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> This article seems to imply that the 1960s counterculture movement was astroturfed by the CIA, which is… certainly an opinion. But... that actually happened?
by saint_yossarian 4y ago
> This article seems to imply that the 1960s counterculture movement was astroturfed by the CIA, which is… certainly an opinion.
But... that actually happened? See e.g. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_for_Cultural_Freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_for_Cultural_Freedom
Nevermind COINTELPRO where they literally infiltrated counterculture movements, although that was the FBI.
- AdamH12113 4y agoBy “astroturfed” I mean that the U.S. counterculture movement was a creation of the CIA (or perhaps a byproduct of MKULTRA research; the article is unclear). The CIA did fund anti-communist front organizations and COINTELPRO was real.
- saint_yossarian 4y agoAh gotcha, I usually understand "astroturfing" to mean piggy-backing on already existing platforms.
- AdamH12113 4y agoSorry for the confusion. In politics, “astroturf” means “fake grass-roots”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing
- avgcorrection 4y agoSo the CIA made up a movement and then the FBI infiltrated those CIA-run movements? Huh? You should look up what such terms mean first.