• Archer@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    They didn’t. It was about opposing the Soviets everywhere more than anything

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      3 months ago

      A foolish strategy. It means you allow your opponent to limit you. People who like hyper realism would have no option but Soviet art.

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        3 months ago

        Unless you lived in that era it’s really hard to imagine how the reds lived in the imagination of every American. if you’re old enough to remember the war culture during the start of Iraq/Afghanistan. it was like that on steroids. 50 years of Cold War means a couple generations were completely consumed by it. The cold war nostalgia tour didn’t end until the “terrorists are every where” tour began.