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luffapi · 2021-06-15 · Original thread
David McGowan suggests that a lot of the pop/drug culture of the late 60s was driven by the CIA as an attempt to subvert the anti-war movement.

https://www.amazon.com/Weird-Scenes-Inside-Canyon-Laurel/dp/...

I don’t think is anywhere near conclusive, but it’s definitely plausible given the information he lays out.

Fun fact: Jim Morrison’s dad literally started the Vietnam War when he led the fleet that fabricated the Gulf of Tonkin Incident:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Tonkin_incident

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