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September 22, 2019
Even David Koch's Philanthropy Was Toxic
By molly cruz
. But even if the Koch brothers were politically neutral, treated their workers well, and didn’t harm the environment,we still shouldn’t want a society shaped by the charitable preferences of the super-rich. The current model of billionaire philanthropy started in the Gilded Age when plutocrats like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller tried to stymie criticism of inequality by setting themselves up as benefactors of the publ ...
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But even if the Koch brothers were politically neutral, treated their workers well, and didn’t harm the environment,we still shouldn’t want a society shaped by the charitable preferences of the super-rich. The current model of billionaire philanthropy started in the Gilded Age when plutocrats like Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller tried to stymie criticism of inequality by setting themselves up as benefactors of the public good.