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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 to c/til@lemmy.ca
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[–] 9 points 3 months ago

Other way around.

The CIA saw that the Soviets hated it, and decided that this was a great way to differentiate the US from the repressive Communists.

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