Thread: Koch network tries to rebrand from greedy capitalists to benevolent philanthropists

Koch network tries to rebrand from greedy capitalists to benevolent philanthropists

But the Koch empire keeps funding the destruction of the climate.

JOE ROMM MAY 21, 2019, 3:10 PM

The politically powerful Koch network is looking to change its image. In the face of rising support for progressive policies, the well-funded network wants to rebrand from greedy capitalists to benevolent philanthropists.

Until the Kochs and their fellow donors stop supporting policies that increase income inequality and all forms of pollution however, any effort to create a new image will be nothing more than greenwashing.

For years, the Koch network has brought together some of the wealthiest right-wing donors to support a host of self-serving policies, such as tax cuts for the wealthy and rolling back environmental regulations.

The network is now being rebranded as a “philanthropic community,” the Washington Post reported Monday after previewing a letter from billionaire fossil fuel magnate Charles Koch to the group.



Koch network tries to rebrand from greedy capitalists to benevolent philanthropists

“The Seminar Network,” a web of groups funded by billionaire Charles Koch and hundreds of other conservatives and libertarians, is changing its impersonal-sounding name to the more benevolent “Stand Together Foundation.” (Yes, that sounds a lot like Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign slogan, “Stronger Together” — although in this case, the only people standing together are the donors who shell out $100,000 a year to be part of the network.)

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