▲ 53 ▼ TIL that the CIA helped fund the Abstract Expressionism movement in order to fuel propaganda and win the Cold war. (www.bbc.com) submitted 3 months ago by cm0002@suppo.fi to c/til@lemmy.ca 7 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] swordgeek@lemmy.ca -1 points 3 months ago (2 children) Maybe. There's a lot of conjecture in that claim. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 child) This is sort of how most of these CIA programs went. Some stupid idea that only got off the ground because it was all classified so no one could come along and say, what the fuck are you people doing? It's always the same story, nothing of value was created or learned, and most of the people hurt were likely not the intended targets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Well put. And often the people hurt were their own citizens. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 child) This is sort of how most of these CIA programs went. Some stupid idea that only got off the ground because it was all classified so no one could come along and say, what the fuck are you people doing? It's always the same story, nothing of value was created or learned, and most of the people hurt were likely not the intended targets. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Well put. And often the people hurt were their own citizens. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BillyTheKid2@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago Well put. And often the people hurt were their own citizens. permalink fedilink source parent