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USAID Defunding May Have Ended Hollywood's Woke Era and Fabricated Consensus Culture
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"I think Hollywood was USAID, I think the music industry was, I think the protests were, I think it was literally everything. Like they were funneling money into USAID for the purpose of generating culture and fabricating this consensus."
Pool floats a controversial theory that USAID was the financial backbone of woke culture in Hollywood, music, and political activism. He argues that Trump's defunding of USAID led to the rapid collapse of politically correct messaging in entertainment and the end of coordinated protests. While admitting the theory requires more evidence, he notes the correlation between USAID cuts and cultural shifts.
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