YouTube- Billionaires Charles & David Koch Give $100 Million to Right-Wing Causes - Democracy NOW!
Covert Operations
The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama.
by Jane Mayer
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2...0fa_fact_mayer
Is that any different from billionaires waging a war against Bush?
George Soros anyone?
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welcome to politics
I'm not a fan of either party. They're essentially separate wings of the same party. The business party.
What the Koch brothers are attempting to do and doing very well (and even George Soros does this too) is trying to undercut democracy. Now, look, some people don't believe in democracy. If you're running a Fortune 500 company you loathe democracy and want it to fail. For the simple reason: democracy is bad for business.
And businesses are very RATIONAL entities. They're trying to maximize profits. (They're what's called: rational wealth maximizers.) And to maximize shareholder return ya gotta beat down democracy. Democracy is a threat to rational self interest. That's understandable.
Agreed. I would only add that issues arise when there aren't sufficient safeguards to protect individuals against the tyranny of the majority, or the tyranny of the rich and powerful, or the tyranny of the supremely self-interested.Quote:
Rational self-interest and democracy need not be separate entities. An issues arises when there aren't sufficient safeguards to protect individuals against tyranny of the majority.
RRRight...The Saudi Billionaires? The American Petroleum Billionaires? Or the KBR/Halliburton BILLIONAIRES?Attachment 339377