Between the GI Bill and the Congress of Cultural Freedom, the military industrial complex did more for culture than the NEA.
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@HeerJeet@matthunte In no small part because it was a lot of the same people, Communists in the 1930s turned ex- by the 1950s. ;-) -
@PatrickIber@matthunte Yep. In some ways Popular Front & Trotskyism were incubation wards of Cold War liberalism & later neo-cons. - Show replies
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@HeerJeet@PatrickIber Just watched Frances Saunders say that Irving Kristol was not only afraid that the US would lose the Cold War...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@PatrickIber ...but that he was also afraid that they'd win because of "Elvis and blue jeans" of high art. -
@matthunte@PatrickIber Very common attitude among neo-cons. Circa 1991 Hilton Kramer lamented USA won Cold War but in wrong way, with rock
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