch foundations? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Earth https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkeley_Earth
- untog 9y agoYes? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-change-denier-willie-soon-funded-energy-industry https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/feb/21/climate-... You don't have to be completely binary in your judgements of people like the Koch brothers. They can still be politically questionable even if they do things you agree with from time to time. For instance, their views on criminal justice reform would probably be quite favourably received by many of the same people who oppose their views on climate change. That isn't a contradiction unless you make it one.
- chrisco255 9y agoSadly, I think nuance has all but been lost in today's political climate.