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Part Two: Charles Koch: The Luke Skywalker of Rich People

Behind the Bastards

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The State Policy Network and Its Think Tanks

The state policy network operates in all 50 states and claims to be dedicated solely to improving the practical effectiveness of independent nonprofit, market oriented, state focused think tanks. The Center for Media and Democracy basically says that the state policy network is a vehicle for pouring dark money into right wing think tanks around the country. In 2011, scientists at Rinseler Polytechnic published a bunch of research into how ideas in human society tip from being the minority to the majority opinion. It would literally take the amount of time comparable to the age of the universe for this size group to reach the majority. Once that number grows above 10%, the idea spreads like flame.

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