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> Matchbox was even an effective Cold War propaganda weapon ;) Some Soviet exposure to Matchbox might well have been intentional by the West, given that we now
by neilv 2y ago
> Matchbox was even an effective Cold War propaganda weapon ;)
Some Soviet exposure to Matchbox might well have been intentional by the West, given that we now know there was energetic and creative propaganda, including the CIA propping up an entire art movement:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-weapon-1578808.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/modern-art-was-cia-...
Today, spies can just robo-post on their adversaries' social media apps, to neutralize a dozen years of formative education.