Quite so, which is why retrospective analysis like "The CIA helped start The Paris Review and that made literature friendly to neoliberal ideology" are confecti

Quite so, which is why retrospective analysis like "The CIA helped start The Paris Review and that made literature friendly to neoliberal ideology" are confections of confirmation bias. Nothing is ever that pat. But tidy little conspiracies are also never the goal. A nudge is both all that is realistic to aim for and a few successes are all you need to shift public perception. Arming every ambitious cult leader wannabe from some retrograde backwater with an information war WMD deserves some caution.