Just to show you that here at The Mind-Body Politic we truly are on a mission to do things differently, we’re happy to turn our X-ray vision on those who wear the same set of blinkers as we do (i.e., they call themselves libertarians).

You hear the right complain about George Soros’ funding of the Open Society and over groups like Move On.org. Fair enough. But behind many libertarian groups is an even richer man, one most people have never even heard of – Charles Koch.  In 2008 Koch was the 37th richest man in the world, though he’s come down since. Koch’s business methods have had their share of criticism, from within the business – indeed, from within the family, from brother Bill.

The Kochtopus’ tentacles reach far and wide, as this map at Muckety shows.

The map isn’t clear when reduced for this blog, so I’ll mention some of the more important: The Cato Institute, Reason, The Heritage Foundation, The Federalist Society, the  Acton Institute…. which doesn’t necessarily compromise everything these worthy institutions do or say (and I like a few of them a lot). But it’s worth keeping in mind when you find libertarians whom you otherwise like suddenly toeing the statist line on something.  They could be speaking their minds, of course. But more likely, their funding is talking….