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We Interview the CIA Agent Who Created Punk Rock as a Psyop to Make Legitimate Revolt Look Stupid (thehardtimes.net)

submitted 1 month ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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The Hot Topic company was a CIA creation?

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[–] intresteph 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The fuck? I think we all need some sources for this.

Edit: ate that onion

[–] scholar@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It's satire

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 month ago

Other article titles include "Brian Thompson Gunman Holds Onto First Draft Bullet Reading “Live, Laugh, Love”

[–] intresteph 3 points 1 month ago

Oh thank the void.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

The Ramones were a boy band. Matching outfits and everything.

[–] AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space 2 points 1 month ago

The question is whether the Sex Pistols were more effective at making anarchism look like mindless vandalism or at getting aimless malcontents to look more deeply into anarchist philosophy