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<!-- you can have any number of categories here --> [[Category:Vast, Right-Wing Conspiracy|125]] [[Category:Organizations]] [[Category:Charles and David Koch]] [[Category:Political Libertarianism]] [[Category:Wingnut Welfare]] {{DES | des = An umbrella term for a huge number of organizations and publications founded, funded, or controlled by [[Charles and David Koch]] over roughly 40 years. It includes most of the libertarian organizations and publications you've heard of: the [[Libertarian Party]], the [[Cato Institute]], [[Reason Magazine]], [[State Policy Network]], etc. and many major conservative organizations such as [[ALEC]].}} An umbrella term for a huge number of organizations and publications founded, funded, or controlled by [[Charles and David Koch]] over roughly 40 years. It includes most of the libertarian organizations and publications you've heard of: {| |- valign='top' | * [[Libertarian Party]] * [[Cato Institute]] * [[Reason Foundation]] (Reason Magazine)) * [[AEI]] (American Enterprise Institute) * [[George Mason University Economics Department]] * [[Mercatus Institute]] * [[Koch Family Foundations]] ** [[Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation]] ** [[Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation]] ** [[David H. Koch Charitable Foundation]] | * [[Americans for Prosperity]] * [[Institute for Justice]] * [[State Policy Network]] * [[Independent Women's Forum]] * [[Pacific Research Institute]] * [[Center to Protect Patient Rights]] * [[Earthwatch Institute]] * [[Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment]] |- |} etc. Conservative organizations include: * [[ALEC]] (American Legislative Exchange Council) * [[Tea Party]] * [[Heritage Foundation]] * [[Federalist Society]] * [[Generation Opportunity]] * [[FreedomWorks]] * [[Freedom Partners]] * [[Center for Shared Services]] * [[Aegis Strategic]] etc. The Kochtopus does not include Objectivist organizations, or Mises/Rothbard organizations. The primary function of the Kochtopus is [[Obstructing Regulation And Regulatory Capture|regulatory capture]]. One of the major methods of the Kochtopus is concealing sources of funding for campaigns and public relations. The Kochtopus spent over $400,000,000 in the 2012 elections, mostly in dark money. Their only direct opposition seems to be [[UnKoch My Campus]]. <!-- DPL has problems with categories that have a single quote in them. Use these explicit workarounds. --> <!-- normally, we would use {{Links}} and {{Quotes}} --> {{List|Kochtopus|links=true}} {{Quotations|Kochtopus|quotes=true}}

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