
CIA involvement in 20th century literature
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American Art Isn't Legitimate
Most visual art in the soviet union was state sponsored art. The c i a secretly funded these artists because they wanted to promote the idea that abstract expressionist art represents free democracy and capitalism, the american dream. In America, you can literally throw paint at a blank canvas and sell it for millions. But here's the thing, the American government can't like fond artists. It can't be openly seen to fund art as state propaganda. Sure, isn't that what the russians are doing with their soviet realism? And the yanks were doing the exact same thing, ten steps removed from the artist, secretly fondling the money in creating state sponsor propaganda art
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