TIME Magazineさんのインスタグラム写真 - (TIME MagazineInstagram)「Few individuals have enjoyed more of an influence of #American politics than David Koch, whose death at 79 was announced on Aug. 23, even though he never held public office in his life. As correspondent Philip Elliott writes, Koch was a hard-edged ideologue who took once-fringe ideas of his father’s John Birch Society to the mainstream by dint of his checkbook and cold-eyed disdain of what he saw as limits to freedom. As the nascent Tea Party movement started stirring in the late 2000s, it was David Koch who saw the potential to use his family’s already formidable network of deep-pocketed allies to tap into the nation’s frustrations through groups like Americans for Prosperity. In doing so, he became perhaps the most prominent and vilified symbol of the billionaires who have turned 21st century politics into a playground of the privileged. His critics say he and his family’s network of donors and groups coarsened #politics during Barack Obama’s presidency to the point that Donald #Trump was able to win the Republican nomination in 2016, despite the fact both David and brother Charles both found Trump personally and politically abhorrent. But unlike others in his ranks, Koch had one of the freest wallets for charities of his choosing: his lifetime philanthropic giving topped $1 billion. Like all giants in a society, his legacy is unwieldy and full of contradictions that defy a simple reading. Read more at the link in bio. Photograph by @kristaschlueter—@nytimes/@reduxpictures」8月24日 6時17分