What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
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What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
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#2Previous: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45922420
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Re: What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
#5Worth pointing out that next to the US, France is another empire with economically tied former colonies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America. They have a large installed base of nuclear power, nuclear ships, and nuclear weapons fed from uranium mines in those former colonies. And operate an aircraft carrier to project power internationally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Charle...
Despite the ways France tends to be portrayed in the US media, it plays an outsized role in European and international politics as a result. Makes sense the CIA would want to be involved.
Re: What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
#6Worth pointing out that next to the US, France is another empire with economically tied former colonies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America. They have a large installed base of nuclear power, nuclear ships, and nuclear weapons fed from uranium mines in those former colonies. And operate an aircraft carrier to project power internationally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Charle... Despite…
The Paris Review hasn’t been in Paris since 1973. And it’s in English, not French, so I doubt that there is much connection to France itself anymore via the magazine.
Re: What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
#7Worth pointing out that next to the US, France is another empire with economically tied former colonies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America. They have a large installed base of nuclear power, nuclear ships, and nuclear weapons fed from uranium mines in those former colonies. And operate an aircraft carrier to project power internationally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Charle... Despite…
The Paris Review hasn’t been in Paris since 1973. And it’s in English, not French, so I doubt that there is much connection to France itself anymore via the magazine.
Ah, my mistake. Shows how uncultured I am! lol. Thanks for the correction.
Re: What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
The Paris Review hasn’t been in Paris since 1973. And it’s in English, not French, so I doubt that there is much connection to France itself anymore via the magazine.
Ah, my mistake. Shows how uncultured I am! lol. Thanks for the correction.
No worries, I read the magazine for years before realizing it had no contemporary connection to Paris :)
Re: What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
#9This is popping up from the Second Chance Pool, but it was submitted again in between, and hit the front page that time - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45922420 (186 points 116 comments)
(To see the timeline - https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=theparisreview.org )
On one hand, maybe the Second Chance Pool shouldn't do that.
On the other hand, 64 points would seem to say that nothing's wrong.
Re: What really happened with the CIA and The Paris Review?
#10Worth pointing out that next to the US, France is another empire with economically tied former colonies throughout Africa, Asia, and South America. They have a large installed base of nuclear power, nuclear ships, and nuclear weapons fed from uranium mines in those former colonies. And operate an aircraft carrier to project power internationally: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_aircraft_carrier_Charle... Despite…
I brought up the aircraft carrier in a conversation with a Frenchman while our daughters played in his apartment off the Champs-Élysées some months ago. He said: "Yes, it was very expensive and we don't take it anywhere." ; )