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The FBI Feared Communist Infiltration of EPCOT (muckrock.com)

Posted by timothy on from the whereas-I-mostly-feared-bombs dept.

v3rgEz writes: In 1981, Walt Disney World was getting ready to unveil a new gem in its crown of amusement parks, the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, or EPCOT. Revolving around a massive sphere called "Spaceship Earth" and a lagoon that initially called for cultural installations from nine countries, EPCOT was intended to be the ultimate harmonious international village, a shining example of global unity. Naturally the FBI had a problem with it. FOIA'd documents recently released to MuckRock show that as early as December 1979, almost three full years before the October 1, 1982 opening of EPCOT, the bureau was concerned with possible Soviet involvement in the endeavor. And even after Soviet involvement was ruled out, the FBI began to worry about Chinese influences.

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  1. That explains a lot. by h33t+l4x0r · · Score: 5, Funny

    All those asian families taking pictures? Who takes that many pictures?

  2. Re:The only thing to fear... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Scared? no.

    Scared? Yes.

    We have politicians trying to eliminate cryptography while crying about brown people who haven't even used it. These politicians will be re-elected, because brown people.

    We're sexually molested and divested of snowglobes if we try to fly. Because scary brown people.

    We lose our shit over "assault rifles" in spite of the fact that they're the cause of an absolutely tiny fraction of gun deaths.

    We scream and cry about dead soldiers when we lose less than we have in single battles in prior wars over the span of an entire bloody conflict.

    We keep our kids indoors because of stranger danger, regardless of the fact that the vast majority of abductions/horrible things are instigated by family.

    Home of the Atlanta Braves, but not much else.