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KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America

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A clip of a 1984 interview with KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov describing Soviet ideological subversion and demoralization of a target society, uploaded with a politically charged framing.

Mostly cited as a source for the demoralization and subversion idea, though one commenter dismisses it as alt-right material.

10 comments from Hacker News

@cmahler72017-07 · in “The Decline of Marriage”

People have been brainwashed to hate their own culture, demorilization is the first step of ideological subversion. Western Civilization might not be perfect but there's nothing else in human history that has come close to it. Everybody should watch this video ▶ this video

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@ranger_danger2024-11 · in “Why Facts Don't Change Our Minds”

"As a rule, strong feelings about issues do not emerge from deep understanding." Mind = blown. Also relevant: ▶ this video

@recuter2023-03 · in “Costs of the U.S.-Led War in Iraq Since 2003”

I have noticed a trend of "America bad" on this website. There is certainly a lot to criticize about this particular boondoggle, or indeed, any war. But taking notes from obvious Sino and Russophiles is not productive. On false equivalency: link On demoralization: ▶ this video Dang, I suggest you close the thread, cheers.

@tenpies2023-03 · in “The Teen Mental Illness Epidemic Is International, Part 1: The Anglosphere”

Also falls perfectly within what Yuri Bezmenov (the KGB defector who explained the Soviet's plan to take down the West through ideological subversion) laid out. At around that time, you would have the first batch of fully indoctrinated (trained by Socialists from childhood to adulthood, with no oversight or counterbalance) graduating. That is also the group that sets the stage for the demoralisation phase of the plan and allows for the next phase: destabilisation. Good summary here: link And the original interview: ▶ this video I don't think this is purely a Soviet ploy working out, but you can't help but look at the Western education system and realise that's a big part of the problem.

@baybal22021-07 · in “Media blackout after key witness against Assange admits lying”

> I'm not sure you have to keep pointing to the boogie man of soviet infiltrators to explain power hungry bureaucrats. Those have existed in literally every society since at least the early bronze age. No, I'd say power hunger is one thing, but what you face now is unique to this poisonous "Soviet Culture." A very special, aggressive brand of social nihilism at the apex of civil society, characteristic of one party/social class governments. Putin put his own spin on the timeless demoralisation tactic ( ▶ this video ,) an even more aggressive targeting of both the new elites, and the establishment (see Biden Jr. adventures with in Ukraine.) Or plainly speaking playing both sides.