the kids who thought the government was funding indie games to engage in radical social engineeringAccording to the BBC the CIA bankrolled cultural initiatives as part of its propaganda war against the Soviet Union . w a smodernartaweaponofthecia It did so indirectly , on what was called a long leash , via organisations such as the Congress for Cultural Freedom CCF , an antiCommunist advocacy group active in 35 countries , which the CIA helped to establish and fund . It was the CCF that sponsored the launch of Encounter magazine in 1953 , for instance . It also paid for the Boston Symphony Orchestra to travel to Paris to participate in a festival of modern music . What do you think the Ford Foundation is doing funding Proud polygenderqueer Latinx PoC in the arts ? c h a n g e b l o g b ytopicartscultureandmedia Because they say their goal is transforming culture , which sounds an awful lot like someone took a thesaurus to social engineering .