Well, I think that they are at over $2B in charitable donations at this point (perhaps more, depending on how things like medical research are classified). I not sure what right we have to sit in judgement of their financial and time commitments to charities and the such, but my point is to the other posters here that…

Yes - Fascism is national socialism. The left is the political party pushing socialism and bigger government in the US. The right wing party pushes for smaller government and individualism/capitalism.

It didn’t strike you as odd that the Wikipedia article on Fascism didn’t mention the father of Fascism, Giovanni Gentile? If you’re going to use Wikipedia as your reference, you can read about him here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Gentile

You really should try to be more open minded - you’d learn something. For example, Nazi’s were “National Socialist” - in other words, fascists that subscribed to Gentile’s “True Democracy” philosophy - left wing principles. The Koch brothers are conservative - right wing.

I didn’t come here to defend the Koch brothers, but on the same token you should consider not viewing them one-dimensionally. They have invested a lot in philanthropy and have even joined people like George Soros on things like criminal justice reform.

The ‘caring’ of a socialist state? Yeah I think I’ll pass on that...

Well, by definition, someone that supports Trump wouldn’t be a Fascists - they are more likely to be right-leaning capitalists. Fascism comes from Giovanni Gentile who pushed a model of two different democracies: ‘liberal’ democracies, which is an individualistic model (like the United States constitutional republic)…

You seem to suggest that capitalists are, by definition, inhumane, uncaring, etc. That isn’t any more true of capitalists than socialists, communists, etc.

Soros has a liberal agenda whereas the Koch brothers have (generally) a conservative/libertarian agenda, so ‘right’ vs. ‘wrong’ gets heavily weighted by your political views. Also, I think that it is wrong to view either the Koch brothers or Soros in a single dimension; for example, the Koch brothers have donated a…

I’m not hear to defend the Koch brothers, although I think that you have a very single dimensional view of them (as conservatives do of people like George Soros). Certainly the Koch brothers invest their money to advance their own self-interest (who doesn’t?), but that is far from all that they do. The Koch brothers…

Absurd statement makes ignorance obvious

The question is legitimate - it is your answer that I was seeking out (thank you for providing that). Your answer indicates that you’re ok with money influencing politicians as long as it aligns with your personal beliefs and values. I would submit that financial influences on politicians doesn’t necessarily reflect…

Well, other’s here may disagree, but in my mind - yes. Whenever you have politicians responding to big money then they may not be doing the will of the people. With the United States being a constitutional republic, it’s elected representatives are supposed to represent the will of the people. Although the author’s…

Why do you find it necessary to be a dick?

Well I was trying to decipher Sardonicuss Evocates’ point. Was his/her (without trying to assume a binary gender assignment) point that big money is buying congress (which would include billionaires, corporations, lobbyist, etc.) on both sides of the political spectrum or was the concern just the Koch brothers (or…

As the saying goes, the squeaky wheel gets the grease and you can make a lot more noise and get a lot more attention when you have money. I would think that billionaires, celebrities, corporations, and (of course) the well-funded lobbyist get the attention.

That reminds me... Where is my copy of Das Kapital anyway....

Why just the Koch brothers? Why are you not including people like George Soros?

heaven help us when these wack jobs actually figure out how to make IEDs successfully...

So, you’re telling us how to go from bad to worse? And why would we want to do that? Every platform is going to have issues. Apple has had some major screw ups lately, but it was even bigger issues with Windows that pushed me to Apple to begin with. We all know that Apple will come around, get their act together, and…