averyterrible:

Accurate.

So it’s canonical that the CIA was shaping art trends for national advantage in the Cold War. And, of course, in both the peace and war periods of the FDR era, the government had entwined with the domestic cultural apparatus, to mutual delight.

Which makes me wonder about all the Hawaiiana - tiki style, the Elvis movies - in American culture around the time of Hawaii’s accession to statehood.

Basically, to use the Europa Universalis metaphor, was that America spending culture points to make core on Hawaii?