He was one of a number of artists and writers that were selected by federal programs intended to derail socialist messaging in art and literature, usually under the banner of "postmodernism" but not exclusive to it. Basically, Soviet art and literature at the time had rather clear and direct messaging that frightened the ruling class of the western world, so the idea was to subsidize and promote and artificially boost the presence of countermessages that amounted to "interpretation is so open ended for this much cooler piece that it could mean anything. Nothing matters btw. It's very smart to stop caring about sociopolitical issues and just consume art product."
For clarity - That period in American art wasn't 100% a CIA op, but the CIA did contribute to some university art (and literature) programs and some specific individuals and publications to give it more social standing and legitimacy. It's also one of those "Yeah they admit to it on their website they're really proud of it" conspiracies.
A lot of what the alphabet orgnaizations do is nudging. It isn't always high profile assassinations. It's shit like promoting certain subreddits. The head mod of /r/technology was once outed as a fucking general for example.
Another recent example is all of the "advisory" nudging in capeshit where the US military gets to command how the capeshit plays out.
Please tell me about that don't know much about him.
He was one of a number of artists and writers that were selected by federal programs intended to derail socialist messaging in art and literature, usually under the banner of "postmodernism" but not exclusive to it. Basically, Soviet art and literature at the time had rather clear and direct messaging that frightened the ruling class of the western world, so the idea was to subsidize and promote and artificially boost the presence of countermessages that amounted to "interpretation is so open ended for this much cooler piece that it could mean anything. Nothing matters btw. It's very smart to stop caring about sociopolitical issues and just consume art product."
For clarity - That period in American art wasn't 100% a CIA op, but the CIA did contribute to some university art (and literature) programs and some specific individuals and publications to give it more social standing and legitimacy. It's also one of those "Yeah they admit to it on their website they're really proud of it" conspiracies.
A lot of what the alphabet orgnaizations do is nudging. It isn't always high profile assassinations. It's shit like promoting certain subreddits. The head mod of /r/technology was once outed as a fucking general for example.
Another recent example is all of the "advisory" nudging in capeshit where the US military gets to command how the capeshit plays out.