As Charles Koch Cultivates Anti-War Image, Koch Industries Profits from Defense Contracts
Meanwhile, behind the smoke and mirrors of the bloviating, orange Oz Head, things are still going on. Move along. Nothing to see here. The Military Industrial Complex is none of your business.
I say, in full sarcasm mode, why don't we just pay taxes directly to the corporate welfare queens and eliminate the middle man? Might there be savings? I better stop giving them new ideas. 
And this is just the tip of the Koch iceberg. If you want to snort some more, do a search. Don't get caught in the tentacles, though, they are everywhere. Mixing metaphors is sometimes fun. Okay, the Kochs are like a cocaine octopus???
The right-wing billionaire has teamed up with unlikely ally George Soros on “military restraint,” but Koch Industries subsidiaries make millions by supplying the Navy with circuitry.
Koch Industries has consistently chosen corporatism and profit over their own ‘principled’ libertarianism, whether contracting with the U.S. military or accepting over half a billion dollars in local, state, and federal subsidies
Because of their poor reputations, Koch Industries and Koch’s political network have undergone a series of rebrands, including Koch’s newest incarnation as a philanthropist who works with both parties to reform the criminal justice system and restrain America’s forever wars. For several years now, Koch has compared himself and his network of wealthy conservative donors to civil rights heroes such as Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King.
https://readsludge.com/2019/07/24/as-charles-koch-cultivates-anti-war-image-koch-industries-profits-from-defense-contracts/
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This is a good overview from 2010 about the nefarious Kochs, including their communist background. No, really, Stalin! I mean they should give credit where credit is due. This kind of information is not flattering or convenient, but that's a good reason to get it out in the open. There PR machine is always on it, so any facts that discredit them and reveal their agendas are valuable.
Of course, you can also trace a lot of the propaganda that low-information and easily manipulated voters are subjected to via the Right Wing Ministry of Truth. I think that going to the core or the source of the disease is a better way to find a cure rather than just focusing on the symptoms. Who are the players playing the people?
What is worse than Trump? Well, whatever his snake oil clown show distracts from and covers for by commanding so much attention, maybe?
Before Fredrick Koch suddenly developed a pinko paranoia and helped start up the John Birch Society, he was making piles of cash laying the foundation of Soviet oil infrastructure in the 1920s and early 1930s. He designed and built refineries, hosted Soviet engineers for training in Wichita, Kansas, and made an invaluable contribution to the rapid industrialization of the Soviet Union during Joseph Stalin’s first Five-Year Plan. This is a touchy issue for the Koch family: without the Commie Reds providing his future seed capital, Koch Industries would not exist today—and neither would the Tea Parties.
When I wrote about the Koch family’s wealth and its connection to the Soviet Union in April 2010, libertarians rushed to the Kochs’ defense, arguing that business decisions made when they were children had no bearing on Charles and David Koch. They are not their father, and cannot be blamed for his sins―which is true. The brothers are better at the libertarian lie than their father ever was: their self-help libertarianism is more effective pro-billionaire propaganda than his racist Bircher rants. But while the tone may be different, the objective is very much the same: to con the American people into voting against their own interests.
Beware the Kochtopus!
http://exiledonline.com/a-people-history-of-koch-industries-part-ii-libertarian-billionaires-charles-and-david-koch-are-closetcase-subsidy-kings-who-milk-big-government-tyranny-but-want-to-slash-spending-on-anyone-else/
I bet they are making Cthulhu jealous and very, very angry, as well! And that's not good.
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