Re:Literary Magazines for Socialists Funded by the CIA, Ranked
by dang on Wednesday August 26, 2015 @02:35AM
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> I'm probably the only one in this thread, but I actually think some of these cases fall short of crimes against humanity.
It's good to resist making generalizing statements about the community. There's little evidence here of readers objecting to the CIA having funded literary journals during the Cold War. (They funded a lot of things, including great musicians [1]. It's surprising what good taste they had.) Mostly the thread consists of extrapolation to present affairs—maybe not the most substantive discussion because it's so speculative, but probably unavoidable.
It's good to resist making generalizing statements about the community. There's little evidence here of readers objecting to the CIA having funded literary journals during the Cold War. (They funded a lot of things, including great musicians [1]. It's surprising what good taste they had.) Mostly the thread consists of extrapolation to present affairs—maybe not the most substantive discussion because it's so speculative, but probably unavoidable.
1. http://www.openculture.com/2014/03/louis-armstrong-plays-his...