World is more globalised than ever

>cultural imperialism, if it ever existed

>if it ever existed

Nothung has fubdamebtally changed in our moral values here since the early 1900s

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_and_the_Cultural_Cold_War

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I think "cold war" overrides "cultural inperialism"

You must be too young to remember then

Through an astonishing number of front organizations, in particular The Congress for Cultural Freedom (CCF), the CIA paid the bills for jazz tours, art exhibits, the publication of enough books to fill a small library1, and the animated version of Animal Farm, to name just a few of their many cultural activities.

1 In 1977, the New York Times alleged that the CIA had published more than 1000 books.

Given America’s public image, the need for such activities was obvious. The need for secrecy in these activities became equally obvious in 1947 when the exhibit “Advancing American Art” was sent to Europe (quite openly) at taxpayer expense. President Truman and numerous members of Congress loudly voiced their disgust. How could leftist and ex-Communist artists making incomprehensible (and reprehensible) abstractions—that any three-year-old could make just as well—receive government funding to have their art “advanced”? Lesson learned. Art still received funding, but the money was funneled through fronts, including, but not limited to, those later unveiled in 1964 by Congressman Wright Patman—the Gotham Foundation, the Michigan Fund, the Price Fund, the Edsel Fund, the Andrew Hamilton Fund, the Borden Trust, the Beacon Fund, and the Kentfield Fund. These were all little more than addresses to send money before it went elsewhere.

The Cultural Cold War was a huge operation, featuring incredible amounts of money, art, and secrecy. So much secrecy, in fact, that many of those involved had no idea their place of employment was a CIA front.

And you remember the miral values of the 1920s?

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Back then your choice of music was super limited. Your only options were radio and then some albums that you purchased at the store.

The CCF was founded by the CIA in 1950, following a successful conference of anti-communist intellectuals in Berlin. Michael Josselson, an Estonian-born polyglot who had worked as a cultural officer for the American occupation government in postwar Germany, ran the Congress from its inception until its embarrassing outing as a CIA front in 1967. The CCF hosted conferences and directly published numerous political and literary magazines around the world—in particular, the British journal Encounter—and also helped fund and facilitate other journals, including the Paris Review and the Partisan Review. The CIA bailed the Partisan Review out of bankruptcy in 1953, while a series of recently discovered letters to and from Paris Review editor George Plimpton help reveal the CIA’s role in the Paris Review’s operations, while also offering an interesting glimpse into the tactics and practices of cultural warfare.

The CCF also helped present exhibits of contemporary American art throughout the world, usually in cooperation with another major player in the Cultural Cold War, the Museum of Modern Art. Visual art, especially abstract expressionism, became the CIA’s most important weapon in its cultural warfare arsenal, making MoMA’s assistance quite essential.

I only know some Micheal Jackson songs that they played on History channel after he died. I know the middle ones are called Beatles because sometimes they get posted here, but who's the 3rd one?

Most prominently, Nelson Rockefeller, who eventually served as Gerald Ford’s vice-president, also served as trustee, treasurer, and president of MoMA throughout much of the 1940s and 50s. In 1940, FDR appointed Rockefeller to the new position of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs (CIAA) to combat burgeoning Nazi influences in Latin America. In this position, he worked closely with the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), the forerunner of the CIA, which was not formed until 1947. Then in 1954, Rockefeller became Eisenhower’s special advisor on Cold War strategy, and chaired the Planning Coordination Committee, which, among other things, oversaw the NSC and CIA—all while still working with MoMA. Not coincidentally, given Rockefeller’s involvement with both, MoMA frequently collaborated with the CIA throughout the Cold War to export and promote American art.

Hold me close, hold me tight
Make me thrill with delight
Let me know where I stand from the start
I want you, I need you, I love you
With all my heart
Every time that you're near
All my cares disappear
Darling, you're all that I'm living for
I want you, I need you, I love you
More and more
I thought I could live without romance
Until you came to me
But now I know that
I will go on loving you eternally
Won't you please be my own?
Never leave me alone
'Cause I die Every time we're apart
I want you, I need you, I love you
With all my heart
I thought I could live without romance
Until you came to me
But now I know that
I will go on loving you eternally
You please be my own?
Never leave me alone
'Cause I die Every time we're apart
I want you, I need you, I love you
With all my heart

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The bar for entry is very low. Nowadays, anyone can produce their own music and publish it online for pennies. It used to be very expensive to publish a record, so music companies select for only the best talents. This meant there was a higher standard before the internet became big. As a result, we are now being flooded with mediocre memetic music acts that are flash in the pan one hit wonders.

Elvis Presley

And is it really such a “coincidence” that “grunge” was heavily marketed to white suburban youth, inspiring them to strum guitars and mumble about their personal sadness, just as Public Enemy and NWA were successfully telling these same young people about the systemic racism of the United States? Why wouldn’t the CIA prefer flannel shirts to Malcolm X hats as the main sartorial signifier at suburban malls? Why would the U.S. Government want Chuck D saying “Fight the Power,” when it could have Kurt Cobain’s “Oh well, whatever, never mind”?

grunge was political too

>music companies select for only the best talents

youtube.com/watch?v=xyl_j7ziZeY

American industry invented mass producing of plastic ingeneered "music" long before kpop.

The Beach Boys, Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Nate King Cole and many more. Behind their success was a group of studio musicians called The Wrecking Crew.

youtube.com/watch?v=SX5BCgmr7tg

Thank you. Seeing some of his photos i remembered this Hindi Bollywood song. He's parodying elvis.

youtu.be/GErvkyPzqpg

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