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[–] [email protected] 74 points 1 year 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?

[–] [email protected] 64 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In my defense, I was really stoned at the time

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What about mimes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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