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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCharles Koch’s Messianic delusions: Industrialist says only conservative billionaires can save us
The GOP mega donor says the conservative movement is in "a life-or-death struggle for our country"SOPHIA TESFAYE
Billionaire Charles Koch argued that conservatives are part of a a life-or-death struggle for our country, and that if the political network spearheaded by himself and his brother David fails to convince a majority of Americans behind the vision, then were done for, the Associated Press reports.
Koch spoke before a record 450 attendees at a semi-annual three-day conservative confab hosted by the billionaire brothers this weekend where GOP presidential candidates Carly Fiorina, Scott Walker, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz all gathered to cozy up with Koch network donors who have pledged to spend nearly $1 billion to elect a Republican presidential candidate in 2016.
At the ritzy St. Regis Monarch Beach in sunny Dana Point, California, the elder Koch brother made a series of rather unexpected comparisons between his and his brothers over decade-long fight to gain unimpeded influence in the American political process with a plethora of social justice fights to win freedoms for Americans throughout history.
In particular, Koch cited his networks fight for criminal-justice reform as an issue that has gained traction amongst mainstream Republicans because it strikes the same chord as past successful freedom movements.
Look at the American revolution, the anti-slavery movement, the womens suffrage movement, the civil rights movement, Koch instructed the gathered conservatives. All of these struck a moral chord with the American people. They all sought to overcome an injustice.
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http://www.salon.com/2015/08/03/charles_kochs_messianic_delusions_industrialist_says_only_conservative_billionaires_can_save_us/
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Charles Koch’s Messianic delusions: Industrialist says only conservative billionaires can save us (Original Post)
DonViejo
Aug 2015
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hobbit709
(41,694 posts)1. Talk about sheer arrogance.
The only way to save us is to put our trust in the ones that put us into this mess to start with.
WTF!!!
HFRN
(1,469 posts)2. Billionairs are an endangered species
they're probably not more than a few thousand in the whole world
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)3. They're due for a great shortening in my book.
One species we can do without.
meow2u3
(24,764 posts)4. Billionaires should be extinct
They ought to settle for being multimillionaires.
applegrove
(118,683 posts)5. Please tell me they are in their 80s and not long for this earth.
HFRN
(1,469 posts)6. their father's pamphlet 'A businessman looks at communism' from 1961
http://digilib.usm.edu/cdm/ref/collection/manu/id/1420
you might have to zoom larger the pages (slide bar above the page image), you navigate the pages on the right hand side
you might have to zoom larger the pages (slide bar above the page image), you navigate the pages on the right hand side
Rex
(65,616 posts)7. Proof that too much money and power can rot the human brain.
These folks are criminally insane.