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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 73 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Sometimes there’s no European equivalent to American depravity.

In the mid-20th century, America was considered so culturally bankrupt that the CIA thought it should create some.
BBC: Was modern art a weapon of the CIA?

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 64 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In my defense, I was really stoned at the time

[–] 0_0j@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago
[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 11 months ago

What about mimes?

[–] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago

Tbf a LOT of modern Western culture comes from the US.