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By “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). Th
by AdamH12113 4y ago
By “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