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American National Exhibition2025 Apr 21
In light of the Expo 2025 which I just got back from visiting in Osaka, Japan, I am remembering my history lessons about the time the American Government showed off how awesome is our propaganda machine during the height of the Cold War by bringing to the USSR an exhibit of our culture: Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollack, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson of Herman Miller, and Isamu Noguchi with his famous paper lamps were among those whose works were on display, Pepsi made its first inroads via backrooms deals to enter the Communist world in exchange for Stolichnaya entering ours, IBM showed off its 305 RAMAC answering questions from the audience (including pre-programmed responses to "thorny" questions about race relations and lynching), Richard Nixon (Vice President, at the time) got into a famous debate with Nikita Kruschev, recorded on an early form of videocassette, and President Eisenhower personally intervened to keep McCarthy's House Un-American Affairs Committee from blocking socialists from participating.
All in all, a bang-up job by the American Propaganda machine USIA (now defunct). Much better than this year's USA Expo Pavilion which was 25% ad for visiting America and the rest devoted to reminding the world about our country's space program, despite it currently being under attack by our idiotic administration.
In light of the Expo 2025 which I just got back from visiting in Osaka, Japan, I am remembering my history lessons about the time the American Government showed off how awesome is our propaganda machine during the height of the Cold War by bringing to the USSR an exhibit of our culture: Edward Hopper, Jackson Pollack, Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson of Herman Miller, and Isamu Noguchi with his famous paper lamps were among those whose works were on display, Pepsi made its first inroads via backrooms deals to enter the Communist world in exchange for Stolichnaya entering ours, IBM showed off its 305 RAMAC answering questions from the audience (including pre-programmed responses to "thorny" questions about race relations and lynching), Richard Nixon (Vice President, at the time) got into a famous debate with Nikita Kruschev, recorded on an early form of videocassette, and President Eisenhower personally intervened to keep McCarthy's House Un-American Affairs Committee from blocking socialists from participating.
All in all, a bang-up job by the American Propaganda machine USIA (now defunct). Much better than this year's USA Expo Pavilion which was 25% ad for visiting America and the rest devoted to reminding the world about our country's space program, despite it currently being under attack by our idiotic administration.